Great things are always born inadvertently. Sometimes they are a flash of inspiration, and sometimes they are a creative concept car. The following 12 concept cars are the greatest innovations in history.
These concept cars provided by designers or design teams are never born to solve practical problems, but only exist to challenge the existing "design rules".
For car manufacturers, they are willing to build concept cars, attract attention and even go down in history.
Lancia Stratos Zero
Lancia Stratos Zero
Broadcom designer Marcello Gandini (also known as Gandini) designed this car when he was 3 years old, and previous masterpieces such as Lamborghini Miao La and Alfa romeo Carabo have been born, but Lancia Stratos Zero is Gandini's real big move. Based on Lancia Fulcia HF, the car was once the shortest car with a height of only 83 cm, which made the driver need to use a special posture to enter the car from the windshield. This means that the Ford GT4 is like a tall F15 pickup truck in front of it.
Stratos Zero
The power system comes from a 1.6-liter V-type 4-cylinder engine, with a mid-layout, which makes it difficult to become an express train. However, in 1971, Lancia decided to take part in motor racing. Cesare Fiorio, then the race manager, saw the potential of Stratos, so a 2.4-liter V-type 6-cylinder engine replaced the original power-and everyone was shocked: it won the three world rally championships in 1974,1975 and 1976!
Oldsmobile Golden Rocket
Oldsmobile Golden Rocket
Three years after the Corvette sports car was released, Oldsmobile stole the limelight of GM's popular niche with the concept car Golden Rocket. This is a two-door sports car with shark's front nose wing; The power is much more fierce than the brothers above: a V-shaped 8-cylinder engine with a maximum power of 275 horsepower; The car body was made of fiberglass, which was unprecedented in that era.
Golden Rocket
From its advertising model, it can be seen that this is a luxury car, and the rear window is divided into two pieces. Although the configuration such as electric sunroof has become standard now, it was simply amazing at that time; But unfortunately, the last production model Golden Rocket 88 Coupe in 1957 was very different from the concept car. Nevertheless, the concept car provided inspiration for future designs. For example, in 1963, Corvette used a split rear window. If we look at this concept car from today's perspective, we can sum it up with an American lyric: "What do you think of this Oldsmobile? It represents the distinctive taste of the owner. "
Alfa romeo BAT 7
Alfa romeo BAT 7
If the Alfa Romeo Carabo concept car was designed by Franco Scaglione for the company, then the legendary BAT5, 7 and 9 were designed for himself. The last three cars were all born in the 195s, when Franco Scaglione was still working for Broadcom. In the design language of this car, the sense of "space age" of BAT series concept car is no less than that of Alfa Romeo Carabo. BAT 7 was born in 1954, based on Alfa 19 chassis, and its drag coefficient is only .19.
BAT 7
BAT 5 looks like an American F8- jet fighter from the back; And BAT 9 is a typical "alpha face"; At that time, BAT 7 predicted the design direction of the 196s: hidden headlights, and the bulge of the car body seemed to be equipped with a missile on the left and right. This design language was used in the subsequent Pontiac GTO(1968-1972) and the Dodge Charger in 1969.
all bats still have considerable influence today. MOTO GUZZI used the BAT concept car as an explanation when introducing their new product MGX-21.
Chevrolet Corvette Four-Rotor
Chevrolet Corvette Four-Rotor
At one time in 197s, rotary engines were considered as the future of engines; Fewer parts and very little vibration made GM determined to spend money on it. So GM called Curtiss-Wright, an aircraft engine manufacturer. Although GM has built a twin-rotor engine and is going to assemble it to Monza in 1975, at the same time, Mercedes' concept car and Mazda's production car have already run on the road. GM felt that the engine must be more sincere, so they prepared two Corvette concept cars in 1973, one using a twin-rotor and the other using a four-rotor engine.
Four-rotor
The concept car with twin-rotor engine looks no different from the production car, and the low front ensures a good front view (in fact, under the shell of Corvette is a Porsche 914 chassis); What really made GM stand out at the 1973 auto show was the four-rotor version of Corvette. The appearance of this car is so symmetrical that the gull-wing door can be opened as shown in the figure, while the engine is located at the back of the cockpit.
unfortunately, considering the fuel economy of the engine and the high requirements for oil quality, GM finally canceled the mass production plan of this car.
Plymouth XNR
Plymouth XNR
Chrysler created the trademark Plymouth in 1927, mainly producing cars with lower prices than Chrysler and Dodge, in order to seize the low-priced car market. However, Chrysler designer Virgil Exner Sr always hoped to produce a unique convertible sports car, so the 196 Plymouth XNR concept car came into being.
XNR
However, due to its unique appearance, the car was not mass-produced, but it brought it a more colorful history: in the 196s, the concept car XNR was changed hands by many buyers, and later, XNR entered the garage of the King of Iran, which was the last time that the car was changed hands. In the early 198s, an automobile collector found XNR in an underground garage in Beirut. The collector Karim Edde bought this rare model. At that time, Israel invaded and occupied Beirut, and the civil war broke out. Under such a bad situation, Karim Edde kept moving XNR and successfully preserved it.
