1962 Concept Cars
Chevrolet Corvair Super Spyder Concept
The Chevrolet Corvair, introduced in 1960, presented a very accommodating platform for designers to use to stretch their imaginations. The platform, with its rear-mounted, horizontally-opposed 6-cylinder engine and transaxle combined with a four-wheel......
Covington eL Tiburon
Industrial designer Henry Covington of St. Petersburg, Florida, set forth to build a car based on the aerodynamic principles of Dr. Augustus Raspet - a noted aerodynamicist. Covington collaborated with fiberglass expert, Glenn Gums of Glenn Industries......
Ford Mustang I
The 1962 Ford Mustang 1 Concept is the first car to ever feature the Mustang name and the galloping pony badge. It also pioneered key design cues that have become part of the iconic Mustang look. The concept was conceived by a team of Ford designers......
Ford Seattle-ITE XXI Concept
This 1963 Ford Seattle-ITE XXI was a 38 scale concept that was very bold, dramatic, futuristic, and inspiring for its era. Designed by Alex Tremulis, it utilized advanced technology including a trip computer, navigation and traffic information systems,......
Studebaker Avanti Prototype
The Studebaker National Museum celebrated a major addition to its collections after receiving a pair of steel-bodied Studebaker prototypes designed by Raymond Loewy, who designed the original Avanti as well as several other Studebaker-built automobiles.Somehow,......
Studebaker Spectre Concept
In 1962 Studebaker-Packard President Sherwood Egbert hired Brooks Stevens to design some concept cars for future production, and the Spectre was intended for production in 1966. This unique car was built by Carrozzeria Sibona-Basano of Turin. It features......
1961 Concept Cars
Buick Flamingo Concept
The Buick Flamingo was an Electra 225 Convertible with several unique design elements and novel accouterments its most dramatic visual feature was its custom pearlescent pink scheme, leading to its Flamingo name. Like many concepts, where the manufacturer......
Cadillac Jacqueline Concept
The Cadillac Jacqueline Concept was a vehicle that debuted at the 1961 Paris Auto Show. It had been created by the talented design studio, Pininfarina, to showcase their ideas to Cadillac. Their contract with Cadillac was coming to an end as the limited......
Chevrolet Corvette Mako Shark I XP-755
Later known as the Mako Shark I, the Corvette Shark of 1961 was the brainchild of Bill Mitchell. Legend surrounds the origin of the car, including Mitchells flash of inspiration after catching a shark while deep-sea fishing. The Shark looked like......
Chrysler Turboflite Concept
Designed for cruising the superhighways of the future, the 1961 Turboflite was so far ahead of its time that it incorporated design features that still have not been introduced - like the glass canopy that rose automatically when either door was opened!The......
Ford Gyron Concept
The Ford Gyron was a two-wheeled gyrocar which made its debut at the 1961 Detroit Motor Show. It was a concept car that had a very futuristic, two-wheeled design. It had a motorcycle-like design, with one wheel in the front and one in the rear. The......
Plymouth Asimmetrica Concept
Concept cars and idea cars of the 1950s were dramatic, employing an excess amount of chrome decor, wearing large tailfins, and often fitted with many futuristic designs. As designer Virgil Exner Sr.s tenure at Chrysler was nearing an end in the early......
Volkswagen Type 3 Cabriolet
The Type 3 released in 1961 gave motorists a more upmarket alternative to the Beetle. This elegant Cabriolet prototype was built for people who wanted a convertible. The folding convertible top featured a glass rear window. Sadly, it was shelved out......