A.M.P. 3-wheeler
In 1957, in Pamplona, Antonio Muñoz Perera (A.M.P.), built a unique prototype of a touring tricycle...
Concept Cars and Prototypes: A–Z List
Concept cars and prototypes show where small-car design could have gone: one-off show cars, engineering mock-ups and test vehicles that never reached the showroom, or arrived years later in a different form. This page lists the concept and prototype models in the Small Cars Club catalog.
Open a model page for photos, history and specifications. Many of these ideas were electric, so the electric microcars list is a good next stop. To browse production models by maker, use the catalog A–Z.
Related lists: citycars and small hatchbacks, home-built cars, small cars of the 2020s.
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AC / Reliant Model 70 prototype
Later on in the early 1970’s AC again had plans to enter the 3 wheeler/economy car market. The...
AC 4-wheel Prototype
In the early 1970s, the British Wilson Government had ideas to encourage the development of small cars for...
AC All-Weather Tricycle
In 1949 AC made a prototype of All-Weather Tricycle for disabled people. It looked awesome and had the...
Academic Electro
A light truck created under the national electric vehicle program was presented in Belarus. The new model was...
ACM City eTaxi
The ACM City eTaxi is a lightweight electric urban vehicle developed by the German company Adaptive City...
ACM City One
German startup Adaptive City Mobility (ACM) has developed a cheap electric car for the city called City One....
ACOMA Mini Comtesse First Version
The very first ACOMA Mini Comtesse was presented in 1972. This rare photos give us the idea how the shape of...
Aerocarene 700
Aerocarene 700, the aircraft-inspired machine, featured highly unusual light alloy bodywork with very...
AeroVisions California Commuter
Having been involved with daredevil Evel Knievel’s motorbike stunts, partners Doug Malewicki, Richard...
AFA Prototype
AFA (some sources affirm that it is the acronym for “Automobiles Fernández y Aymerich”, and...
AGB Lusito
António Gonçalves Baptista (AGB) was born in Tondela, Portugal. In 1950s, he started development of a...
AGB Prototype 1952
In 1952, António Gonçalves Baptista (AGB) from Tondela, Portugal, made the first prototype of a small car....
Airbus Pop.Up
Airbus and Italdesign also came up with the idea of developing a flying car. A passenger cabin that can...
Airway
The Airway was an American microcar with two seats, made by Everett Miller and T. P. Hall between 1949 and...
AISA wooden prototype
At the beginning of the 50s, Martí Martí, in addition to running his carpentry shop, decided to produce...
Alamagny Rhomboid
In 1947, the French engineer, Marcel Alamagny (engineer for Renault and Gordini), presented a curious...
Alba Regia
In 1955, the Hungarian Ministry of Metallurgy and Machine Industry commissioned three engineers: Ernő Rubik,...
Alcar 400
The Alcar 400 urban car project, characterised by high technical and design standards, was launched in...
Alcre Susana 500
Argentina had a boom of small, medium and heavy automotive industries at the beginning of the sixties. But...
Alden StaRRcar
William L. Alden founded Self-Transit Systems Corp. around 1955. It originally envisioned...
Allelectric
The West Penn Power Company, a subsidiary of the Allegheny Power System, Inc., was an electric utility with...
Altona Condor
The Altona was a Belgian car brand located in...
Amberavto LSEV
Moscow Technical University has shown a prototype of a compact electric car being developed by order of the...
AMC Amitron
The AMC Amitron is an electrically powered concept vehicle that was built in 1967 along with Gulton...
AMC Concept Electron
In 1977, the AMC Amitron prototype was updated, and was re-announced by AMC as the Concept Electron to become...
American Electric Urban Runabout
In 1979, American Electric Company created a prototype of the electric microcar Urban Runabout. It had...
Antem
The Antem microcar with open body was built by the Frenchman Jacques Antem, son of Jean Antem who was known...
Antilope Bromauto
Antilope Bromauto was made by N.G. Boos from Hilversum, Holland in 1952. In Dutch ‘Antilope’ of...
AnyCar III
Mixing parts of different cars in one project has always been the basis for creating hot rods. The goal is...
Aper City Compact 3/5
Aper City Compact 3/5 project was presented at the 1985 Essen Motor Show in West Germany. For city shopping...
Arcimoto Generation 1 Prototype
The first model was built by Arcimoto in 2007. It was an open air 3-wheeler with a configurable rear...
Arcimoto Generation 2 Prototype
The 2nd generation prototype of Arcimoto still didn’t look like a finished car. The single occupant...
Arcimoto Generation 4 Prototype ‘Darkwing’
For the vast majority of drivers out there – statistically something like 76% of them, the Pulse concept...
Arcimoto Generation 6 Prototype
After the launch of the first SRK, the development team began the process of optimizing every aspect of the...
Arcimoto Pulse
In September 2009, Arcimoto showed the 3rd generation prototype, called the Pulse. The 3-wheel microcar for...
Arcimoto SRK Generation 5 Prototype
Arcimoto took the ideas of first 4 generations and brought them together in a single product prototype...
Arcimoto SRK Generation 7 prototype
Generation 7 was the final arc of the platform development that began after the launch of the Arcimoto Pulse....
Armec City Mobil
This ‘cabin scooter’ prototype from a Swiss sidecar maker was only 900 mm wide and 2250 mm long....
Arzens Le Carrossee
The famous French designer of railway locomotives Paul Arzens (1903-1990) in addition to his main work, was...
Arzens L’Oeuf Electrique
Paul Arzens (1903-1990) was a famous French industrial designer, highly recognized for his railway designs....
ATS Design Azuma
French company ATS Design built this smartly styled two-seater trike, which was electric-powered and cleverly...
Auto Sandal FN-L
In 1954, a full model change was planned, and a model with a front engine and front wheel drive was planned,...
Auto-Acedo
The Auto-ACEDO car was developed by the company “Maquinaria Agrícola y Ferrocarril de Alava” and...
Auto-Tri Huevo
The company Construcciones Gaitan, SL founded in 1936 by Francisco Gaitan Sanchez, was located in Seville,...
