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Concept car thread
>>14975226
>For what purpose
>tfw no rotary hearse
>>14975226
>>14975226
this almost looks like a photoshoop.
>>14976458
snek's autistic brother
Peugeot 907
V12 500bhp
>>14976925
I never see the point in those show-off cars when the brand will literally never have the balls to pull off something spectacular.
it's not even usable as inspiration for a watered-down version. shit's just pathetic hot air.
>>14976933
as a fan of any v12 front engine im still hard in pain knowing that this beast exist only in museum... Peugeot need some balls to make it real...
>>14976701
the homer
>>14975993
>make contact
>>14976952
>Peugeot need some balls to make it real...
Which will never happen.
It's like Peugeot gets constantly cucked, same with Opel.
Countless times there were attempts to make Opel great again but mother GM won't let them be hardcore
>>14976109
Sex
loved this one as a kid in gran turismo
wtf they would never release this?
>>14976993
>>14976996
>autobild
Stop posting the terrible photoshops from automotive clickbait
>>14977341
>>14976024
That twingo came from the moon!
>>14977341
Didn't this basically become the Solstice?
>>14977341
>>14977350
I got bit by a copperhead once.
It was excruciating.
Lada X1/X2 '86
Does it reflect radar?
>bmw what are you doing
>>14977603
>Dodge Copperhead
>a Mopar product
>Pontiac Solstice
>a GM product
>>14976109
hnnnnnng
>>14977853
>>14977350
They WERE going to put the Copperhead into production. It was going to slot above the Plymouth Prowler and below the Viper.
So what happened? The Copperhead had the misfortune of being shown off around the time Bob Eaton sold Chrysler to Daimler. Mercedes/Daimler saw the Copperhead as a legitimate threat to the Mercedes-Benz SL and promptly killed it. When the engineers argued over it, mercedes gave them an SLK and said "Make a Chrysler or something out of that."
And that became the Chrysler Crossfire, named for the internal battle of Chrysler engineers vs Daimler beancounters and execs.
>>14977920
Fucking Benz ruined everything. The ME412 for example was killed because benz git scared out of their minds. How could America make a supercar better than theirs?
I'd rather have Chrysler spend its last days pumping out mentally insane cars like copperheads, vipers, demons and the ME412.
>>14977930
>Copperheas
>Demon
>ME412
all killed to protect Mercedes-Benz.
This is like when GM killed off shit like the Pontiac Banshee to protect the Corvette, but on a worse scale. Mercedes basically said "You're not allowed to have any fun"
>>14977930
Speaking of which. You can really see how paranoid Daimler was. Take a look at the Plymouth Prowler for example. It was put into production in 1997, before the Daimler buyout.
no 1998 model year Prowler. They were worried it would battle the SLK. It went back into production in 1999 when they noticed everything was already in place for it and the car hadn't paid for itself yet. When it did finally pay for itself (2001), they ended production.
>>14977944
How about the 4 door "Corvette" Charger?
>>14977970
That would've gone into production using a slightly modified LH platform. The LH platform was designed with the possibility of an FR car in mind, hence the longitudinal FF setup of all the LH cars.
Look closely and you'll see a LOT of similarity between the 1988 Lamborghini Portofino concept that became the LH cars, and the 1999 Dodge Charger concept car.
>>14977992
>>14977888
What the thunder bird could of Ben
What is even the point of concept cars?
Like .1% of them ever get produced and it's always the worst designs that do.
>>14978013
To show off what the company is capable of
To test new ideas
To test the public's reaction
Making a single eye catching million dollar concept vehicle is cheaper than spending a billion dollars to put a vehicle into production that then flops.
Example: The Chevrolet SSR.
>>14978013
The Mercedes A-Class had this diamond grill that looked baller as fuck during the concept but was intended to be abandoned for the production model because lel concepts, except it was so well-recieved they had to work out a way to make it work IRL
>>14977882
It's a conspiracy!
>>14977853
It's like Homer's car, my god...
>>14977349
stop your autism fits. it looks cool, that's enough reason to post it
>>14978183
want
>>14977930
>Fucking Benz ruined everything
As much as I love Mercedes and the cars they produce, i also hate them.
>They are the reason we cant import awesome cars from other countries
>No ME412 another reason
>No Copperhead.
