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2000 Chevrolet Traverse Concept
The 2000 Chevrolet Traverse Concept, unveiled at the 2000 Chicago Auto Show, introduced a fresh approach to the family sedan by merging...
1955 Packard Request Concept
The 1955 Packard Request Concept stands as a unique testament to the interplay between customer desires and automotive innovation....
1956 Chrysler Plainsman Concept by Ghia
Step back in time to January 1956, at the Chicago Auto Show, where Chrysler Corporation wowed the world with a visionary creation - the...
1956 Packard Predictor Concept by Ghia
In the vibrant era of the 1950s, automotive companies were competing to create the most futuristic and captivating concept cars. One such...
1957 Lincoln Typhoon Concept
The 1957 Lincoln Typhoon is a concept car designed by Eugene Bordinat, Bill Schmidt, and John Najjar and built by Ford's Advanced Design...
1958 Ford Nucleon Concept Car Model
The Nucleon, a 3/8-scale model, provided a glimpse into the atomic-powered future. Designed on the assumption that the present bulkiness...
1958 Ford La Galaxie Concept Car
Ford worked its way through many contorted schools of styling, such as the Z-back roof (in the 1957 La Galaxie). It became increasingly...
1958 Ford De Paolo Concept Car
This Ford concept car appears in the 1966 book Automobiles of the Future by Irwin Stambler. The description of the vehicle appears below....
1958 Chevrolet Corvette XP-700 Concept by Bill Mitchell
Designed and built under the personal supervision of Bill Mitchell, the wild-looking XP-700 used many regular Corvette components, such...
1959 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray XP-87 Concept
Having inspired the legendary C2 ‘Sting Ray’ Corvette of 1963, the 1959 Corvette Stingray concept car was one of the forefathers of an...
1961 Chrysler TurboFlite Concept by Ghia
The radical two-door coupe with a retractable flight cockpit-style roof canopy featured a prominent winged spoiler high over the rear...
1961 Chevrolet Corvair Sebring Spyder Concept
The XP-737 Sebring Spyder roadster was built in three basic versions by GM Styling, all based on the same car and all with a wheelbase...
1962 Mercury Palomar Concept
Mercury's Palomar two-door hardtop station wagon featured a roof with an opening rear section. When open, the rear seat rose, and a small...
1962 Ford Cougar 406 Concept
Debuting at the 1962 Chicago show, the Ford Cougar 406 featured top-hinged, electrically operated gull-wing doors and came equipped with...
1979 Dome Zero P2
The original prototype's failure to achieve Japanese market homologation led to the development of the Dome Zero P2 prototype, a car made...
1962 Chevrolet Corvair Monza SS
The Chevy Monza SS (XP-797) topless two-seat prototype was based on the Corvair rear-engine platform with a shortened 88-inch wheelbase....
1958 Simca Fulgur
The Fulgur, developed by Simca in 1958, gives another idea of what the cars of the future may look like. The Simca Fulgur was a concept...
1963 Oldsmobile J-TR Concept
Based on a 1963 F-85 convertible, the Oldsmobile J-TR show car is little known today, but it bears the unmistakable stamp of GM styling...
1963 Oldsmobile El Torero Concept
Oldsmobile presented the "el Torero" show car, based on a custom version of the 1963 Olds 98 convertible. The exterior wore multiple...
1963-1964 Chrysler Turbine Car by Ghia
Chrysler Corp.’s experimental Turbine Car appeared at the 1964 Chicago Auto Show. It was billed as the first car created explicitly for...
1964 Mercury Comet Super Cyclone Concept
What if you are dissatisfied with the 1964 Comet Caliente and wanted to build a sleek fastback coupe? You'd need to present a...
1964 Dodge Charger Roadster Concept
Debuted at the Milwaukee Auto Show on November 16-24, 1963, the new Charger roadster stole the show at the Dodge exhibit. The customized...
1964 American Motors Tarpon Concept
Derived from the American, the Tarpon was the car that AMC could have, should have, but didn't make in response to the Mustang. Instead,...
1965 Plymouth VIP Concept
Bold is the look of the "V. I. P.", Plymouth’s new idea car, which will be shown for the first time at the Chicago Auto Show, starting on...
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