Past Concepts/Design Proposals/Prototypes

[Croc]

Like who cares ?  :unsure:

[post="16524"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]

Just sharing opinions like everyone else in this thread. Got a problem?

[LosAngeles]

I wouldn't sweat it, Croc, as it seems like many on this board have turned the hate volume up pretty high since the new board came online.

[zoomtm]

how bout we all get along and love one another?

[Satty]

[NOS2006]

That Precept is a futuristic Cadillac ION. WTF?!

[Croc]

Oh, I'm not upset or anything; I was just putting the jackass in his place :)

Satty, you forgot the ultimate comfort food:



Unless you don't like Mint Chocolate Chip, I'd say this is the best feel-good ice cream flavor.

Edited September 19, 2005 by Croc

[Satty]

I've got a pint (well, now about half a pint) of Ben & Jerry's Mint Chocolate Cookie in the freezer. Good stuff indeed.

[aaaantoine]

Negatory. That's the fuel-cell GM Precept.

This is the 1992 Ultralite:

420lbs. Think about that. That's what GM is capable of when it wants to do something.

Best corporation building the best automobiles the world has ever seen - when it feels like it.

[post="16281"][/post]

I would love to see this vehicle on the road as a super fuel-efficient two-seater.

Too bad GM has to adhere to US safety standards...

[Drew Dowdell]

Please, GM, never do this again:

[post="15845"][/post]

Well now I know where the idea for the CTS headlights came from.....

[Satty]

The Precept was rather innovative. I dont remember all the details, but it was a test bed for all kinds of technology, drivetrain and weight savings. Problem is, it reminds me of this:

[HarleyEarl]

I can't for the life of me, remember the name of this Corvette concept. It's the first time I have seen a photo of it in years.

Anyone know?

[ocnblu]

Is that Astro II or Astro III? Oh Ballllthyyyyy..... http://www.cheersandgears.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/AH-HA_wink.gif

[HarleyEarl]

This is big favorite of mine. The Chevy Cheyenne pickup concept. I tell you here now, if Chevy made this pickup exactly as it is here, they would take over the truck market almost completely.

Very butch.

[Croc]

Disagree...it looks too much like the Stay-Puff Marshmallow from the front, and it is just too soft and feminine looking, with a rub strip from Hell. I DID like its interior though.

[zoomtm]

Disagree...it looks too much like the Stay-Puff Marshmallow from the front, and it is just too soft and feminine looking, with a rub strip from Hell.

I DID like its interior though.

[post="17024"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]

agreeded.

[HarleyEarl]

Balthazar, you know concepts, I can't remember the name of the Corvette concept that is now my sig. Do you know?

[balthazar]

The white one up above is the '68 Astro-Vette, as opposed to the '67 Corvair Astro I or the '67 XP-880 Astro II or the '69 Astro III (which was a turbine-powered 3-wheeler). The blue job in your sig is too new for me. Sure looks like a variant of the Corvette Indy design (of which there seem to be a few)...

[HarleyEarl]

Here is an interesting model proposal, a pickup, called the Cowboy by American Motors in 1971:

[Sixty8panther]

Sweet! Gremlin ElCamiono.

[HarleyEarl]

Sixty8, do you know of any good books on auto design studios and design proposals that didn't make it......I really like that kind of stuff....can't get enough of it.

[Sixty8panther]

The '54 Dodge Granada concept.  I wonder if Ford had to pay Dodge for the use of that name?

[post="9015"][/post]

How did they manage to make 1973 spec. bumpers in 1954? :huh: :puke:

[Sixty8panther]

Sixty8, do you know of any good books on auto design studios and design proposals that didn't make it......I really like that kind of stuff....can't get enough of it.

[post="66844"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]

500 Fantastic Cars is a good one off the top of my head. :)

[HarleyEarl]

Thanks bud, I'll look for that one.

[Sixty8panther]

It's a good one. :)

G-night.

[PurdueGuy]

Funny how many recent concepts I've forgotten. I've tried to save pix of a lot, and this thread got me going back through them...

