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Top 10 Boat Tail Design Cars
Boat tail designs have long captivated car enthusiasts, with their sleek, tapered rear ends inspired by the shapes of boats. First seen...


1958 Chevrolet Corvette XP-700 Concept by Bill Mitchell
Designed and built under the personal supervision of Bill Mitchell, the wild-looking XP-700 used many regular Corvette components, such...


1959 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray XP-87 Concept
Having inspired the legendary C2 ‘Sting Ray’ Corvette of 1963, the 1959 Corvette Stingray concept car was one of the forefathers of an...


1961 Cadillac La Salle XP-715 Concept
The 1961 La Salle concept was also known as XP-715, following the General Motors custom of assigning 'experimental' cars XP numbers. The...


1962 Chevrolet Corvair Monza SS
The Chevy Monza SS (XP-797) topless two-seat prototype was based on the Corvair rear-engine platform with a shortened 88-inch wheelbase....


1962 Chevrolet Corvair Monza GT
The Chevrolet Corvair Monza GT (XP-777) was a mid-engined experimental prototype automobile built in 1962 based on the early model...


1963 Oldsmobile J-TR Concept
Based on a 1963 F-85 convertible, the Oldsmobile J-TR show car is little known today, but it bears the unmistakable stamp of GM styling...


1963 Buick Riviera Silver Arrow I Concept by Bill Mitchell
The 1963 Buick Riviera Silver Arrow I Buick concept car was a production Riviera coupe specially customized by GM styling head William L....


1963 Buick Riviera
The GM styling chief, Bill Mitchell, was in London on business when a vision inspired a car. The shapes and sounds of that brief...


1965 Chevrolet Mako Shark II (XP-830) Concept
The Mako Shark II concept car was originally built in 1965 under the direction of William (Bill) L. Mitchell, Vice President of GM...


1972 Buick Riviera Silver Arrow III Concept
The 1972 Silver Arrow III, Buick Riviera concept, was designed by Bill Mitchell and introduced at the 1972 Detroit Auto Show. Based on a...


1974 Chevrolet Mulsanne Showcar Concept
Only Bill Mitchell could get away with this. Bill always managed to have a hot daily ride. Engineering prototypes that weren't...
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