The Mazda EX-005 debuted at the 1970 Tokyo Motor Show and was a bubble approximately the size of an office chair. Actually, it was a...

Lincoln came up with a racy show car for the 1970 auto shows based on the Continental Mark III. Based on a styling exercise done under...

In 1969, when Nuccio Bertone bought a Lancia Fulvia from a friend and stripped it down to use as the basis for a wild, Gandini-styled...

This photo is a 1969 Kaiser Jeep factory shot of the XJ002 "Bolide" concept. The word Bolide means "a large meteor that explodes in the...

The Hondina Youngstar was a Zagato-bodied roofless "beach car" with no doors and bug-eye headlights, which was based on the Honda N360....

A proposal by Dutch coachbuilder Harry Geeris for an off-road vehicle based on the DAF 66 with that car’s continuously variable...

Presented at the 1971 Paris Auto Show, Coggiola's Volvo 1800-based ESC Coupe was technically built for studying safety and comfort. It...

Presented in March 1971 at Geneva Autoshow. The cooperation with Karmann comes up with the design of a roadster with low production...

Toyota SV-1 (a high-performance sports coupe, prototype of the Celica LB). Shown at the Tokyo Motor Show in Oct/Nov 1971, the SV-1 was...

Less a forecast of future design trends than the NSU Ro-80 itself was this blocky, 1971 special-body exercise by Pininfarina. Based on...

This was a safety vehicle that previewed the 810 series Bluebird. The ESV had a periscope bulge on the roof and possibly ABS braking, and...

The 216X utilized a transverse-mounted 2-liter 4-cylinder power plant. While in motion, the bumpers were designed to extend automatically...

The Mercury Sportshauler is a concept car built by Mercury in 1971. The Mercury Montego-based Sportshauler concept vehicle was a huge...

The Mazda RX-510 was a concept car created to promote the soon-to-be-released RX-3 / Savanna. It was first exhibited at the 1971 Tokyo...

Though often ignored in favor of more famous 1970s concept cars, the one-off 1971 Matra Laser still has styling that can grab the...

Bertone stunned the world at the 1970 Turin Motorshow with their Lancia Stratos HF Zero design. Nuccio Bertone initially wanted to call...

Coggiola's 1971 Dunja was intended to be produced in the near future. Based on the Lancia Fulvia, the Dunja was characterized by its...

Uracco is the nickname of one of the most ferocious bulls in bullfighting. The design of the Italian sports car is the work of the famous...

Gandini designed the Lamborghini Countach for Bertone in 1971. "Countach," in the dialect of Italy"s Piedmont, is an expression of...

The 1971 Ford GT70 was a mid-engined GT sports car based on Ford’s GT70 rally car. It was built and designed by Ghia in Turin. Filippo...

The American NHBS (National Highway Safety Bureau, later the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA) in 1971 announced a...

Fissore 127 Scout, an open-topped “fun car” similar to the Citroën Méhari with Fiat 127 underpinnings. Originally named the Gypsy, this...

To accompany the 1973 Fiat 126 Minimaxi by Moretti, also in 1971, Moretti introduced the Midimaxi, based on the Fiat 127. This followed...

"Styling prototype of a history-making car which marked Enzo Ferrari's conversion to the technical solution of the mid-engine. Low and...