Auto-Tri with aluminum body
Construcciones Gaitan, SL was founded in 1936 by Francisco Gaitan Sanchez in Seville. It began as a bicycle...
Avathor One
Giving second lives to used car batteries has become a key priority in the auto industry, and Stellantis has...
Avia 350
The Avia 350 is an uncommercialized prototype microcar, developed in Czechoslovakia in the mid-1950s. The...
Avro Monocar
In the 1920s, Edwin Elliott Verdon Rowe, founder of the famous AVRO aircraft company, spent his spare time in...
AZAPA-FDS
The AZAPA-FDS concept microcar debuted at Auto China 2020 in Beijing. The ultra-compact two-seater is only...
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BAIC Arcfox-1
In April 2016, Chinese car manufacturer BAIC presented a tiny concept roadster BAIC Arcfox-1. It had length...
Bajaj PTV
Two decades before Tata launched its Nano people’s car, Bajaj Auto had very much the same idea with the...
Balaton
After Schadek János had lost interest in his “child”, the Úttörő, the prototype was sent to...
Baldi Betty
Baldi Betty was another buggy version of the Fiat 500 with an original open-top body. It was similar to Baldi...
Bambino Sport
Bambino Sport was a concept car based on the Bambino 200 microcar. The small roadster was designed by Franco...
Barrio Coche Ciudad (City Car)
At the Zaragoza Trade Fair in 1969, the Zaragoza-based company Manuel Barrio, SA presented this tiny...
Bassons’s Star
Basson’s Industries of the Bronx, New York was behind this car, which was styled by Gil d’Andrea....
BCB Trirrodio «Bichibi»
ichibi was the phonetic extraction of BCB, the initials of this car’s creators: Bulto then working for...
Bedford SXV88 & SYP88
The earliest known example to surface so far is revealed in the exclusive & sensational images below...
Beijing Weixing Mini
Another mini made by the Qinghua University. Probably inspired by NSU Prinz.
Benteng
Benteng electric convertible was made in China in 1958. It is likely that the only copy was made. The design...
Berkeley Bandit
There was increasing competition in the small sports car market especially from cars such as the Austin...
Berkeley Foursome
Berkeley Foursome presented in October 1958 was wider and longer version of Berkeley Twosome. The rear...
BET 125
BET was a mercifully pithy acronym of Biothechnia Ellinikon Trikyklon (literally Greek Three-Wheeler...
Binzhou Pride 3-wheeler
Binzhou is a city in the Chinese province of Shandong, where a company called Binzhou Pride Automobile...
Biomega SIN Concept
Danish company Biomega, known as a producer of bicycles, presented its first electric car Biomega...
BMC Mini Cat by Zagato
There is little documentation on this one-off Zagato creation, which is based on the BMC Morris Mini. Ercole...
BMW 331/531
Many regret that the shapely BMW 331 never passed the prototype stage. Conceived by chief engineer Alfred...
BMW C1
Although BMW’s 1991 C1 prototype was never made a runner, BMW said that it was to be powered by an...
BMW Clever
The 2006 BMW Clever Research Vehicle (Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport) was an ambitious...
BMW E1 (Z11)
BMW E1 (Z11) is a prototype of an electric vehicle from BMW. Once BMW’s sales and its performance image had...
BMW E1 (Z15)
The second-generation BMW E1 prototype, internally designated Z15, was unveiled on September 9, 1993, at the...
BMW Simple
BMW’s final three-wheeled prototype, the Simple, was an acronym of Sustainable and Innovative Mobility...
BMW Z13
With this low-slung city commuter BMW Z13, the first signs of BMW’s vision of future megacity vehicles...
BMW Z21 ‘Just 4/2’
Something of a historical and engineering curiosity, the BMW Z21 ‘Just 4/2’ was a 1995 study by...
Bolloré BlueCar Concept
Developed with input from Renault’s engineering team, the Bolloré Bluecar electric prototype was built by...
Bolt Nano
Usain Bolt, the Olympic champion and the fastest man on the planet, decided to plunge into the world of...
Bombardier Venus
Since the advent of the automobile, various individuals, companies and governments have sought to create...
Bond Bug 4-wheel prototype
At least one prototype 4 wheeler Bug using, presumably, Reliant Rebel front suspension and steering is known...
Bond Bug Sprint Prototype
In 1995, Reliant‘s new owner, Avonex, planned to relaunch the Bond Bug in updated form. It got the...
Boselli Libellula
The Boselli brothers founded FB-Mondial, a motorcycle company based in Milan that was active from 1948 to...
Bouffort City-Car / Peardrop
Having previously built the JB, aeronautical engineer Victor Bouffort went on to create a whole series of...
Bouffort Enville
Victor Bouffort’s second three-wheeled vehicle was built in 1961. It was the Enville single-seater...
Bouffort Minima
As Europe recovered from the devastating World War II, the idea of car sharing emerged as a logical solution...
Bouffort Transville
Victor Bouffort developed automobiles as early as 1945, starting with a fairly well-known aerodynamically...
British Leyland SRV4
Safety was a major focus in the 1970s, and British Leyland joined the movement with its line of Safety...
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Canyon
The German company Canyon has presented a concept of the future transport: from the outside it looks like a...
Caprera Algol
Caprera was the Italian bodybuilding company. In 1969, they made the only prototype of a microcar called...
Carcerano Sonny
The 2006 Carcerano Sonny Concept was a compact experimental vehicle created by Carcerano Creative Engineering...
Changan XingQing
The 2006 Changan XingQing Concept, whose name translates as “Clear Sky,” was a compact urban design study...
Chery Little Ant Pro
The Chery Little Ant Pro is a small electric vehicle but for its premiere, it got converted into a bigfoot!...
Chery QQ Ice Cream Lighting Edition
Chery doesn’t like making boring concepts, so they decided their new electric city car, the QQ Ice...
Chevrolet PEV2
General Motors has launched a campaign to release previously unseen concepts called From The Vault. Images of...
Chevrolet PEV3
GM Design presented previously unpublished projects, including the Urban Active project, the Smart...
