In 1969, General Motors invited press members to the GM Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, to show them several future mobility...

In 1969, General Motors experimented with “urban cars” to increase gas mileage. This is proof that GM planned to get in front of the...

For the second time in many years, Ford released another spectacular show car for the 1969 season. The Thunderbird Saturn II was similar...

Super Cobra is a show car version of the 1969 Fairlane's "going thing" in performance, the Cobra. It features a unique two-part grille, a...

Ranchero Scrambler, a show car version of Ford Division's Ranchero pickup, features a high, through-the-hood "shaker" air sсoop. These...

A targa version of Lombardi’s Grand Prix was displayed at the Turin Motor Show. Despite the Grand Prix's success (AKA Abarth Scorpione),...

This concept presented by Vignale in 1969 has some traits reminiscent of the Lamborghini Miura. Probably Vignale wanted to ride the wave...

The Fiat 500 Zanzara was a concept car built in 1969 by Zagato. Named after the Italian word for mosquito, the Zanzara was a one-off...

The concept for Fiat 128 based beach car. It featured a shortened wheelbase (2120mm), a foldable windscreen, two walkie-talkies in the...

At the 1969 Turin Motor Show, Bertone presented a design for a four-seater coupé with Fiat 128 mechanics. The prototype was the precursor...

Filippo Sapino is perhaps best known for the three decades he served as design director at Ghia. But by far, his most memorable project...

Tom Tjaarda is very well known in the Ford scene for his design of the De Tomaso Pantera. In 1960 he designed the Ford dragster project...

Chrysler’s Concept 70X concept car featured parallelogram doors similar to today’s minivans. The Interior contained a small ultrasonic...

XP-882 was one of three prototype Corvettes built in a very short period. This car was the first of these three Corvettes, which featured...

This redesign of the Mako Shark II featured a restyled nose and tail. A gunslit vertical window replaced the louvered fastback rear...

The 1969 Chevrolet Astro III was a sleek, two-passenger experimental car resembling an executive jet aircraft, even its tricycle-type...

Designed for cross-country cruising on future automatic highways, the Century Cruiser was built off the chassis of the 1964 Firebird IV...

The 'concept' or 'show' car emerged after WW2 to generate publicity and gauge the public's reaction to often-radical ideas for new...

The British Leyland Zanda was a motor show prototype produced by Harris Mann and showed to the world in 1969. This car still exists and...

Designed by in-house stylists Bob Nixon and Fred Hudson, the non-working AMX/2 show car featured a "twin" theme, including dual movable...

The 1969 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 Coupe Speciale is a Pininfarina concept car designed by Leonardo Fioravanti. The Ferrari P5 concept shown a...

An appealing Italian ‘bitza’ that somehow transcends the sum of its parts. Created by Zagato using the chassis from the Spider and the...

The Abarth 2000 was designed by Pininfarina in 1969. Unlike other stylists, Pininfarina didn’t choose the name; however, the car could...

It is Abarth's last proposal before his addiction to FIAT. It was realized on the model of 1600, it had to be a coupé 2+2 intended to...