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Concept Cars

de Jonathan Wood

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No auto show is complete without them. They're crowd pulling and invariably extravagant, zany, way-out, and created with no apparent consideration for cost. And, in the eyes of some, taste. But for all the entertainment value of the visually striking concept car, it does, nevertheless, have a serious role to play.For the car manufacturer it provides an invaluable opportunity to gauge the public's reaction to radical design initiatives before putting them into production. With environmental considerations moving increasingly to the fore, the newest generation of aerodynamically honed concepts is also of particular significance for featuring creative alternatives to the long-running internal combustion engine. This usually takes the form of emissions-free electric power which is either used in isolation or in hybrid form, when it works in harmony with miserly fueled gas or diesel units.The concept car is now well over 50 years old, and author Jonathan Wood charts its evolution from General Motors' landmark Y-Job of 1939, through the dream cars of the 1950s, and so to the present day.This highly illustrated book will fascinate car enthusiasts of all ages and provide a pointer to the sort of vehicles that will be on our roads well into the 21st century and beyond.… (més)

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This is a great reference book which covers many outrageous designs, with one hundred and fourty-four photographs and illustrations.

I am not a car enthusiast, but I liked this book very much.

The concept car is visually stunning and often totally zany!
When you give a designer free rein to go with an idea unrestricted by price or even demand for the item, what you end up with is the stuff of dreams, and right out of the pages of a sci-fi novel.
Many of these one-offs are totally impractical, either too long of too low; with fins, gull-wing doors - such as the Aston Martin Bulldog (resembling the DeLorian), and even cockpits, sometimes with no way to even see the road ahead - such as the Concept 2096.
Its a nice book, but it could have been bigger showing many more cars than it does. It doesn't have any bubble car (such as the Ford Beatnick) which was a bit of a disappointment, or the sleek lines of the Ferrari 512 Modulo, but some very nice looking vehicles all the same.

This book includes the following cars from 1939 to 1997.

General Motors Y-Job
Triumph TRX
Gneral Motors LeSabre
Bertone BAT
Ford Mustang
Mercedes Benz C111
Bertone Stratos
Aston Martin Bulldog
FordProbe III
Honda HP-X
MG EX-E
Ital Design Aztec
Jaguar XJ220
General Motors Impact
Ital Design Columbus
Porsche Boxster
Plymouth Prowler
Volkswagen Concept 1
Mercedes-Benz MCC
Chrysler Atlantic
Ford GT90
Asia Motors Neo Mattina
BMW Just 4/2
Audi TT
Vauxhall Maxx
Honda SSM
Mitsubishi Gaus
Ford Synergy 2010
Dodge Intrepid ESX
Lincoln Sentinel
Renault Next
Renault Fiftie
Ital Formula 4
Bertone Slalom
Ford Saetta
IDEA Vuscia
Peugeot Touareg
Alfa Romeo Nuvola
Mercedes-Benz F200
Citroën Berlingo Berline Bulle
Concept 2096
Pininfarina Eta Beta
Mini ACV 30
Dodge Copperhead (

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No auto show is complete without them. They're crowd pulling and invariably extravagant, zany, way-out, and created with no apparent consideration for cost. And, in the eyes of some, taste. But for all the entertainment value of the visually striking concept car, it does, nevertheless, have a serious role to play.For the car manufacturer it provides an invaluable opportunity to gauge the public's reaction to radical design initiatives before putting them into production. With environmental considerations moving increasingly to the fore, the newest generation of aerodynamically honed concepts is also of particular significance for featuring creative alternatives to the long-running internal combustion engine. This usually takes the form of emissions-free electric power which is either used in isolation or in hybrid form, when it works in harmony with miserly fueled gas or diesel units.The concept car is now well over 50 years old, and author Jonathan Wood charts its evolution from General Motors' landmark Y-Job of 1939, through the dream cars of the 1950s, and so to the present day.This highly illustrated book will fascinate car enthusiasts of all ages and provide a pointer to the sort of vehicles that will be on our roads well into the 21st century and beyond.

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