my god- all hypercars look like the same style, all SUV's look the same, hatchbacks are gone, the sports car is dead, and the auto industry barrels on into oblivion.
@@TDGCmote exactly. It's all about performance now. Not looks. Frankly, I'll gladly take a dodge magnum that looks IDENTICAL to the 2000's age model. Just give it an eco V6 and you have a winner.
@@tonynasaofficial Hi, Leno xD. Lol, I'm just joking; I'm more interested in how designs ultimately evolved away from these concepts; I don't think I could've escaped so easily from then prevailing tastes. On the other hand, maybe it's only natural to move away from such concepts; after all, they're just concepts that are discarded when new processes and material enable better designs
Well...most are Oldsmobiles, Buicks and co., but also Marks like Firebird. Search in Google for "Firebird III automotive". Then you will find some ☺ Honestly, thenadays GM was much bigger than nowadays.
This is so beautifully put together & I absolutely LOVE the music. You clearly have impeccable taste!👌🏾 Thank you for sharing this with us.🙏🏾 You made my day!
It's amazing how in retrospect one can tell easily from the design cues which cars were to be Chryslers, Dodges, Fords, Thunderbirds, Lincolns Chevrolets, Oldsmobiles,Buicks and Cadillacs. Sometimes there was no guessing simply because the cars had been badged.
Thanks for posting! Have not seen many of them before. It was great to see so many that were SO close to the actual production model, just minus a trunk fin or long sweeping roof line. :)
A lady in the church I attended as a child was seriously injured when her husband was backing their '57 Plymouth and snagged her with the point of a fin.
It's shocking in the good sense, unbelievable... many look really from another planet waow, what an era, what went wrong? So sad mankind didn't pursue this futuristic vision of beauty.
The Oil Crisis screwed up the car market in 1973-74. So, the government then authorized automakers to design more fuel efficient cars. Here’s a link to read about aerodynamic on cars: www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/automotive-history-an-illustrated-history-of-automotive-aerodynamics-part-1-1899-1939/
Because in those days people wanted safe cars and these were the best, difficult to roll over. That why they had a lot of convertibles. Today's cars are balloons of steel, once you roll, it never seems to stop. They're too high, too fat, too stiff and as a result from that they bounce too much and lose control then roll over and always end up upside down.
@@mickcarson8504 SO THEN WHY THE FUCK NOW BUILD THEM LIKE THE PAST, IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY WAY LESS EASY TO ROLL. JUST REINFORCE THEM RIGHT, AND WE GOT THE FUTURE PAST.
Thanks for including the '63 Chrysler Turbine. While most concept cars are one-offs and may not even be operable, 50 Turbines were made and driven on the roads. The Citroën DS 19 of 1956, facelifted in 1968, and the Citroën SM, production beginning in 1969, qualify as concept cars yet were produced and sold: over 1.7 million Ds and over 12,000 SMs.
Why some of these concept cars never made it to mass production is beyond me. They're gorgeous!! The others should have been in science fiction movies.
These cars are amazing. Any one of these would turn heads going down the road. My favorite is the 1955 Lincoln Futura which was pictured three times here. That car became the Batmobile in the 1966 Batman TV series starring Adam West. My most favorite TV car ever.
These are mouth watering works of art. I would love to drive any one of them just to stop traffic all around me and see everyone's jaws drop to the floor.
Thanks for your slide show. The "space-age" and "futuristic" styling was all the rage in the 40s, 50s and 60s concept or "dream" cars. Some were shown to the public, but others were kept in design studios. Some did not have running gear or other functional parts. Two of the cars in this video were actual low number production cars, the Chrysler Turbine car at 5:23 and at 1:08 the goofy 3-wheel Davis D-2 Divan. There are also some artist drawings and a couple of custom cars that are modified production cars. If you search the net you can find many more photos of concept cars and there are a number of them that are in museums or private collections. Some concept cars in the last 25-30 years have made it into production with minor changes. The era of fins, bullet shaped bumpers, jet exhausts and bubble tops still await the future of 1960.
My only objection is that the manufacturer is not identified nor the the production line, Oldsmobile, Dodge, Lincoln, etc. The GM Harley Earle models are obvious as are some of those from Chrysler, that would put things in perspective. Otherwise, I liked it!
