1967 Concept Cars
Chevrolet Corvair Astro I
The Chevrolet Astro I concept car appeared in 1967 as a radical-looking fastback coupe designed for the show circuit. The cars height was under three feet, and hinged rear bodydoor section allowed access to the cockpit. A periscope rearview mirror......
Exemplar I Concept
Change is inevitable. Automotive designers and manufacturers work to predict future trends and styles and implement them into concept cars to determine the feasibility and popularity of their vision. Predicting future technologies is equally important......
Ferrari Dino 206 Competizione
With its wild wings, futuristic curves, and total lack of practicality, the Ferrari Dino 206 Competizione was the quintessential concept car. A radically designed prototype, the Competizione combined typical Ferrari values of charm, charisma, and technically......
Gyro X
In 1967, California-based Gyro Transport Systems hired the well-known designer Alex Tremulis to build a porotype car to be known as the Gyro-X. Tremulis - a famous stylist and Automobile Hall of Fame inductee - and Thomas Summers, a gyroscope expert,......
Jaguar Pirana
The Bertone Jaguar Pirana was the result of an initiative of the English Weekend Telegraph, in particular the idea of its brilliant publisher, John Anstey. Anstey believed that the car should be an ideal means of transport for a particular type of......
Mercedes-Benz 280SE Factory Prototype
The wider, lower grille championed by Mercedes-Benzs Chief Designer Paul Bracq has become absolutely iconic within the history of Mercedes-Benz. Such iconography lends itself to the most rare examples being heavily guarded, always to remain with Mercedes.......
1966 Concept Cars
AMC AMX Prototype
Post World War competition between manufacturers was tough. For the independent automobile producers, times were even tougher. By the early 1950s, competition had become so fierce that two of the largest independent automobile manufacturers, Nash......
Aston Martin DBSC
Toward the end of the DB6 production Aston Martin began planning for a new car, which they hoped would be designed by Carrozzeria Touring of Milan, creator of the original DB4. It was to be based on an advanced new chassis and have a new Superleggera......
Austin-Healey Sprite Prototype
This car was one half of a two-car team entered in the LeMans 24-Hour race in 1966. Because the cars practiced so well and because the French were worried about their cars being beaten in the small bore category, team manager Geoffrey Healey was told......
Bizzarrini 5300 Spyder S.I Prototipo
Dottore Ingegnere Giotto Bizzarini had successful stints at Alfa Romeo, Iso, Ferrari, and a Lamborghini V12 engine on his resume before setting a company to create cars bearing his own name. Established in Livorno, Prototipo Bizzarini opened for business......
Chevrolet Corvair Fitch Phoenix
Just as Ferry Porsche envisioned a sports car based on the Volkswagen, John Fitch envisioned one based on a Corvair. The result was the beautiful and nimble Fitch Phoenix. The Phoenix was built on a 95-inch wheelbase (13 inches shorter than a stock......
Chevrolet Electrovair II Experimental
The Electrovair II Experimental vehicle was built in 1966 and was GMs second post-war attempt at developing a viable electric vehicle. The Electrovair II addressed the problem of lead-acid battery weight and package size demonstrated with its predecessor......
Duesenberg Model D
The saying, making a name for yourself allows for progression at ones own pace, defining your goals and expectations, and making adjustments along the way. The original Duesenberg Company had built an enviable reputation in racing and in car production.......
GMC Electrovan Experimental
The Electrovan Experimental was developed in 1966 by General Motors Engineering Staff, Power Development, and Research Laborites. This was a significant step forward in power vehicles with alternative power. With the experience of its ongoing battery-powered......
Pontiac Monkeemobile
This Kustom car is named the Monkeemobile and featured in the Monkees TV series, for the only rock n roll group that ever filmed a live-action TV series. It started out as a 1966 Pontiac GTO. Power is from a code XE 389 cubic-inch four-barrel V8 engine......
Vauxhall XVR Concept
The XVR was so nearly a production reality, but Opels GT – a similar design and concept – failed commercially, which gave Vauxhall cold feet.And since the XVR is inextricably linked with what was to become Griffin House in Luton, weve also attached......
Vivant 77 Prototype
The name Herb Adams is legendary among Pontiac and GM performance enthusiasts. He was instrumental in the development of the Pontiac Trans Am cars and the Super Duty engines.Shortly after graduating from the GM Institute, he did the Vivant as a design......