The most important concept cars ever created
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Too often, the term ‘concept car’ is now used to describe a thinly veiled production model that’s about to hit showrooms.
Autocar - 2/46
Buick Y-Job (1939)
General Motors - 3/46
Buick LeSabre (1951)
General Motors - 4/46
Ford XL500 (1953)
Ford Motor Company - 5/46
Alfa Romeo BAT 5 (1953)
Alfa Romeo - 6/46
Buick Wildcat II (1954)
General Motors - 7/46
De Soto Adventurer II Coupé (1954)
FCA - 8/46
Ford FX Atmos (1954)
Ford Motor Company - 9/46
GM Firebird I (1954)
General Motors - 10/46
Ford Mystere (1955)
Ford Motor Company - 11/46
Lincoln Futura (1955)
Ford Motor Company - 12/46
Buick Centurion (1956)
General Motors - 13/46
GM Firebird II (1956) & III (1958)
General Motors - 14/46
Oldsmobile Golden Rocket (1956)
General Motors - 15/46
Ford X-1000 (1957)
Ford Motor Company - 16/46
XP-700 Corvette (1958)
General Motors - 17/46
Cadillac Cyclone (1959)
General Motors - 18/46
Chrysler Turboflite (1961)
FCA - 19/46
GM Runabout (1964)
General Motors - 20/46
Lamborghini Marzal (1967)
Lamborghini - 21/46
Alfa Romeo Carabo (1968)
FCA - 22/46
Mercedes-Benz C-111 (1969)
Daimler - 23/46
Buick Century Cruiser (1969)
General Motors - 24/46
Lancia Stratos Zero (1970)
Bertone - 25/46
Maserati Boomerang (1971)
FCA - 26/46
Ford Probe (1979-1985)
Ford Motor Company - 27/46
Ford Ghia Cockpit (1981)
Ford Motor Company - 28/46
Italdesign Capsula (1982)
Italdesign - 29/46
MG E-XE (1985)
MG - 30/46
GM Sunraycer (1987)
General Motors - 31/46
GM CERV III (1990)
General Motors - 32/46
BMW E1 (1991)
BMW - 33/46
Volvo ECC (1992)
Volvo - 34/46
Dodge ESX3 (2000)
FCA - 35/46
Jaguar F-Type (2000)
Jaguar - 36/46
BMW X Coupé (2001)
BMW - 37/46
Cadillac Sixteen (2003)
General Motors - 38/46
GM Hy-wire (2003)
General Motors - 39/46
Holden Efijy (2005)
General Motors - 40/46
BMW EfficientDynamics (2009)
BMW - 41/46
Renault Dezir (2010)
Renault - 42/46
Jaguar C-X75 (2010)
Jaguar - 43/46
BMW Next 100 (2016)
BMW - 44/46
DS E-Tense (2016)
PSA - 45/46
Volkswagen ID.3 (2016)
Volkswagen - 46/46
Lagonda All-Terrain Concept (2019)
Autocar
The most important concept cars ever created Some go nowhere, but other concept cars really point to the future. We take stock of the most interesting and influential ones ever made