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1950S

1958 Ford X2000 Concept Car

On a bubble top kick, Tremulis – with help from Bill Balla – designed the X-2000 in 1956-1957. Like Tremulis's X-1000 that preceded the...

1950S

1958 Ford Volante Concept Car Model

Although the day when there will be an aero car in every garage still may be far off, Ford research designers developed this 3/8-scale...

1950S

1958 Ford Nucleon Concept Car Model

The Nucleon, a 3/8-scale model, provided a glimpse into the atomic-powered future. Designed on the assumption that the present bulkiness...

1950S

1958 Ford La Galaxie Concept Car

Ford worked its way through many contorted schools of styling, such as the Z-back roof (in the 1957 La Galaxie). It became increasingly...

1950S

1958 Ford De Paolo Concept Car

This Ford concept car appears in the 1966 book Automobiles of the Future by Irwin Stambler. The description of the vehicle appears below....

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2024 Ford Mustang

Ford once again sounds like a wake-up call for sports car lovers worldwide with the introduction of the all-new Ford Mustang. The seventh...

1950S

1959 Ford Levacar Mach I Concept

Ford Motor Co.'s Levacar Mach I appeared in the Ford Rotunda in the spring of 1959. A full-sized prototype, this was a one-person "flying...

1960S

1960 Edsel Corsair Prototype

Ford did consider offering the Corsair as a deluxe upgrade from the Ranger series; the 4-door hardtop featured the 1960 Edsel grille but...

1960S

1961 Ford Gyron Concept

A gyroscopically controlled two-wheeled car called the Gyron. However, the two-wheeled Gyron would consume much of Tremulis’s effort and...

1960S

1962 Mercury Palomar Concept

Mercury's Palomar two-door hardtop station wagon featured a roof with an opening rear section. When open, the rear seat rose, and a small...

1960S

1962 Ford Cougar 406 Concept

Debuting at the 1962 Chicago show, the Ford Cougar 406 featured top-hinged, electrically operated gull-wing doors and came equipped with...

1998 Isotta Fraschini T12

Designed by Tom Tjaarda and assembled in Cervere, Italy. The Isotta Fraschini T12, like the T8, is an aluminum-bodied, 4-wheel drive 2+2...

1990S

1997 Gigliato Design Aerosa

At the 1997 Geneva Auto Show, Gigliato Design presented a new Sportcar, the Aerosa. Automobili Lamborghini and Gigliato Design were to...

1970S

1975 AnyCar III and Mini-AnyCar

Created by noted car designer George Barris, Manufacturers Hanover Trust's third model of its uniquely designed series of AnyCars is the...

1970S

1972 AnyCar II by Hanover Trust Co.

AnyCar II, the focal point of Manufacturers Hanover Trust's fall auto loan program, is a worthy successor to the bank's first AnyCar,...

1960S

1963 Ford Mustang II Prototype

This 1963 pre-production Mustang is the same car that would be introduced as the 1965 Mustang. It is a convertible with a removable...

1963 Ford-Mercury Cougar II Concept by Vignale

The 1963 Cougar was introduced as a show model "from the company which pioneered the personal car." The Cougar II is a candy-apple red...

1960S

1963 Ford Allegro Fastback Coupe Concept

The Allegro — the first of the second-generation X-Cars, fashioned in late 1962 — was based upon the earlier DeLaRossa Avventura design...

1960S

1964 Ford Turbine Truck Concept

While turbine engines are standard in military tanks, helicopters, and jet airliners, their use in production automobiles has been quite...

1960S

1964 Ford Aurora Concept

A Ford concept, the 1965 Aurora, featured a windshield that turns transparent to opaque at the touch of a button and an intercom between...

1960S

1965 Ford GT40 Roadster Prototype

Ford Advanced Vehicle Operations built only five prototypes of the open GT Roadsters in the United Kingdom in 1965. Of the units that...

1960S

1965 Mercer Cobrat Roadster

In 1963, when ex-Chrysler design chief Virgil Exner was commissioned by Esquire magazine to pen so-called “revival cars,” each...

1960S

1965 Ford XP Bordinat Cobra Concept

As a side note to the successful X-Car program, and in the context of the enthusiasm present throughout the Ford Styling Department, Gene...

1960S

1965 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Prototype

The prototype was designed at the Ford Design Center in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford Division's experimental 1968 Mustang Mach I has many...

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