Wow! Thanks for such a great video of really far out cars. They're nice creative ideas that I've never seen before except for about a couple. A treat to the eyes!!!
Designs were reflective of when America WAS (and believed in) the future. America was the future. We were a different society, we built things and were optimistic: science and technology was number one ... I remember; I was a young kid and remember when "Americans could do it all." Now, we're mostly waiting for somebody else to do it all FOR US! We don't build or create ... we complain.
Electrology Now i miss the times where humanity was proud of technological sucess and innovation. Today people are rsigned or red-green. Nobody belive that our great technology can help stoping climate change etc. whith a free economy but its possible. Take State out of economy and we can be innovative again!
Deutscher ... (Ich Kann Deutsch, BTW). Oddly, both the Democrats and the Republicans did not put forth a "future" platform: both were backward looking. Trump's Make America Great AGAIN" looked backward. And, Hillary's focusing on social issues that have been resolved for decades looked irrelevant ... I understand that these platforms were a reaction to globalization, but wonder just where that leaves us at the moment. There is, after all, ONLY the Future!
Electrology Now i think that Trumps politic have a perspective because people are tired to pay for a big state who doesnt help them. I dont now the consequenzes of protectionism for the US but i now that the Merkel-Obama opression is out. This is the first way for a better future.
PS. Great video! In the summer of 1970, I built a model of the flying car of 2001. The kit was officially endorsed by GM as their car for the 21rst century. Oddly enough its profile resembled the profile of the mini van of the 90s. Go figure! I'm 60.
That one shot of Harley Earle in the Buick LeSabre, in HIS own parking driveway, with his wife, and behind them is his older black Buick Y job that he designed and drove for 25 years, parked showing its rear end. That pic must be of him when he first got the new Le Sabre model finished and had stated driving IT, after retiring the Y job! VERY cool, very important pic there. I snapped it :)
Many of them looked like they were intentionally designed to inflict maximum harm in the unfortunate event of collision. I think most of them would be very difficult to keep clean or free of snow buildup. Some of them were only different trim packages and/or modified body panels of massively produced cars. Once quad copter drone tech, meets invisible fence tech, meets self driving carbon fiber car tech we WILL HAVE OUR FLYING CARS!
As being a 17 year old I wasn’t able to experience these gorgeous vehicles, i do wish i could time travel to the Detroit Autorama or the World Fair. just seemed like so much hope back then looking towards the future…
Fun fact: the only few reasons cars look like they do now is so car companies make more money, better fuel economy, and aerodynamic. But every older car, especially these concepts are way better
I'd like to know more about these cars. It's interesting how much amazing design is produced and then rejected and now today it seems many cars look very similar.
These days auto safety regulations are so all encompassing that it's almost impossible to design a car that doesn't look like all the others without escalating costs beyond affordability. So if you want something that looks different, you need to be rich.
brind back the old days, this is just amazing everythig were made by hear now casrs are like boxes with wheels this is some amazing cars made with passion and love for creativity and art i wish i can offord to own one of those beauties ! a cool restored black muscle vintage car with some red stripes is my dream !
As a kid in the '60s, I'd go with my dad to the Detroit Autorama every year. Saw, among other things, cool concept cars that I'd never see again. Neet video, thank ya.
How refreshing. Individuality. Man's musings on the future. I wonder what folks like Harley Earl would think of today's cookie cutter CUVs, SUVs and momma wagons? The futuristic design shown in these concept cars didn't usually make it to the production line. But you can see some influence in the performance cars of the sixties. It never hurts to look back at an age of hopes and dreams.
I can recognise most of the regulars here, I can take a guess at some, but the rest of them, well, I have no clue at all. Anyway, its always good to see cars that I haven't seen before so thanks for the vid. Good choice of music too - fitted in well.
nice to see the Lincoln concept car before it became the Batmobile and the Tucker Torpedo (man, how Preston Tucker could dream!). Born in the mid 50's, a lot of these design were pure nostalgia for me, having seen them in car shows and magazines in my childhood.
Wow -- too cool. There are a few I wasn't crazy about, but most actually look really good, in a dated sort of way. I actually saw one of those Chrysler Turbo's rolling around Livonia, Michigan when they were being tested.
there are quit a few of these cars I like but at 2;00 the X100 is my favourite, then at 6 mins one Super smart looking car, I enjoyed all that thank you videomanjohn.