CHJ Automotive SEV
Chinese startup CHJ Automotive presented its first model — the electric city car SEV. According to...
Citroen 2CV Concept
Over the past three decades, automakers have brought back numerous iconic models, including the Mini Cooper,...
Citroen Ami Buggy Vision
Citroen Ami Buggy Vision concept is a beach-inspired fantasy version of the Ami that answers the question:...
Citroën Ami Buggy “Rip Curl” Vision
The French company Citroën is reviving its partnership with Rip Curl. Another joint project is a buggy based...
Citroen Ami For All
The Citroen Ami has got a new version For All. The miniature city electric car was created especially for...
Citroen Ami One Concept
Citroen Ami One Concept is a city electric car for two, which can be rented for a period of five minutes to...
Citroën Bijou
A 4-seater coupe Citroen Bijou was created in the late 50s by British designer Peter Kirwan-Taylor (he...
Citroën Citela
The Citroën Citela was one of several forward-thinking electric urban concepts developed by Citroën as the...
Citroen My Ami Buggy Concept
Citroen has unveiled the My Ami Buggy concept, which is a tiny electric city car with a sporty character,...
Citroën Osmose City Car II
Citroën Osmose City Car II — a prototype electric microcar seemingly named after an earlier Citroën...
Citroën Scarabée d’Or
Citroën Scarabée d’Or was a concept of an all-wheel drive passenger car created in 1990 by the French...
Citroën Scarabée d’Or
The Citroën Scarabée d’Or prototype made its debut in March 1990 at the Geneva Motor Show. The...
City Transformer CT-1 Prototype
The City Transformer startup has been around for a long time and news about it appears every six months. But...
Cixi Vigoz
Many teams are racing to develop the next big thing in mobility, hoping to replace the traditional car. While...
Concordia Apis
Concordia, the manufacturer of electric vehicles from Dmitrov, Russia, presented a prototype of a...
Concordia Urbis
On February 21, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov said that the first...
Concordia Urbis Supercargo
Moscow-based Concordia has unveiled a prototype of a closed-cab electric truck based on the Urbis golf cart....
Copper Electric Runabout
With every dramatic surge in oil prices comes renewed interest in alternative fuels for cars; the intense...
CQ Motors Modern Times / QQ Prototype
Have you ever heard of Choro-Q Motors, a small EV manufacturer that was born in Japan about 20 years ago,...
Cross
It’s hard to believe, but the base for this stylish beach off-roader was a humble microcar. Created in 2005...
Csaszi
József Császár, the car mechanic from Pilisszentivan (Hungary) drew its first vehicle at the age of 14,...
Csaszi-2
The simple but impressive the first Csaszi prototype caught the attention of a construction company that...
Cycler SKL160
The 1993 Cycler SKL160 was an attempt by China’s First Automobile Works to create an affordable...
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D2H Tuk-Tuk
The British startup has developed an inexpensive and simple in design electric car for 3rd world countries....
Dacia 500 Lăstun
A four-seat 3-door Dacia 500 Lăstun was created in the second half of the 80s. Romanian company Tehnometal...
Dacia Hipster Concept
Meet the Dacia Hipster Concept — a minimalist, clever, and refreshingly honest take on urban mobility from...
DAF “Rijdende Regenjas”
The single-seat 3-wheeled microcar DAF “Rijdende Regenjas” was created in 1941/1942 by Hubert Van...
DAF Porter
DAF Porter was a prototype amphibious all-terrain vehicle, equipped with a friction-drive system and a...
Daihatsu BC-7
This electric three-wheeled microcar debuted at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show as a compact vision of future urban...
Daihatsu BCX
The BCX was an early electric concept car and the first in a planned series of BCX prototypes, although the...
Daihatsu BCX-5
The 1985 Daihatsu BCX-5 Concept was an early vision of an electric urban commuter, conceived long before...
Daihatsu BCX-II
The 1972 Daihatsu BCX-II concept was powered by a small electric motor mounted at the rear. The vehicle’s...
Daihatsu Cuore Boneschi
The Daihatsu Cuore Boneschi was a one-off concept created by Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Boneschi on the...
Daihatsu EV1
At the 1973 Tokyo Motor Show five Japanese manufacturers joined forces to create a full lineup of electric...
Daihatsu FX-228
The 1991 Daihatsu FX-228 Concept debuted as a convertible interpretation of the fourth-generation Daihatsu...
Daihatsu Hijet Dumbo
The 1989 Dumbo was a boxy concept van derived from the production HiJet microvan, yet despite sharing its...
Daihatsu Hijet Panel Van Extend3
At the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon Daihatsu presented the Hijet Panel Van Extend3 concept. It opts for a restrained...
Daihatsu Hijet Truck PTO Dump Daihatsuumei
Debuted at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2026, this kei truck features an extreme power take-off conversion wrapped in...
Daihatsu Ico Ico
Daihatsu Ico Ico was created for the Japanese who want to be able to ride independently, regardless of age,...
Daihatsu K-Vision
Daihatsu also unveiled the K-Vision at the Japan Mobility Show 2025, presenting a vision of the future kei...
Daihatsu Kayoibako-K
At the Japan Mobility Show 2025, Daihatsu introduced two new kei car concept — the Kayoibako-K. The...
Daihatsu me:Mo Concept
Daihatsu me:Mo is an urban EV designed with sustainability and adaptability in mind for different stages of...
Daihatsu Midget III
The 1995 Daihatsu Midget III looks like a deliberate nod to 1950s bubble cars such as the Messerschmitt,...
Daihatsu Midget X Concept
Daihatsu at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show reveals the Midget X — a fully electric concept that revives one...
Daihatsu Mira Milano
Daihatsu Mira Milano made its debut at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show. It is a uniquely styled vehicle built to...
Daihatsu Move #ootd
At the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon Daihatsu showcased two concepts built around the latest seventh-generation Move....
Daihatsu Move Kuromeki
At the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon Daihatsu presented two concept based on the current seven-generation of Move....
Daihatsu Osanpo Concept
The Daihatsu Osanpo is an electric crossover convertible concept that combines an appealing design with...
