Concept Cars

Concept cars are a look into the showrooms of tomorrow -- and into the world of cars that never were. Link to the articles below for picture-packed profiles of some of wildest concept cars ever.

Most concept cars are one-of-a-kind jewels built to brighten a carmaker's auto show display. With big fins and bubble tops, concept cars can be pure flights of fancy, like the 1956 Packard Predictor. They can also be disguised versions of near-future production models, like the Oldsmobile Aerotech III.

That's not all. Our articles expand the concept car theme, slipping into automotive design studios to reveal secret proposals left on the cutting room floor. Want to see what Edsels might have looked like had Ford not killed its ugly duckling? Check out 1950s and 1960s Edsel concept cars. A Chevrolet Camaro station wagon? It nearly came to be. Check out the Camaro "Kammback" concept.

Concept Car Image Gallery

Enjoy this ride though the fantastic world of concept cars.

AMC Concept Cars

1960s AMC Concept Cars
1969 AMX/2 Concept Car and 1970 AMX/3

Cadillac Concept Cars

1940s and 1950s Cadillac LaSalle Concept Cars
1960s Cadillac Concept Cars
1988 Cadillac Voyage and 1989 Cadillac Solitaire Concept Cars

Chevrolet Concept Cars

1962 and 1963 Chevrolet Corvair Concept Cars
1970s Chevrolet Corvette Concept Cars
Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird Concept Cars
1989 Chevrolet California IROC Camaro Concept Car
1986 Chevrolet Corvette Indy Concept Car

Chrysler Corp. Concept Cars

1950s Chrysler Concept Cars
1950s and 1960s Chrysler Turbine Concept Cars
1960s Chrysler Concept Cars
1989 Plymouth Speedster Concept Car

Ford Motor Co. Concept Cars

Pontiac Concept Cars

1988 Pontiac Banshee Concept Car
1989 Pontiac Stinger Concept Car

Studebaker Concept Cars

1960s Studebaker Concept Cars
1963 Studebaker Westinghouse Pickup Truck Concept

Willys Concept Cars

Concept Cars From Other Manufacturers

1946 Beechcraft Plainsman Concept Car
1980 Briggs & Stratton Hybrid Concept Car
1985 Buick Wildcat Concept Car
1959 Charles Townabout Concept Car
1960s and 1970s Duesenberg Concept Cars
1989 Ferrari Mythos Concept Car
1950s Gaylord Concept Cars
1940s and 1950s Kaiser-Frazer Concept Cars
1989 Mitsubishi HSR Concept Car
1987 Oldsmobile Aerotech Concept Car
1957 and 1958 Packard Concept Cars
1988 Peugeot Oxia Concept Car
1989 Porsche Panamericana Concept Car
1988 Renault Megane Concept Car

The Ford Splash spoke of fun in the sun, but is an example of a concept car that stayed in the dream world, never really influencing showroom models.

For more on concept cars and the production cars they forecast, check out:

Future Cars
Consumer Guide auto show reports
Classic Cars