Yahoo Autos These Are The Best Obscure Concept Cars According To Our Readers
Sometimes concept cars become legendary in their own right, even though they were intended from the beginning to never go into production. Just think about how you felt the first time you saw the Chrysler ME 412 concept. Or that twinge of hope you felt when Mazda showed off the RX-Vision. Or just how much the Maybach Exelero looked like it could be the next Batmobile.
Many concepts, however, are almost immediately forgotten. Even if they got plenty of coverage at the time, the world moves on, and only the designers and a few dedicated fans remember they even existed in the first place. On Wednesday, we decided to celebrate those forgotten and obscure concept cars and asked you to share your favorites. Let’s take a look at some of the top-voted responses.
BMW 328 Hommage
Again, the 328 Hommage. Just crazy in all the right ways.
BMW could build 328 of these today, charge $1,000,000 each, and I bet they’d all sell out before BMW even published the press release.
Suggested by: Segador
Dodge Copperhead
As a Gran Turismo kid, I gotta give it up for the Dodge Copperhead, AKA “Concept Car.” Just rad as hell. It was too good for our universe and we did not deserve it.
Perhaps there’s another universe out there where this thing actually made it to production. And perhaps, in that universe, I don’t have Copperhead Road stuck in my head right now. Not that I mind the latter.
Suggested by: Give Me Tacos or Give Me Death
Saab 9-X Biohybrid
Saab 9-X Biohybrid. Hybrids are selling like hot cakes right now, and Saab was under GM ownership when this concept was released. Styling wasn’t quite right, something about the rear looks off to me. It didn’t nail the design like the Aero-X had before it. But man, I’d love a Saab like this today. It even had a manual!
Yet another car that was taken from us by the Great Recession. Thanks, Obama.
Suggested by: Ente Süßsauer
Pontiac Grand Prix G8
This thing. Let’s stuff an LS1 in a Grand Prix, bolt a Corvette’s rear suspension and differential out back, and shoot the power through a beefed up version of the Aztec’s VersaTrak AWD system.
Judge me all you want, but I unironically love the Grand Prix GTP. Someone please give me all their money so I can build one of these. I’d even be willing to give you a ride in it when it’s done.
Suggested by: Chris’s driveway looks like a World War II Loser’s reunion.
Plymouth Slingshot
Plymouth Slingshot (1988). I can’t explain it, I just always thought it was cool. Tilting canopy, full-width dash and gauges. I think the obscurity is part of my interest. I got to sit in it once at the Chrysler Museum.
They should have put it into production. After all, it’s not like not building the Slingshot concept kept Plymouth from getting killed off.
Suggested by: dodge_viper
Ford Splash
1989 Ford Splash and Pontiac Stinger concept car. So obscure, you probably never heard of them.
I can fully admit that next to no one had a use for a production Ford Splash, but I’m pretty sure we’d all have been happier if we did.
Suggested by: unhcampus
Dodge Demon
Dodge Demon. (The Roadster Concept, not the Charger/Challenger package.) Never enough Miata competitors!
There should be laws against showing off a car that’s this close to being production-ready and then not building it. 18-year-old me was heartbroken.
Suggested by: Knyte
Nissan MID4
That’s going to have to be the Nissan MID-4 for me.
Mid engined VG30DETT with AWD and Super-HICAS 4WS with an interior that looks much like what we got in the Z32? Yes Please!
There also need to be laws against countries having financial crises. It’s not the Stone Age anymore. Surely, someone can figure this out. Just think of how much better our cars would be.