Daihatsu PAC by Michelotti
The Daihatsu PAC (Project Automotive Commuter) was a one-off city car concept created by Italian designer...
Daihatsu Sneaker
Daihatsu Sneaker was a quirky concept microcar notable for its unusual fifth wheel mounted at the rear,...
Daihatsu Tanto Custom Kuromeki
Rounding out the lineup—quite literally—is another Kuromeki concept presented at the 2026 Tokyo Auto...
Daihatsu Town Cube
The 1995 Daihatsu Town Cube concept was intended as a humorous take on the Kei Car’s limits. It was a...
Daihatsu Trek
The Tokyo Motor Show has always been a magnet for ideas that would look wildly out of place at most European...
Daihatsu Tsumu Tsumu
The miniature truck Daihatsu Tsumu Tsumu features a removable body and a quadrocopter platform. The highlight...
Daihatsu Ultramini
Daihatsu Ultramini Concept was unveiled at the 30th Tokyo Motor Show. This kei car prototype maximized...
Daihatsu Uniform Cargo Concept
Daihatsu Uniform Cargo is another concept van of the kei-class. It has an overall length of 3395 mm,width of...
Daihatsu Uniform Truck Concept
Daihatsu Uniform Truck represents the innovative future of compact light commercial vehicles (LCVs). Boasting...
Daihatsu Urban Buggy
The Daihatsu Urban Buggy was a concept car presented at the 27th Tokyo Motor Show in 1987 as part of...
Daihatsu Waku Waku Concept
Japanese car shows regularly become the arena to showcase the most unexpected and extravagant concepts....
De Tomaso Rowan
The De Tomaso Rowan was an experimental electric city car designed in 1967 by a young Giorgetto Giugiaro and...
Dolo JB-10
The story of Dolo JB is a vivid example of a successful car swindle. In 1947, three enthusiasts created the...
Dornier Delta
In the 1950s, the German aircraft designer and founder of the aircraft manufacturer Dornier GmbH decided to...
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e.Go e.wave X
German electric car manufacturer Next.e.Go Mobile showed its new creation, the e.wave X. The presentation of...
EAVan
Electric Assisted Vehicles Limited (EAV) introduced EAVan at the Said Oxford Business School Electric Vehicle...
Eco-Runner XIII
Eco-Runner Team Delft, consisting of 23 students, is determined to set a new world record for the longest...
eD1 Mini
Recently, cute electric delivery vehicles have become a trend in China. Many companies, including Matrix...
ElectraMeccanica Solo O2 Concept
The ElectraMeccanica’s Solo EV has undergone a “concept update” that primarily changed the...
Electric Brands eBussy
Electric Brands is a German company that plans to start producing the unusual eBussy EV no later than next...
Electric Brands Xbus Camper Concept
The German company Electric Brands has come up with a new version of the Xbus super compact EV van. It was...
Elio Motors Elio-E
Elio Motors CEO Paul Ilio broke a three-year silence: “We never stopped working to make our dream come...
ERA
The ERA electric off-road vehicle capable of serving in reconnaissance and performing other combat missions...
Evetta Cargo
1st version ElectricBrands has prepared a whole range of different variants of the Evetta Prima electric car,...
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Faction Technology Delivery Robot
American startup Faction Technology finished the Y Combinator business incubator in February 2020, and now...
Felber Rubis 112
The Felber Rubis 112, built on the foundations of the Autobianchi A112, elevated the compact city car to a...
Fiat 126 Cavalletta
At the 1976 Turin Motor Show, the Fiat stand was adorned by a curious little creature. The car was called the...
Fiat 126 Vettura Urbana
Fiat 126 Vettura Urbana (or City Car, if translate) concept is the city car study. Unveiled in 1976, it was...
Fiat 500 by Giorgio Armani
Three Italian brands, Giorgio Armani, Bvlgari and Kartell, have prepared their special editions to celebrate...
Fiat 500 Spiaggina
The Fiat 500 is an icon. Both the original from the 60s and the revival from 2007 managed to win the soul...
Fiat 500 Ziba
Making a pickup based on a car with a rear engine is not so good idea, but if you are not afraid of...
Fiat 500e Gelateria Edition
Fiat has unveiled a new unique concept based on the 500e electric car, turning it into a tiny ice cream truck...
Fiat 600 D Berlinetta Aerodinamica Modello ‘Y’
Pininfarina’s new Project Y follows last year’s experimental Project X, which featured fore and aft...
Fiat 600 Multipla Spiaggetta
The Fiat 600 Multipla Spiaggetta was a unique, one-off beach car created by Giovanni Michelotti for the...
Fiat 600 Weekend “due porte e mezzo” by Accossato
The Fiat 600 microcar is well known to everyone who is fond of European cars. It was a rear-engined Italian...
Fiat Cinquecento Babytaxi
The Fiat Babytaxi by Boneschi was a one-off concept unveiled at the 1992 Turin Motor Show. Built on the Fiat...
Fiat Cinquecento Birba
The Fiat Cinquecento Birba was an imaginative concept created by Carrozzeria Maggiora and unveiled at the...
Fiat Cinquecento Cita
The Fiat Cinquecento Cita was a one-off concept born from Fiat’s ambitious plan to mark the launch of the...
Fiat Cinquecento Fionda
The Fiat Cinquecento Fionda, created by the Italian coachbuilder Coggiola, was one of the most striking...
Fiat Cinquecento Griguà
Created by the I.DE.A. Institute, the Fiat Cinquecento Griguà rethinks the humble Cinquecento as a radical...
Fiat Cinquecento ID
The Fiat Cinquecento ID by Italdesign was a bold reinterpretation of the legendary Cinquecento first...
Fiat Cinquecento Pick-Up
The Fiat Cinquecento Pick-Up by Pininfarina was an unconventional experiment that mixed compact city-car...
Fiat Cinquecento Pick-Up AH
The Fiat Cinquecento Pick-Up AH is a one-of-a-kind creation by Pininfarina, developed under the guidance of...