Nissan Pivo
The most special feature of Nissan PIVO
Pivo is that the carriage can rotate 18 degrees. When you drive PIVO, you don't need to reverse the car and put it in storage. Just rotate the front of the car 18 degrees, and you can drive forward and put it in storage. Therefore, the concept car got the name Pivo, which is also derived from the English Pivot, which means "rotating around an axis".
Pivo
At the same time, the carriage and frame of PIVO can be separated. Forward and backward freely, small and lovely, showing the space use advantage of mini models. Perhaps in the near future, PIVO is a good solution to urban traffic congestion.
Ford Mustang Milano
Mustang Milano
Ford Mustang Milano
In recent years, Ford has launched many Mustang concept cars, some of which are handsome and some are plain; And this 197 mustang Milano belongs to the former. Extremely slender windows and personalized hood are enough to make it be considered as a cartoon that has just become a reality. Although it is a concept car, the obvious body lines still show that it is a pure wild horse. If there is a person on the bus at this time, I think he must be a Hellboy.
general LeSabre
general LeSabre
one of the top ten classic concept cars in the hundred-year history of general motors, the "high tail fin" car inspired by airplanes has become the object of imitation by many models. The designer is Harley Earl, who is called "the father of dream cars" by Detroit News. The body of LaSabre is made of cast magnesium dashboard and hand-molded aluminum. The design of this "dream car" draws lessons from the F86 jet fighter (especially the narrow and round front and rear air intakes) and is known as the "laboratory with wheels". Testing a large number of brand-new materials, it has been proved that these materials are too expensive to be used in automobile production.
LeSabre
the car is equipped with a 3.5-liter V-shaped eight-cylinder engine, two carburetors and two fuel tanks. When the car is driving at a low speed or a constant speed, the first carburetor sucks gasoline from the first tank. When the car accelerates, the second carburetor draws methanol fuel from the second tank. LeSabre is also equipped with an air brake and has a movable roof that can be activated by a rainfall sensor to automatically close.
Simca Fulgur
Simca Fulgur
If any car inspired Gee Jetson's car, it must be this Simca Fulgur. Although this car never wanted to fly, its plastic bubble-shaped roof and hidden wheels make it look like an aircraft in the space age.
appearance of Simca Fulgur
In fact, this is only the practice work of a French designer, and there is no idea to mass-produce it. In 1959, SIMCA Fulgur appeared at the Geneva Motor Show to predict the car style in 2. This concept car driven by atomic power, equipped with voice control technology, is piloted by radar, and adopts another advanced gyro technology in the 195s.
Maserati Boomerang
Maserati Boomerang
Boomerang is extremely low, with angular shape and razor-like lines. It is precisely because it looks too much like a flying machine that it has the name Boomerang. Designed by the famous Italian designer Giorgetto, the car was unveiled at the Turin Auto Show in 1971.
boomerang
the appearance of boomerang is * * *, and the interior of the car is even more exaggerated. The unique design of completely hiding the whole instrument panel in the steering wheel is not available even today. This concept car embodies the painstaking efforts of the famous Italian designer Giorgetto, and everywhere we see the romantic atmosphere belonging to Italy. Although the Maserati Boomerang concept car was originally designed as a rear-drive sports car that can be used for daily driving, it has never been mass-produced. In 1974, a private car collector bought this sci-fi sports car, and collectors took it to several antique luxury car shows in the next 2 years, such as Monterey Classic Car Race in 2.
Jeep J-12
Jeep J-12
Jeep J-12
J-12 is very classical in appearance, but it has high-performance equipment and modern equipment. The original design of J-12 was in 196s, when J-12 had a very interesting name Old Man Truck. Open the engine compartment cover, it is still the same power unit as the 212 herdsman, and the 3.6-liter V-type 6-cylinder engine is full of power. Equipped with Fox's top shock absorber, the front and rear axles are equipped with pneumatic differential locks, the control switch is at the lower left of the steering wheel, and there are three control buttons. Round double lamp shape, flat head and square face, flaming red body, red and black with center console, classical sofa seat, ball-head gear shift lever, DVD navigation, the fusion of classical and modern looks more harmonious. The retro and rich flavor of the whole car reminds people of Captain America's legendary gentleman temperament in the 196s.
American Motors Corporation AMX
American Motors Corporation AMX-American Automobile Company
American Motors Corporation AMX
Among the automobile brands we know, there are countless brands named after their founders. For example, Ford, Chevrolet, such as Bentley, Porsche, Suzuki and Mazda, etc., but there are not many car brands named after the country, among which AMC(American Motors Corporation-American Automobile Company) is the most historic one.
Then speaking of this car, AMC AMX, at that time, in order to add some points to its image of being lazy and not striving for progress, AMC launched the AMX concept car; In terms of body proportion, it is completely different from Ford Mustang: short track, long and flat front and thick and short rear; Here is an interesting fact. Where are its B-pillar and C-pillar? From a distance, they seem to be together.
The power system of this car comes from AMC's own V-type 8-cylinder engine; Subsequently, AMC AMX was mass-produced in 1968 under a different name, Javelin. However, as a pony car, it lost many details of the concept car: the windshield divided into two parts in the middle, the air intake grille with the width of the car, and the back seat that even the pet dog was too small. However, it is gratifying that the production car retains the body proportion of the concept car and the rear window.