Its like, if anyone builds anything remotely good, mercedes jumps on the band wagon and goes "NOPE SORRY. NOT GONNA HAPPEN, DO SOMETHING ELSE". Its like they think they own the automotive industry.
>>14977944
>Pontiac Banshee
Looks like a futuristic F-body camaro.
![Chrysler_ME_Four-Twelve_Concept[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/rQoJcpN.jpg "Chrysler_ME_Four-Twelve_Concept[1].jpg")
>>14977920
>>14977930
>already knew about the Copperhead
>google for the Demon concept and ME412
>mfw I have no face
Goddamn, I didn't know any of this. I'm mostly a GM guy (or rather, fan of the various brands GM has killed) who knows about all the cool shit that was killed to protect the Corvette, but had no idea Chrysler had the same thing going on with Mercedes.
>>14980494
It was gonna be a Corvette killer. Ironically, concepts like the Banshee are why the F-body twins even exist (instead of being just the Camaro)- Pontiac wanted to make a sports car forever and GM wouldn't let them, eventually giving them a Camaro and telling them to make their own body for it, because that's all they were gonna get.
>>14980510
>>14976109
Jesus Christ my dick is diamonds
>>14975226
CITROEN!
>>14978183
>Dodge EV
It's literally a Lotus Europa S.
>>14980535
>>14980410
mmm
>>14980630
Don't forget the Shelby GR-1.
>>14980776
thanks. I had the butt but not the front
tfw no production Razor
>>14980617
Fuck GM for cucking Bob Lutz over and over.
>>14980981
don't I know it
>>14980981
>>14981403
That looks like something a Power Ranger would drive 10/10
>>14980921
>Dodge Razor
>another concept promised for production and then killed because Mercedes got scared of SLK competition
My dreams of the perfect car.
>>14981518
So does this
>>14975270
It's almost like twingo's future robocop cousin.
[Big Three laughing in the distance]
MAKE BUICK GREAT AGAIN
>>14981542
>1.4L I4 Turbo
>Manual
>RWD
This thing pisses me off that it never went into production. Fuck Daimler for and it's bullshit reasonings.
>>14981403
Looks soo stupid and hotwheels like. DO WANT
>>14976024
It's weird, stupid, and I want it
>>14975226
>tfw it's destroyed forever
>>14982569
Didn't top gear kill this?
>>14983704
The magazine, but yes. It died in a blaze of glory.
>>14980507
Could have been an "affordable" supercar. Also could have been one of the fastest cars of its time while being cheaper than the Mercs that were probably half as fast.
And that was the reason merc killed it, got too scared of all the insane shit Chrysler started pumping out, thinking that they might endanger mercs US sales or even worldwide ones.
>>14980482
Well, basically inventing the car will do that to you.
>>14975226
>mfw i would have bought this around 10 years ago
>mfw i would buy this today in updated form
>>14976024
>filling out dmv paperwork
>class of car: moonrover
>dmv workers face when
>cops face when
>>14976109
dat ass
>>14977853
ive never wondered what a 747 layout would look like on a car...i kinda like the idea but the execution...what even
>>14981558
that thing better glow blue if orc cops are around
>>14977853
Italdesign strikes again.
>>14981452
dat current Nissan rear windowline
dat current Aston sedan front
>>14975226
ME Four Twelve was such a good looking car
Mid engine quad turbo V12 making 850HP aint bad either
>>14981613
Not worth getting unless they contact McLaren for engine design again. GNX needs to return
>>14988517
It was ASC Mclaren. not the McLaren known for supercars. ASC McLaren is an American coach-building company. They didn't design the GNX engine, just added a few bits
And why would they need to step in anyways? GM already has a suitable engine in the 3.6L twin turbo V6 that would work just fine in a GNX or Grand National.
>>14988767
it needs to be faster than the corvette in a straight line using only a turbo 6.
>>14988774
again. The Twin Turbo V6 is perfectly fine. It's already available with anywhere between 400 and 450 HP. The chassis just needs to be light enough.
>>14975226
KARIN
>>14988825
my computer wife?
>>14988503
What is exactly preventing of making the ME412 now?
