10 amazing concept cars that became real
The Plymouth Prowler, a retro-futuristic hot rod, was one of the most unexpected concept cars 1990 This tribute to the stems of the old school like 32 Ford seemed like pure fantasy, but with Chrysler having already turned the Dodge Viper wild child in a car street legal, the notion of a Prowler producing almost seemed reasonable crowd was hit when the car purple concept debuted at the 1993 Detroit Auto Show, and so were the dealers, so the Prowler was prepared for production and built next to the start of Viper in 1997.
Unfortunately, the power didn t match the looks Under this cover was not t a V-8, but a 214-hp May 3 liter V-6 Plymouth high power boosted power to the Prowler 1999-253 hp, but the last of these cars left Conner Ave Detroit Chrysler plant in 2002.
Kia has worked hard in the early 2000s to market a sporty image and young, but boring cars in its range at just couldn t deliver So, taking cues from the boxy little wagon that the brand of youth Toyota Scion launched the Kia xB showed a box of its own in 2006 Detroit Show.
The concept used a Soul 2 0 liter four-cylinder mated to a five-speed automatic transmission not exactly a lot of juice But people liked the look and Kia launched three years later the soul It was a fun ride, especially when it is equipped with a manual transmission Honestly, though, it was the company's very popular and continues hamster advertising campaign that made the soul.
The small German sports cars were hot in the 1990s, Porsche introduced the Boxster concept in 1993, and BMW retro Z3 played in the movie Goldeneye James Bond 1995 This year, Audi unveiled its own opinion on the trend, but it concept is simple, modern and clean shape like nothing else on the road.
Production 1998 TT lost some good looks of the concept; for the rest of the decade and beyond automakers would copy the TT large round vents of the small car has become such an icon for Audi he brought only subtle design changes over the last 15 years if forced to choose, take us to the second generation TT RS from 2012 packaging line 360 hp turbo five.
Legendary Ford GT40 racer put Ferrari on the trailer in the 1960 with four victories from 1966 to 1969 Le Mans, the first victories there for an American manufacturer to revive the past glory, Ford GT40 concept shown at the Salon the 2002 Detroit Auto, and just about everyone who saw this car was ready to remortgage his house to own one.
While Ford has surprised everyone by building actually supercar with 500 horsepower, and just like in the 1960s, the goal was to beat Ferrari This time it was a street fight between the GT and the Ferrari 360 Modena Ford was faster in all competitions and speed could exceed 200 mph Today the GT values have increased well beyond the original sticker of about 150 000 This could be the reason why rumors suggest that Ford must unveil a new GT at Detroit Auto Show 2015 coming in January.
VW has called the show car 1994, the Concept One, but everyone who saw it knew better what was a retro-modern interpretation of classic Beetle society Returning to the concept today, it still seems fresh and simple and that the reason why the production New Beetle was a huge success when it debuted four long years later.
Buyers were particularly love the flower vase on the dashboard and didn t seem to mind that the Beetle has used the drive chassis before the Golf instead of a rear engine, rear-wheel drive configuration as the s original Beetle Today updated with some design adjustments in 2012, is a more aggressive evolution of this concept in 1994 and in its most athletic form packs 210 hp.
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