Fiat Cinquecento Rush
The Fiat Cinquecento Rush was born from Bertone’s particularly inspired period in the spring of 1992 and...
Fiat Cinquecento Z-Eco
The Fiat Cinquecento Z-Eco debuted at the same time as the production Cinquecento, when Fiat invited several...
Fiat City Taxi Prototype
The City Taxi project began with a close study of urban traffic and the practical needs of a public-service...
Fiat Citycar
This compact two-seat Fiat Citycar was conceived as an all-electric concept, powered by a DC motor presented...
Fiat Downtown
Fiat Downtown was a radical three‑seat electric city‑car concept unveiled in 1993 that anticipated...
Fiat Ecos
The Fiat Ecos made its debut at the 1978 Turin Motor Show as a forward-looking study in environmentally...
Fiat ESV 1500
The impetus for Fiat’s attempt to create the safest possible city car came from the US. In 1970, the...
Fiat Multiplina
FIAT has confirmed the name of its new urban electric vehicle: instead of the working title Quattrolino, the...
Fiat Vanzic
In 1995, Fiat presented the Vanzic at the Geneva Motor Show, developed by Centro Ricerche Fiat as the second...
Fiat X 1/23
Unveiled at the 1974 Turin Motor Show alongside the new Fiat 131, the Fiat X 1/23 was a compact electric...
Fiat Zic
The Fiat Zic is an electric concept car, presented at the end of 1994 at the Geneva Motor Show. It was...
Fiat Zicster
The Fiat Zicster is a concept car, presented in 1996 at the Geneva Motor Show. It is a development of the...
Fioravanti Nyce
In recent years, one of the most distinctive emerging segments in the automotive world has been...
Fissore Aruanda
The Fissore Aruanda, introduced in 1964, was a city car concept designed by Brazilian architecture student...
FOMM One EV
The FOMM One EV from Japan, which was presented for the first time in 2014 (as the Concept One), is...
Ford Berliner
The concept of the city electric car Ford Berliner was created in the second half of the 60s by designers of...
Ford Cockpit
Ford Cockpit was created in 1981 by the American company Ford Motor Company. The car was presented in 1982 at...
Ford Econocar
In the wake of the fuel shortages of the late 1970s, Ford Motor Company created this two-seat concept as a...
Ford Ghia Trio
Italian coachbuilder Ghia has a long-standing reputation for creating some of the most elegant and desirable...
Ford Pockar
The Ford Pockar—short for “pocket car”—was a compact, narrow, yet surprisingly tall vehicle finished...
Ford Urban / Max by Ghia
The Ford Urban (later called the Max) was a forward-thinking Ghia concept from the early 1970s, built around...
Ford Urby
The Ford Urby was a concept car developed in 1985 by Carrozzeria Ghia for Ford, created as an exploration of...
Forward Cargo EV
The Russian company ‘Forward’ has presented a new electric 3-wheeler for the transportation of...
France-Jet 1100 cc Prototype
In 1960, France-Jet built a last special version for the American market. It got long front end, bigger...
Freze Froggy EV Beachstar
Dartz has shown a new version of their last year’s Nikrob project. The Freze Froggy EV Beachstar is...
Fuel Vapor Technologies Alé
Significant publicity was gained by the unique Ale, which pioneered the concept of ‘fuel vapour’...
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GAC City Box
During Milan Design Week 2024, GAC Group unveiled its innovative Car Culture Series 3.0, known as City Cars,...
GAC City Pod
In 2022, GAC opened a design and R&D center in Milan. Under the guidance of Stéphane Jeanin, former...
General Motors Lean Machine
If you’ve seen the 1993 futuristicaction movie Demolition Man, you might be familiar with General Motors’...
General Motors XP-512E
One of GM’s strangest cars was introduced in 1969 at the GM’s Progress of Power event in Warren,...
General Motors XP-512G
The General Motors XP-512G, revealed in 1969, was part of an ambitious family of experimental commuter cars...
General Motors XP-512H
The General Motors XP-512H, unveiled in 1969, offered a surprisingly forward-looking vision of automotive...
Ghia City Car
The Ghia City Car is the only surviving example from the short period when Ghia was owned by Alejandro de...
Gitta
In 1958, István Karika, a small craftsman from Budapest, made a three-wheeled miniature car. It was named...
Glas T700 Ranch Frua
The Glas Ranch Frua is a unique beach car prototype created by Italian coachbuilder Pietro Frua and first...
GM TPC
The TPC, or Two-Person Commuter, was the lightest vehicle ever developed by General Motors, tipping the...
GMD iStream eQuadricycle
Gordon Murray Design, led by McLaren F1 creator Gordon Murray, has shown that the potential of its iStream...
GMD Motiv
A consortium of UK companies led by Gordon Murray Design (GMD) has unveiled the Motiv “standalone...
Győr Mezőgép Puli
During the period 1949-1950, the mechanization of agriculture, agricultural machinery repair and component...
Gyro Stabilized Cargo Carrier
The Gyro Stabilized Cargo Carrier was a small, experimental vehicle developed in the 1960s for the United...
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Helixx Cargo
British startup Helixx Industries Ltd has unveiled a working prototype of an electric van with a very low...
Hi-Duk
Old tractors in Moldova can be replaced by modern all-terrain vehicles. Oleg Chargu and Maxime Konopline have...
HICOX Mathias / Magyar Álom
Mátyás Borlóy’s vehicle development company tried several promising initiatives around the change of...
Hodgep Puli
The story of the Puli microcar from Hungary is novel and spiced with typical elements of the enterprise of...
Holden Cub
The Holden Cub Concept, developed in 1973, was an ambitious attempt to rethink the city car. Created as a...
Honda AWV
Honda has successfully tested a prototype of an Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV). This is the second generation...
Honda CI-MEV Concept
The Honda CI-MEV is an innovative concept that combines “cooperative intelligence” and autonomous...
Honda EVX
The 1993 Honda EVX was Honda’s electric concept car shown at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1993. It came from a...
Honda Hondina by Zagato
The Honda Hondina by Zagato was a small open sports-car concept created around Honda kei-car mechanicals. It...
