This wildly streamlined, one-of-a-kind concept vehicle is actually street-legal and
features power from a 310 horsepower 4.7 liter V8.
The body is a sharply designed wedge with lots of glass and a relaxed seating position.
It also featured a unique steering wheel with a gauge cluster inside.
This delightful little Toyota concept car featured some very quirky features, such as
an asymmetric Gullwing luggage door in the rear and a pointed snub nose on the front.
It had a 2-liter four-cylinder engine with 97 horsepower. Ahead of its time it also had
four wheel disc brakes and a fully independent suspension.
The Karasutra was built in 1972 by Mario Bellini in collaboration with Citron and Pirelli.
Other designers say Bellini always had the cultural dimension of design and architecture
clear and saw himself as a designer interested in the new organization of the world as a
whole, someone who designs like an architect.
With no thought of putting this car into production the rainbow was for Bertoni
and Ferrari, an experiment in unconventional styling. First shown in the 1976 Turin Motor
Show its Advanced features, included a retractable hard top that is stored behind the seats. 35
years later, Ferrari included a retractable top in its model 458 Spider.
The high 450 shown at the 1970 Geneva motor show, featured a 450 horsepower Chrysler Hemi engine.
This mid-engined Supercar was rather Compact and had a short wheelbase and wide footprint.
It also inspired a similar Monteverde model the GTS in 1973 which had a longer wheelbase
and was powered by a Chrysler 440 engine.
This car designed and built by Michalati in 1971 was housed over the chassis of the french-made
mid-engine sports car Matra m530.
Looking similar to the prevalent wedge-shaped concept cars of the 70s, this French designed
and built concept had the wedge but had smoother outlines that previewed the look of many vehicles
of today.
This concept car debuting at the 1972 Brussels motor show featured a forward
tilting roof and windows instead of doors.
The vehicle powered by a 1147 cc engine.
This one-of-a-kind Aston Martin Bulldog was initially
designed to achieve the distinction as the fastest production car in the world.
Its low profile angular wedge shape had five center-mounted hidden headlights as well as
Gullwing doors.
It features a 5.3 liter V8 with twin turbochargers that produce 600 horsepower.
It's fast to speed was verified at 192 miles an hour.
Another concept vehicle with
an aerodynamic style and sharp lines was the 1978 Lancia Sabilo.
Its polycarbonate Windows didn't roll down but it had circular holes that slid open and
had one large windshield wiper smoothly shaped from hand beaten steel with the windows. Blending
into the overall shape the car had a mid-mounted 2.4 liter Dino V6 and a 5-speed manual transmission
This ground-hugging concept car by Alfa Romeo and designed by Bertoni, exchanged
smoothed out edges for striking sharp ones. The body had a distinct wedge shape using
aerodynamics it also had active spoilers and an adjustable wing.
The car featured a 2-liter V8 engine with 227 horsepower mounted in the middle of the
vehicle. It also featured hidden headlights and was rear-wheel drive.
Mercedes-Benz also had their concept car of the 70s this third version of the c-111 built to break
World Records first had a Wankel engine.
The later version had a turbo diesel engine which helped it to win nine absolute world
records in the late 1970s with the five-cylinder diesel under the hood.
This handsome BMW Turbo was the company's first ever concept car. Its Sleek lines are wrapped around a mid-mounted
turbocharged four-cylinder 2.0 liter engine with 200 horsepower. It featured a rear-wheel
drive with a top speed of 155 miles an hour.
Most interesting is that it featured an old version of today's active cruise control as
it had radar and warned the driver of close Vehicles ahead.
This vehicle may look mighty powerful but this concept featured an 86 horsepower four-cylinder engine
The driver likely got very hot because of its large glass canopy windshield, which incorporates
the doors. The rising pillars formed a roll bar in the rear of the car and also acted as a spoiler.
Two small windows on the doors provided ventilation inside the vehicle.
It also had hidden pop-up headlights and a dashboard designed similar to today's vehicles
Attempting to sell this Dale was the 20th century Motorcar Corporation, a company started
by con artist Geraldine Elizabeth Carmichael.
The company preyed on potential customers
as they claimed the car would get 70 miles per gallon and it would sell for two thousand
dollars. It was supposed to be powered by a BMW two-cylinder motorcycle engine with 40
horsepower and would travel up to 85 miles per hour. There were only two prototypes built
and only one could run on its own.
Looking like kit from the 80s TV show Knight
Rider this Nissan Concept car debuted in 1970. Featuring a rear-mounted six-cylinder 3-liter
engine with four-wheel drive, it could seat four persons in a relaxed position and had
a forward tilting cockpit canopy. Colored lights were along the middle of the hood.
This Sleek 1970 Ferrari 512s medullo body was a futuristic styling exercise
attached to a chassis housing a rear mid-Ferrari 5-liter V12 engine.
The vehicle threw out traditional styling and construction techniques in favor of futuristic ideas.
Ferrari said it produced 550 horsepower at 8 500 RPM and claimed a maximum
speed of 223 miles an hour.