Some highlights from my Chevy folder...

2000 Chevy Tandem? I don't remember this one at all, and might have it mislabeled...


2000 Chevy Traverse. Now we know where the Malibu Maxx's tail end came from...


2001 Chevy Borrego. I kinda liked this one...


2001 Chevy S5. Looks like the child of a silverado and a tracker.


2001 Chevy Sabia


1965 Mako Shark-II Corvette

Edited February 8, 2006 by PurdueGuy

[PurdueGuy]

From the Chrysler folders...

1991 Chrysler 300




1995 Atlantic

[HarleyEarl]

I forgot about that Chevy Traverse.....definitely the inspiration for the MAXX. Those Chryslers were very nice. Edited January 3, 2006 by HarleyEarl

[PurdueGuy]

UGLIEST CONCEPT EVER... (well, maybe - definately ranks up there...)

1981 Ford Pockar

[mrmonte]

I actually got to sit in that two door Tahoe concept at GM at Carlisle it was really nice. A guy there (GM Big shot) told us it was going to be built this was back in 2001 the first year they had the GM show,I guess he was wrong .

[TurboRush]

Saab 9000 2 door Turbo coupe concept Mid to late eighty's

Edited January 3, 2006 by TurboRush

[Hudson]

The '54 Dodge Granada concept.  I wonder if Ford had to pay Dodge for the use of that name?

Hey...Ford had to buy (or atleast get permission) from Chrysler for "Falcon" after their 1950s concept the Dodge Falcon.

[HarleyEarl]

That Saab concept is very interesting.....very nice car.

[LosAngeles]

Saab 9000 2 door Turbo coupe concept Mid to late eighty's

[post="67136"][/post]

Even though it looks like a Peugeot 309, this might have done something.

[HarleyEarl]

American Motors AMX GT concept:

[razoredge]

American Motors AMX GT concept:

[post="87413"][/post]

Thats just wrong Harley ! Mixing the beautiful AMX with a Gremlin is juust simply wrong !

What year was this ? 67 68 ?

[HarleyEarl]

This past Lancia concept looks very good, the '92 Magia.

[HarleyEarl]

Hey Razor....not sure of the exact year on that AMX GT.....I understand that is where the idea of the Gremlin originated....the roofline.

[NOS2006]

That Lancia is pretty nice.

[razoredge]

Hey Razor....not sure of the exact year on that AMX GT.....I understand that is where the idea of the Gremlin originated....the roofline.

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yep, you read my mind, that was why I asked and what I had suspected, I can deal with Gremlin, it would be one of my last AMC of choise but I can deal with them.......I cant deal with a AMX nose on a Gremlin and this is not really that great of a job either, not like say the camback Corvettes. The Gremlin insignia is..... awsome..........dude

[MyerShift]

Hey. How about this that previewed the Neon SRT4's engine- the Plymouth Pronto Spyder. Now this would have saved Plymouth.




Or the Chrysler 300 Hemi C concept, what a looker!





Hey, does this preview the Mercedes-Benz A-Class, or the new Peugeots? It's the Chrysler Java. I like this, would want one.

Edited February 8, 2006 by MyerShift

[HarleyEarl]

...always thought that Chrysler Java was a classy little hatch.

[balthazar]

...Ford had to buy (or atleast get permission) from Chrysler for "Falcon" after their 1950s concept the Dodge Falcon.

The Hemi-powered, one-off '55 Falcon was a "Chrysler".

Mixing the beautiful AMX with a Gremlin is juust simply wrong! What year was this ? 67 68 ?

1969.

[HarleyEarl]

Here's the '66 American Motors AMX concept:

[LosAngeles]

Thats just wrong Harley ! Mixing the beautiful AMX with a Gremlin is juust simply wrong !

[post="87432"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]

If taken out of the dragstrip way of thinking, it's actually pretty ahead of its time.

[C.H.U.D.]

Wow! I never realized how close that Ram prototype looks to the Ford F159 refresh of '92. The headlights look interchangeable.