Honda Hondina Zagato
The Honda Hondina sports car was created in 1970 by the Italian studio Zagato, commissioned by the Japanese...
Honda Ie-Mobi Concept
The Honda Ie-Mobi Concept is an electric car that connects the home to the vehicle. The name can be...
Honda Micro EV Concept
One of the most charming debuts at Honda’s booth during the Japan Mobility Show 2025 was the Micro EV — a...
Honda NeuV Concept
Honda presented NeuV concept car at the CES 2017 (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas. The city 2-seat...
Honda Puyo
The Honda Puyo was a hydrogen fuel-cell concept car presented at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show in 2007. Designed...
Hope Whisper
The Hope Whisper was a Danish prototype electric city car developed in 1983 as an early attempt at clean,...
Hospedit
As part of the 1968 transformation experiment known as the new economic mechanism in Hungary, the Electricity...
HW Electro Puzzle
A new Japanese company called HW Electro, aiming to become the country’s first lightweight electric...
Hyundai E3W / E4W
Hyundai has created an electric-powered rickshaw. The Korean auto giant has revealed concepts of two electric...
Hyundai M.Vision POP EV / M.Vision 2GO
Hyundai unveiled the M.Vision POP EV and M.Vision 2GO hydrogen vehicle concepts at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. A...
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I.DE.A Gritta
The 1994 I.DE.A Gritta was a city car prototype styled, developed and built by the Italian design studio...
I.DE.A Manente
The 1994 I.DE.A Manente was a concept study created by the Italian design and engineering studio I.DE.A...
I.DE.A Modulaire
The 1994 I.DE.A Modulaire was a concept study created by the Italian design house I.DE.A Institute. It was...
Idemitsu Tajima EV
Japanese oil company Idemitsu Kosan has unveiled a subcompact city electric car developed in collaboration...
iEV Z
IEV Motors introduced the iEV Z, an 80o mm width ultra-compact electric car. The height is 1450 mm, and its...
Ikarus Tecoplan Leo
Ikarus. This famous automobile brand is known for its buses that most of us have had the chance to ride on,...
ILO1
The ILO 1 is a concept of a single place electric vehicle. Equipped with sensors and cameras, this high-tech...
Imre Vogl home built car
After WWII the Soviets prohibited the East-European countries to produce passenger cars. In 1953 Hungary...
IMZ-NAMI-A50 ‘Belka’
By the mid-1950s, the automotive industry in the USSR was booming. The factories started production of...
ItalDesign Biga
Unveiled at the 1992 Turin Motor Show, the Biga traced its origins to a proposal Giorgetto Giugiaro presented...
ItalDesign Lucciola
ItalDesign’s 1993 Lucciola concept was a small hybrid city car that combined eco‑friendliness,...
Italdesign WheeM-i
Mobile operator Etisalat from the UAE and Italian design studio Italdesign have developed the first ride...
Izh UV-4
In the base of the Federal Institute of Industrial Property, documents of title appeared for an electric car...
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Jephcott / City Mobile Micro
The Jephcott Micro is a single-seat, fully enclosed microcar. With this 1987 prototype it was representing an...
Jet 175 Prototype
Air Tourist and the Avolette brand give way to Union Industrielle and the Jet and France-Jet brands. Air...
Jiangbei JJ710 Prototype
In 1986, the State Operated Jiangbei Machinery Works in Jilin City, Jilin Province, began developing two...
Jurka 2nd prototype
The Jurka 2nd prototype was the fifth and last car built by Spain-based company AISA, which changed the name...
Jurka prototype with Fermín Antonio Capella Hernán body
Spain-based AISA company met some problems: the name was already registered by by a water company from the...
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KG Motors MiBot
On 18 March 2024, Hiroshima-based startup KG Motors and ENEOS signed a memorandum of understanding to...
Kia PV1
At the CES 2024 exhibition, KIA officially presented three concept electric vans called the PV1, PV5 and PV7...
Kiira EV
We know almost nothing about the automotive industry in Uganda. There it a local company called Kiira Motors...
Krausemobil
It was built by the private company “Louis Krause Krankenfahrzeugfabrik” from Leipzig in 1961....
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l’Automodule
l’Automodule, this is how this ball on wheels called, was designed back in 1969 by the French engineer...
Lada 1801 Pony
The 70s of the 20th century was a time of fun buggy cars that were very fashionable at the time. Many...
Lada Elf / VAZ 1152
The Lada Elf (know also as VAZ 1152) was a prototype of a compact two-seat vehicle created in Tolyatti,...
Lada Gnome / VAZ 1151
The VAZ 1151 Gnome concept car was developed in 1990 and unveiled at the Moscow Motor Show in 1992. This...
Lepoix Ding
The French-born industrial designer Louis Lepoix was probably best known for his commercial vehicles and...
Lexus LS Micro Concept
At the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo, Lexus showed off a lineup of fascinating concept cars. Among the trio of...
Lingyun 1703
Chinese start-up Beijing Lingyun Intelligent Technology Co. from Beijing developed a two-wheeled car with a...
LOCI Berlin
A year ago, the German company BigRep showed a prototype of an electric motorcycle assembled from parts...
Lucas Electric Taxi
While many suppliers of car parts tried to move from a supplier to a full-fledged automaker (for example,...
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Mahindra Atom
Technically, the Mahindra Atom falls into the ATV category of India, a market segment similar to European...
Master-1600 (Магистр-1600)
In 1993-1994, a Russian company called Master (Russian, Магистр) built a compact SUV, called...
Matra P28
Matra returned to the spotlight in 1982 with one of Jean-Luc Lagardère’s concepts: the P28...
Mazda 700 Prototype
The Mazda 700 Prototype, unveiled at the 8th Tokyo Motor Show in 1961, represented one of Mazda’s earliest...
Mazda EV3
The Mazda EV3, introduced in 1973, was one of Japan’s earliest forays into electric mobility. It emerged...
Mazda London Taxi
Mazda’s 1993 London Taxi was a small, experimental taxi concept created by designers and engineers working...
