The 1970 Garmisch resulted from a design produced by the Bertone Design Centre for a car with the mechanics of the BMW 2200 TI, aimed at...

The Bertone Shake was built on a SIMCA 1200 S chassis, the same one used for the coupé created by the Turin designer for the French...

In 1970 American Motors made a splash with this all-new mid-engined Dick Teague-designed supercar. The car was derived from the...

Released under the direction of Carol Shelby, the Viper is reminiscent of the Ford-Driven Cobra produced in the sixties. Both cars have a...

Syd Mead created a design for a convertible Ford pickup, similar to the modern Chevrolet SSR. According to Syd, "This was designed to...

The 1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo concept car was based on the race-derived mechanicals of the exclusive 33 Stradale from the previous year, but...

The NSU Nergal was a small car, based on the NSU Prinz rear-engined model, presented as a prototype in the 1970 Turin Motor Show and...

Francis Lombardi presented this one-of-a-kind coupe based on the NSU 1000 TTS at the 1970 Turin Motor Show. At the same time, a...

In 1970, Nissan released the 315-a electric commuter concept. With a single motor powering the rear wheels, the 315-a measured in at 95...

The 270X concept was introduced at the 17th Tokyo Motorshow in 1970. The aggressive style was not matched with its performance as the...

The Nissan 126X concept of 1970 has to be one of the all-time classic concept cars. Also displayed at the 1970 Tokyo Motorshow, the 126X...

To say this Cat was before its time would be a serious understatement. Sporting a bold lime green paint job, El Gato (Spanish for "The...

The Mazda RX 500 was the star attraction at the 17th Tokyo Motor Show in 1970. It was developed by the research and design staff at the...

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...