What Bugs Me About Concept Cars

The auto shows are amazing. They show all of these super cool looking cars that are to come and some of the new features on the current model cars. They also show new designs that will be implemented on current cars. As amazing as it is, there is one thing that gets me about these shows. It's the concept cars.

Concept Cars

Concept cars are cars that are seriously being thought about publicly selling. When they show off a concept car they are getting feedback on the car they are thinking about releasing. Concept cars are usually not in final form but they can be almost completed as far as the body work goes.

One thing about concept cars is that they look really awesome. The new styling on some of these cars is just amazing to look at. Even if all you see are the pictures online! Now here lies the problem with concept cars. They are not done yet. They are like a teaser of the real car that may or may not be made available and produced for the public.

Take for instance the new Chevy Volt. A lot of buzz was created when GM introduced a concept car, the Chevy volt a few years ago. The car not only looked amazing it had some great features. It could run on all battery power and it did not use its gas engine to power the wheels. Instead it used its motor to power a generator to charge a set of batteries which then ran the car. Each wheel has an electric motor built in.

It has yet to be released, but it could be the style of car for the future.The future in which cars are electric. The problem is they ruined it! General Motors teased us with a beautiful looking car only to change its body style almost completely compared to the concept version. Now it looks like a Chevy Impala/Toyota Yaris smashed together. It is a bit different than the impala but it's too similar for my liking. There is nothing wrong with the impala but what GM had was a totally new style, a body for a new never released car. It looked great and would have stood out a lot. Now for the preview of the production car we get half of what we wanted.

So that's what bugs me about car shows and the concept cars. Just don't fall in love with a concept car too much as you may be disappointed by the production version.

Luxury Concept Cars

Luxurious cars concepts and designs modeled by some of the top automobile companies such as Audi, Mazda, Peugeot, Toyota etc.

Audi Locus
Audi Locus designed by Ugur Sahin is a concept car envisioned to have a curvy structure and the main characteristics of the design are the way its surface shapes are formed with a continuous flow from front until the back of the car.

Peugeot e-Motion
Peugeot e-Motion is an electric-powered sportscar with a design characterized by the combination of concave and convex surfaces. The dynamic look is enhanced in the sideview by a sharp crease line which flows from the headlights, into the doors and continues with the rear lights.

Lamborghini Concept S
Lamborghini Concept S is a concept car designed by Luc Donckerwolke, the head of Lamborghini design, using the Lamborghini Gallardo’s floorplan. Shown at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show. It was intended to be a modern interpretation of the single-seat roadsters of the past.

Mazda Taiki
Mazda Taiki was revealed at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show in October 2007 and basically sets a new ideal for the front-engine rear-drive sports car of the future and continues the evolution of the Nagare design theme, following in the footsteps of the Mazda Nagare, Mazda Ryuga, and Mazda Hakaze concept vehicles.

BMW ZX-6
BMW ZX-6 concept is one of the final projects of the Transportation Design students at Turin-based IED (Instituto Europeo di Design), which was developed in partnership with BMW with the goal of creating a car for 2015.

Toyota 4WingX
Toyota 4WingX was one of the ten design proposals idealized and presented by students of the Transportation Design Course of IED Turin which makes use of the same hybrid power technology found in the Toyota Prius but provides a unique style and shape.

Mazda Nagare
Mazda Nagare concept was revealed at this year’s Greater Los Angeles International Auto Show and is the first of a series of design concepts that Mazda will showcase this global auto show season, including Los Angeles, Detroit, Geneva and Tokyo.

Audi O
Audi O concept was designed by Ondrej Jirec, a design student from the Czech Republic who is beginning studies at the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California in 2008. It was designed to fuse a powerful and innovative audio system with a stylish and sporty four-seat hatchback.

BMW Snug
Snug is a concept which aims to create a sense of community: a simple, fun object, designed for people who appreciate personal relationships, people who are different from the others, in their opinions and in their feelings.

Lexus LF-A RoadsterThe LF-A is a 2-door exotic concept car built as a prospective halo car for the Lexus division. Integrating the simple elegance of the new Lexus design initiative with racing–inspired style, sculpted curves and fluid lines make a dynamic statement.

10 Cool Concept Cars

A collection of 10 very cool concept cars from the past few years unveiled at motor shows around the world.

The Mazda Taiki
First unveiled at the 2007 Tokyo motor show and featured an incredible sweeping design which seemed to have been inspired by pictures of flying saucers.
The car, which Mazda said it wanted to put into production, would have featured a rotary engine based on that which powers the company's RX8.
Picture by Kevin.Ward


The Ford Bronco

The Ford Bronco concept was unveiled in 2004. It was reminiscent of the original Ford Bronco include the boxy, upright roofline, short wheelbase, round headlamps and the Bronco nameplate milled into the modern three-bar grille.


A winch and guide rollers were integrated into the lower fascia. Exterior details include exposed door hinges, cowl vents and flared wheel wells. Unique loop-shaped door handles are integrated into the door panels and open with a tug. Given the collapse in demand for SUVs in the United States, it is doubtful that this concept will ever make it into production.
Picture by the Ford Motor Company

Land Rover LRX
The Land Rover LRX concept is one of the most talked about pre production vehicles of recent years.


Featuring a diesel hybrid engine capable of more than 50mpg and striking design for an SUV, Land Rover is said to be seriously considering putting the vehicle into production.
Picture by Jaguar Land Rover


Audi Locus Concept

The Audi Locus Concept is a sporty coupe which adopts an organic design language made of flowing curves.

It was created by Turkish designer Ugur Sahin who also worked on the Lamborghini Spiga concept.
Picture by Ugur Sahin

Honda PUYO
First shown at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show.

The Honda PUYO was designed to convey a warm, friendly impression and bring together 'clean', 'safe' and 'fun' functionality in an environmentally responsible, people-friendly minimalist design featuring an ultra-high efficiency, small frame and fuel cell technology. The car would be operated with a joystick.
Picture by Honda

Aston Martin Lagonda
The Aston Martin Lagonda concept was revealed at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show and is a very different vehicle from the last vehicle to carry the Lagonda name.


Powered by a V12 engine, the car would mark the return of Aston Martin to the luxury saloon market.
Picture by Aston Martin Lagonda



Fiat FCC Adventure

The Fiat FCC Adventure concept was designed and built by Fiat’s South American division.


The coupe crossover is based on the small Stilo Abarth hatchback. Despite the high ground clearance, the FCC isn't a genuine off-roader as it only drives the front wheels
Picture by Fiat

Ford Airstream

The Ford Airstream concept displayed at the 2007 North American International Auto Show was a crossover influenced by Airstream's iconic trailer design and the optimism for the future that Stanley Kubrick captured in 2001: A Space Odyssey.


The whole idea behind the Ford Airstream concept was to create a vehicle for adventures, touring and traveling long distances in a unique design. It would have been powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
Picture by Rockershirt

Giugiaro Vadho
The Giugiaro Vadho concept was unveiled at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show.


It is a V12 hydrogen fueled concept car whihc is built on a one-off chassis, and is controled by two joysticks, not a steering wheel. Both the V12 hydrogen fueled internal combustion engine and seven-speed SMG gearbox come from BMW.
Picture by Italdesign

Honda Zeppelin

The Honda Zeppelin was a design created by Myung Jin Jung, a student of Hongik University's car design course.

The Zeppelin was created for his final year thesis - for 2008 the brief was to design a luxurious sedan for the future. It was partially inspired, as the name suggests, by airships.
Picture by Myung Jin Jung

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