Mazda Pair
The Mazda Pair Concept debuted at the 1987 Tokyo Motor Show as an unusual micro-van and trailer prototype...
MCC Smart Eco-Speedster
The story of Smart began with bold ideas rather than cautious compromises. In 1990, Swiss watchmaker SMH —...
MCC Smart Eco-Sprinter
Unveiled alongside the Eco-Speedster in March 1993, the Eco-Sprinter represented the electric vision of...
Melex City Car
In April 1973, the construction of a prototype of an electric car, named City car Melex, was completed. It...
Mercedes-Benz F 300 Life-Jet
Carmakers have long shunned the idea of offering three-wheeled cars to their customers. Motorcycle...
Mercedes-Benz NAFA
The Mercedes-Benz NAFA was a forward-thinking 1982 concept car designed as a compact, highly maneuverable...
Mercedes-Benz Vision A 93 by I.DE.A
Mercedes-Benz Vision A 93 by I.DE.A was a 1993 compact concept that previewed the future A‑Class and...
MeV BeeAnywhere
In 2020, Manchester-based startup MeV has unveiled its BeeAnywhere electric car. Apparently, the two-seater...
Michelotti LEM
The Michelotti LEM—short for “Mobile Electronic Laboratory”—was an innovative electric city car...
Microlino
The BMW Isetta has a modern successor: the cuddly Microlino with electric drive, front door and up to 215...
Migros MEV-1
The Migros MEV-1 was a single-seat electric vehicle developed in Switzerland as an inexpensive commuter car....
Mini (Industrial sample no.22620)
Designer Gunārs Glūdiņš was born in 1938. After primary school Gunārs Glūdiņš studied at the Riga...
Mini Outspan Orange
This is the most stubborn Mini in the history. The project was called Outspan Orange. I have two questions...
Mini Spiritual
The 1997 MINI Spiritual Concept was a radical alternative vision for the future of the Mini brand, unveiled...
Mini Spiritual Too
The 1997 MINI Spiritual Too was a five-door concept car unveiled alongside the three-door MINI Spiritual at...
Minisprint Traveller
The Minisprint Traveller, built in 1965 by Rob Walker Racing, was a unique experiment in reimagining the...
Mitsubishi Lynx
The experimental all-terrain vehicle known as Mitsubishi Link was conceived as a lightweight recreational...
Mitsubishi Maus
The 1995 Mitsubishi Maus was a concept car bearing the acronym “Mini Active Urban System.” It was...
Mitsubishi Minica Jeep Concept
Very little information has been published about the 1969 Mitsubishi Minica Jeep Concept. What is known...
Mitsubishi mR.1000
Presented at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show, the Mitsubishi mR.1000 was a 2-seat mid-engine coupe powered by a...
Mitsubishi MUM 500
Mitsubishi MUM 500 is one of those little‑known Japanese concepts from the early 1990s that actually...
Mitsubishi SE-RO
The Mitsubishi SE-RO was a 2003 concept car created by Mitsubishi Motors in collaboration with Turin...
Mobilize EZ-1
After launching its new Mobilize brand focused on shared mobility, Renault immediately presented the first...
Mobilize Solo Concept
Renault has unveiled the latest development under its Mobilize sub-brand, focused on the production of...
Moskvich-444
The name “Moskvich-444” probably will not say anything to you. But when you look at the photos there will...
Mother Earth News’s 3VG
Mother Earth News magazine published articles on a series of prototypes that it built featuring tilting...
Moto-Truck by ‘Saransky Auto Repair Plant’
The collapse of the Soviet Union was truly catastrophic, which affected many. Agriculture was one of the...
Motores Abril Diesel Minicar
The Abril is one of many microcars manufactured in Spain. This was a unique vehicle, which existed at a time...
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Nakano Yoshimishiro prototype
In 1947, Nakano Yoshimishiro founded the “Nakano Automobile Kogyo Company Limited” in the...
NAMI 0107
The idea of creating a compact front-wheel drive car was born in the USSR in the early 1960s. In 1964,...
NAMI-049A ‘CELINA’
Did you know that in the 60’s in the USSR there was an attempt to create a truck, based on the ZAZ-965...
Neuromobile
This car parks itself, drives itself and completely obeys the wishes of the owner. The neuromobile developed...
Nippon-HEV prototype
Hydrogen cars have yet to make a real breakthrough, even though several automakers continue to invest heavily...
Nissan 315X
Nissan may have brought electric cars to the mainstream with the Leaf back in 2010, but its EV heritage...
Noah
Students of the Eindhoven Technical University presented a prototype of a biodegradable electric vehicle...
Nobe 100
Nobe 100 is the name of a new electric car project from Estonia, which is currently looking for investors....
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Opel Concept A
The Opel Concept A, unveiled in autumn 1999, served as a prototype for the first-generation Opel Agila, which...
Opel Junior
The 80s were a time of tries and errors when it came to various concept cars. Companies were not afraid to...
Opel MAXX Concept
Opel Russelsheim Design Center in 1995 built a concept car that allows its future owner to transform it. It...
Opel Rocks E-Xtreme Concept
Opel has summed up the results of the Rocks-e Design Hack design hackathon and has chosen the winning project...
Opel Twin
Unveiled in 1992, the Opel Twin put forward an idea that was remarkably futuristic for its era. At the heart...
OSI City-Daf
The DAF City, also known as the OSI City-Daf, was one of the most unusual small-car concepts of the...
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Pajtás
This plastic-doomed for all-around visibility, a three-wheeled bubble car Pajtás was built by Pál Fodor, an...
Pente 500
At the end of World War II, approx. in 1944 János Pentelényi started designing a small car. In 1945, while...
Pente 600
János Pentelényi, learning from the mistakes of the Pente 500, made the larger and more powerful Pente 600...
Peppi
According to an approximate statistic, in Pskov, Russia, every second inhabitant owns a car, which in this...
Peugeot Agades by Heuliez
Unveiled in 1989 at the Paris Salon, the bright blue Agades was conceived as a compact four-wheel-drive...