Fiat has the ferraris under its belt, but I really doubt it would compete against even if it was faster since Ferraris sell on brand name alone
>>14989021
>What is exactly preventing of making the ME412 now?
Fiat. Just like GM used to have a rule that nothing could be faster than the Corvette, Fiat has a similar rule that nothing can be faster than a Ferrari.
>>14989050
the Viper hit that wall recently, too.
so when it came time to update the foxbody mustang, Ford rolled out 3 prototype designs. the Rambo, Bruce Jenner, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
the Jenner was ultimately seen as just too bland and plain and the Rambo as too aggressive. The Schwarzenegger would eventually with some tweaking, form the basis of the 90's Foxbodies.
that said, despite rejecting the Bruce Jenner prototype design, the Mustang would continue to have tranny problems
>>14976024
JOHN MADDEN JOHN MADDEN
>>14977970
>>14980410
>>14980507
>>14980617
>>14988503
I remember all these from midnight club 3
>>14989430
looks like the bruce jenner was to femenine
>>14988841
yes dear
>>14989430
>focus groups rejected the rambo
what the fuck. its the best one
>>14990540
>>14990544
Taking "in event of crash, the steering column will impale you" to a whole new level.
>>14976109
As an automobile designer for Chrysler, I feel ashamed of not even dreaming to draw one like that.
>>14977853
I think I like it. It would be more practical to look at if it was a motor home.
>>14991126
>designer
Yeah, draw one like that, pass it over to the engineers and they'll laugh you out the room or scrawl dicks all over it.
>pedestrian safety nonexistent
>pillars so thin it'll immediately flatten itself and the occupants into a red gruel if it flips over on the roof
>cargo hatch in the rear so far up off the ground you'd have to fucking overhead military press your luggage to get it up past the rear lights
>three acres worth of glass at the back- but at such an angle that maybe half a foot of vertical window height results out of the giant glass expenditure
It's literally car concept design 101- make an unrealistic and horrendously impractical piece of shit that looks pretty and then have fanboys moan that the production car wasn't as 'cool' as the concept drawing promised.
Citroën concept cars and production
>>14991206
See, they were forced to add a B pillar.
>>14981613
Ask around in China about Buick.
>>14991218
I don't get how you would seal the window without one.
>>14991206
I don't understand this. I hate modern cars. I hate angry cars. I hate SUVs and crossovers. But somehow I like this modern angry crossover.
>>14991350
It actually changed up some shit to look modern instead of the retro-modern look that so many cars go for.
Usually it's
>outside trying its best to look like a space ship or razor blade
>inside all plastic cheapness
Here it's
>outside metal and plastic
>inside metal and plastic
>u wot mate? got a problem with that?
Also, it's not nearly as angry as its competitors.
>>14976109
I'm throwing my wallet at the screen but nothing is happening
>>14991344
You don't. In the production model, the rear window can only pop outwards, lowering is impossible.
>>14991206
Why is no Citroen in the USA?
Sorry my English a poor.
>>14981613
>four door grand national
pls no.
Unnnfffff.
>>14988488
It still fucking hurts.
>>14996058
>>14996066
>>14976050
that's retarded looking...
>>14989430
>The Schwarzenegger would eventually with some tweaking, form the basis of the 90's Foxbodies.
The Fox platform Mustang stopped production in 1993. Are you sure you don't mean the concept went on to become the fourth generation Mustang (SN95)?
![94-98_Ford_Mustang_coupe[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/IpJ6OEp.jpg "94-98_Ford_Mustang_coupe[1].jpg")
>>14996093
'cause those are pretty clearly SN95 concepts in that image.
>>14976851
Kek'd
>>14989430
a cross between the rambo and the arnold would have been awesome.
>>14989430
The first one looks like a supra and a taurus fucked and had a retarded child as result.
>>14975226
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-1pXbW5wVg
new 3kGT that will never come out because Mitsubishi has given up making amusing cars.
High MPG car from shell
>>14996101
Last I checked, the SN95 cars were 97% identical to the fox with only a few bolt threads actually changed. They're still fox bodies.
>>14980507
Chrysler has some genuinely cool history, and places like allpar are pretty interesting.
From just how badly Daimler fucked them over to how cool some of their old style stuff was (story of engineers getting to override management decisions because their design of suspension was necessary for something and doing it another way would sacrifice handling too much.) to things like how they actually did the first electronic fuel injection that was not only multiport but also a full analog electronic computer, and this was at the same time fuelie corvettes were new.
