1990s

In 1991 at the International Motor Shows of Detroit and Geneva, Pininfarina presented the Chronos, a research concept based on GM...

Oldsmobile showed off its Achieva concept at the 1991 Chicago Auto show. It was widely acknowledged as a preview of its upcoming Calais...

First shown at the 1991 Tokyo Auto Show, Nissan’s Tri-X Concept was a rear-drive midsize coupe powered by a 32-valve V8. Nissan was...

Nissan’s modern concept for 1992 was called FEV, for Future Electric Vehicle. The aerodynamically-shaped FEV had abundant interior and...

The special-purpose convertible based on the third generation President JHG50 (1990-2003). This electric vehicle was not mass-produced...

The Nissan Duad concept, which was unveiled in 1991, was a vehicle that attempted to reinvent the Lotus 7. It weighed a mere 470 kgs...

At the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan unveiled two nearly identical concept cars: the Nissan Cocoon and the Nissan Cocoon L. Both cars...

The 1991 Mitsubishi mS.1000 was presented at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show along with the mR.1000. This tiny 4-door vehicle was packed with...

Presented at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show, the Mitsubishi mR.1000 was a tiny coupe that featured a 1-Liter 4 cylinder DOHC engine with 82...

In total, there were six iterations, each being released biannually to coincide with the Tokyo Motor Show. The first was the HSR,...

The Mystique was Mercury's first mini-van, with a name used on the 1995 compact production car. Wall-to-wall headlights and fiber-optic...

Before the Leaf made electric cars feel mainstream, Nissan had already spent decades experimenting with battery-powered mobility. From the 1947 Tama EV, built for postwar Japan’s fuel shortages, to futuristic concepts like the Mixim and BladeGlider, Nissan’s electric history is far deeper than most people realize. These vehicles were not just odd prototypes or auto show curiosities. They were rolling testbeds for range, battery technology, commuter design, and the question ev