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1980S

1984 Ford Vignale Mustang by Ghia

The Ghia Vignale Mustang 4WD Prototype Coupe was presented at the 1985 Chicago Auto Show. Built on a Ford Mustang SVO platform and...

1980S

1987 Subaru BLT Concept

If there were a single concept car that summed up the optimism 1980s and the upcoming digital revolution, it would have to be the...

1980S

1988 Mitsubishi X2S

The X2S, a fully drivable two-seat sports car, features bodywork designed by the Mitsubishi Motor Corp. Cypress Design Studio in Cypress,...

1980S

1988 Lincoln Machete

Adventures in styling shapes that flowed were prevalent in the Lincoln Machete concept car of 1988. Airflow management was the key, with...

1980S

1988 Ford Bronco DM-1

As contemporary automotive designs go, sport/utility vehicles can be characterized as anachronistic. While every passenger car in the...

1980S

1988 Dodge Intrepid

Before the arrival of the 1993 Dodge Intrepid 4-door sedan, a wedge-shaped 2-door concept called Intrepid was displayed at the 1988...

1980S

1989 Subaru SRD-1 by I.A.D.

Subaru's concept SRD-1 station wagon dominated the Japanese automaker's exhibit scene. Called an innovative "dream machine" for the '90s...

1980S

1989 Plymouth Voyager III

On a raised platform is the Plymouth Voyager III concept vehicle, which separates the front and back modular units. Three passengers...

1980S

1989 Mercury Concept One

Ford and Mazda combined talents and developed the fiberglass Mercury One compact car concept. Outstanding aerodynamics was achieved by...

1980S

1989 GMC Syclone Concept Trucks

October 27, 1987. In the studios of GMC Truck, under the direction of Kim Neilsen, Assistant Chief Designer William Davis draws out a...

1980S

1989 Ford Via by Ghia

This one-off Ford concept car was built by Ghia, the same Italian automotive design and coachbuilding firm responsible for other cool...

1980S

1988-1989 Ford Saguaro by Ghia

Built by Ghia of Turin, the aerodynamic, seven-passenger Ford Ghia Saguaro concept featured a steeply raked windshield angle, fastback...

1990S

1990 Mercury Cyclone

Mercury's Cyclone concept car featured an extreme cab-forward design and a transparent, electrochromic glass roof that changed tints...

1990S

1990 GMC Transcend

Based on the GMC Siena pick-up, the Transcend featured a retractable roof that stowed away behind the seats or covered the top at the...

1990S

1990 GMC Mahalo

The Mahalo convertible pickup concept was based on the coming 1991 Sonoma compact pickup. Featuring a three-tone paint job of a coral...

1990S

1990 Eagle Optima

Featuring the cab-forward design philosophy popular at Chrysler Corp. during the 1990s, the Optima concept sedan was the most popular...

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1990 Cadillac Aurora

Cadillac unveiled the Cadillac Aurora concept at the 1990 Chicago Auto Show. It featured a Cadillac Northstar 4.5-liter V-8 engine,...

1990S

1991 Toyota AXV-III

The AXV-III was a concept vehicle first shown at the October 1991 Tokyo Motor Show and later at the February 1993 Chicago Auto Show. The...

1990S

1991 Pontiac Protosport 4

At the 1991 Chicago Auto Show, a total of 954,785 interested viewers showed up en masse to view the newest lineup of incredible cars. The...

1990S

1991 Oldsmobile Achieva

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

1990S

1991 Mercury Mystique

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...

1990S

1991 GMC Sagebrush

Painted in a hard-to-miss burnt orange hue, the Sagebrush concept vehicle sat on a raised platform at the GMC Truck exhibit. GMC used the...

1990S

1992 Pontiac Salsa

The 1992 Pontiac Salsa concept vehicle was designed in GM’s Advanced Concept Center in Southern California. This vehicle transformed from...

1992 Oldsmobile Anthem

The Oldsmobile Anthem four-door concept features a long, sloped front end with a steeply raked windshield, sweeping instrument panel,...

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