>On topic
Onyx concept car, because the first material that comes to mind for a car body is copper. It's a toss up between that and making a car from blued steel body panels though as to what might be the most amazing look.
>>14996398
And of course the image doesn't remain attached.
>>14982595
Duck, that looks like it would be a blast to drive.
![1926ozhvpdgzpjpg[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Y02KRFE.jpg "1926ozhvpdgzpjpg[1].jpg")
>>14976973
Nobody gets that here
>>14996299
>gas company making a high mpg car
>>14996692
No one was at the conflict of interest seminar.
supposedly gets 90 mpg
Nissan project 850: hardbody truck development. When into production the way the artist envisioned it. Good for him.
Actual proof that GM doesn't know what they're doing. They released yet another boring vette instead of this.
>>14997264
This is why we can't have nice things. Because GM is assholes.
>>14996799
Well yeah, he did envision something quite pedestrian.
>>14988488
Could have had another v6 rwd car if this would have not been cucked
>>14991139
Not him but I work at a development department in one of the American car manufacture.
Yes, designers do have to compromise a lot on their original designs to get the car comply to various factors such as that you've mentioned. We often do get dumbfounded by looking at the initial idea sketches and the final concept/production sketch. Obviously the initial sketches looks the most glamorous and I cannot deny that.
We all do our jobs as directed by our higher members of the company and sometimes the CEO directly comes to us and orders us.
Safety is what we consider first and we don't compromise it for aesthetics.
Designers and engineers like us work together towards the development of a car. I hope you got my point on track.
>>14981613
this is a photoshopped car. not a concept.
>>14989050
>>14989021
>>14989072
it's not Fiat. It's because no one would buy it. Would you? Maybe in your dreams. Who in their right mind would spend $150k+ on a car with a Chrysler badge?
>>14997904
plz go Fiat shill
It's the only thing Fiat has forbidden Chrysler from doing. That said, Fiat has said Ferrari is up for sale, so maybe after Fiat gets sold, we'll see something out of it.
>>14997971
>so maybe after Fiat gets sold,
*Ferrari. Didn't notice that mistype until now.
>>14990493
Mid-engined Mustang? They should have done this to fuck with GM for dropping the ball, wait the Ford looks older
>>14977853
They were trying to go back to the glory days.
>>14996282
T..ttt....t .... T.....ttaaarga top?
>>14980510
Ugh
>>14980410
Seeing that in The Island was pretty cool.
>>14989430
>despite rejecting the Bruce Jenner prototype design, the Mustang would continue to have tranny problems
ehehehehehe
>>14996093
>>14996101
SN95 is still foxbody. they took the foxbody platform and upgraded it into the new one. it's code name was Fox-4 if I recall
>>14989430
Damn, I thought you made it all up but it's actually true, aside from the Foxbody mix-up.
>>14997267
well at least we got the 90's Firebird and Camaros out of the banshee
>>15002171
>aside from the Foxbody mix-up.
the 90's mustang platform was technically still foxbody.
they didnt really make a new platform so much as work off of the foxbody to make an updated platform
>>14996338
Absolutely nobody calls fourth gens Foxbodies regardless of the platform.
>>14977992
looks like a 4 door dodge stealth
>>15002240
Banshee was a name Pontiac used for a number of concept cars. You got the Firebird period due to the Banshee- GM wouldn't let them make the original concept sports car back in the 60's so they told them to make their own version of the Camaro instead.
>>14976024
I remember when the CGI video of it came out. It looks so cool back then.
>>14981017
>nigga driving on the green.
This nigga's crazy.
>>14976925
Looks like a toddler version of a Mercedes McLaren
>>14977853
This concept might actually work as executive transport with driver cockpit and passenger "lounge" in the back. It wouldnt be viable though with all them caravelles and mercedes van executive versions. But definately interesting.
>>14975226
reminds me of this car from Blade Runner
>>14977853
that would be a priddy sick coach
>>14997264
>1986
GM could have made that, but instead we got the C5?
>>14996685
>>15005673
good job, you posted the wrong one
>>15004337
GM has never been intelligent.
