by Wallace Wyss - Sometimes it all depends on a person with a strong mind. In this case, when BMW wanted to make a dream car to honor the old 507 two seater from the Fifties, a BMW executive thought "Why stop at a concept?" And so it was; the … [Read more...]
A Homage Concept Car Is Respected In and of Itself – The BMW Z8
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Concept Car Finally Reaches Road: Ferrari Pininfarina Modulo 512S
October 19, 2020 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - A lot of time you look at a concept car and if it's real daring in design--i.e. it looks like it wouldn't meet any regulations of lighting, windshield rake, safety, etc, you think "well, a nice idea but it will never reach … [Read more...]
Concepts That Didn’t Make It: Cadillac Sixteen
October 5, 2020 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I've been covering the auto industry for, oh, 55 years or so and missed the grand era of the '30s. I saw a picture of the 2003 Cadillac Sixteen concept car recently and realized how much I miss outsize characters like Bob Lutz, … [Read more...]
Another Lost Prototype: 1975 Opel GT-W Génève
September 26, 2020 By 10 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I am going out on a limb here and saying if the 1975 Opel GT-W Génève did not have an engine and transmission it was just a rolling mockup, one step up from a clay model, so not a real prototype engineering wise. There's a … [Read more...]
Concepts That Are Best Not Revived: 1956 Mercury XM Turnpike Cruiser
June 26, 2020 By 8 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Mercury was a brand that's gone now, it was sort of a ranking-wise, little brother to the Lincoln. In the Fifties they were thought of as a brand that was slightly daring and more upmarket than Ford. Remember the XM … [Read more...]
Concept Cars That Should Have Been Built: 2004 Lincoln Mark X
June 24, 2020 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Back in 2004 Ford showed a concept called the Mk X (for 10) which was basically a Lincoln-ized two seater Bird. It was meant to be a true American Luxury cruiser with a power retractable glass hard top. You could call … [Read more...]
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