Peugeot Ion
When Peugeot unveiled the Ion concept at the 1994 Paris Motor Show, it showcased an ambitious vision of urban...
Piaggio Vettura Concept
The Piaggio Vettura Concept, revealed in 1974, was a daring departure for the Italian scooter maker best...
Pininfarina B0
The Pininfarina B0 (pronounced “B Zero”) is an electric concept car created by Pininfarina in partnership...
Pininfarina Eta Beta
The concept of a compact hybrid car Pininfarina Eta Beta was created in the mid 90’s by Pininfarina...
Pininfarina Ethos 3
The 1994 Pininfarina Ethos 3 was an attempt to rethink the city car as something far more space-efficient...
Pioneer-63 / Pioneer (Пионер-63 / Пионер)
As early as the beginning of the 1950s, the Union of the Electrical Engineering Industry (OEP)...
PIX Moving Team Robo-EV
The Swiss company PIX Moving Team has presented an innovative microcar Robo-EV. According to the authors of...
Plymouth Backpack
The 1995 Plymouth Backpack is a compact pickup truck concept vehicle manufactured by Plymouth, unveiled at...
Plymouth Voyager III
In the 1980s, carmakers were grappling with new pressures that often ran counter to what buyers actually...
Porsche Type 534
In the early 1950s, the German automobile concern Volkswagenwerk GmbH decided to expand the range of the...
Proton EMAS
The Proton EMAS is a family of concept cars created by Italdesign Giugiaro and developed by Proton, first...
Prvenec
Under the leadership of Miroslav Nestorovich, enthusiasts from the Belgrade plant David Pajić, specializing...
PSA EU-LIVE
In 2017, the European consortium “Efficient Urban Light Vehicle” (short EU-LIVE) introduced a new...
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Quasar City Car / Unipower
The Quasar City Car—also known as the Quasar Unipower—was a striking prototype urban vehicle created by...
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REDS EV
A mini-bus with almost vertical body edges, two sliding doors, five seats, a steering wheel to fold away and...
Ree Auto Corner Module
Twenty years since the Modek and AUTOnomy projects engineers have been thrilled by the idea of a...
Renault e-Plein Air
Renault celebrated the 10th anniversary of the 4L International meeting of Renault 4 owners with a...
Renault EZ-Pod
Renault presented the new EZ-Pod robotic autonomous electric platform which is built on the Twizy chassis and...
Renault Ludo
The Renault Ludo was a concept car shown at the Paris Motor Show in 1994 by French automaker Renault,...
Renault Piccola
The Renault Piccola was a remarkable city-car prototype unveiled in 1982, created by Marcello Gandini shortly...
Renault VBG
The Renault VBG Prototype was the first major assignment Robert Opron tackled after joining Renault from...
Renault Vesta
Renault Vesta was conceived as a research and development study focused on the future of small subcompact...
Renault X-45
The Renault X-45 was a prototype developed under the company’s Véhicule Bas de Gamme (VBG) program, which...
Renault Zoom
The chaotic free-for-all that is parking in Paris has often provided inspiration to French car designers. In...
Renault Zoom
The Renault Zoom squeezed into the smallest gap, carried two people, ran on electricity and the minor...
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Samy
In the mid-60s, the problem of a city car was extremely important. Practical proposals were seen so far,...
Sankoule
After a lifetime spent developing cars for China’s leaders, Mr. Hua Fulin and two other senior FAW...
Sbarro Urbi
Sbarro Urbi Electric Coupé was a forward‑looking 1993 concept that explored ultra‑compact, shared...
Scion NYC Concept
Toyota‘s American design studio has published photos of some previously unknown projects. One of them...
SEAT Minimo
The new electric citycar Seat Minimo will be presented at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. The company has an...
SFM Smyk
In the 50s, microcars become popular in Europe. They were distinguished by simplicity and cheapness. Biuro...
Sigma 650
Sigma 650 was a prototype of a city car created by József Csathó in the 80s. As a student at the University...
Singulato iC3 Concept
Chinese start-up Singulato presented a subcompact iC3 electric car in Shanghai, whose design is based on the...
Skoda Buggy type 736
In 125 years of existence, Skoda has created not only cars for motorsport but also cars for fun and joy. This...
Skoda Element Concept
Skoda has unveiled a new concept named the Element. Based on the Citigo, the Element is a two-seat beach...
Škoda Sagitta (typ 911)
The 4-seater Škoda Sagitta (typ 911) was created in 1937. The car was equipped with a two-cylinder 845 cc...
Skyrider X6
Chinese tech company Kuickwheel, best known for its electric scooters, has unveiled the Skyrider X6 flying...
Smart Concept #2
Smart is going back to its roots with a successor to the iconic Smart Fortwo. Revealed at the “Change of...
Smart Forease Concept
With the Smart Forease Concept, the company is celebrating its 20th anniversary at the Paris Motor Show...
Smart Forease+
In 2018, Smart brand owned by Daimler AG presented the Foreasy concept at the Paris Motor Show, which...
SMZ-1101
The history of the Soviet microcar Lada-1101 “Oka” did not begin at AvtoVAZ at all, although the...
SMZ-NAMI-086 ‘Sputnik’
In the early 1960s, the Soviet leadership seriously considered the issue of creating a compact, cheap and...
Softcar
A super-compact electric car with interchangeable polymer bodies has been created in Switzerland. Developed...
Soletta 750
Two-door four-seater concept Soletta 750 was developed by Swiss designer Salzmann. The rear wheels were...
Squad
The Start-up Squad Mobility, headquartered in Amsterdam, has introduced the L6e-class electric light vehicle....
SS VB (Ultra Lightweight model VB)
The SS VB (Ultra Lightweight Model VB) was the second experimental microcar developed by SS Cars Ltd during...
Subaru 450 Sports
The Subaru 450 Sports was a compact, rear-engined sports car prototype unveiled at the 8th Tokyo Motor Show...
Subaru CM1
Subaru CM1 is the futuristic kei-car concept. It was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show 1991 and featured a...
Subaru Elcapa
The 1995 Subaru Elcapa was a concept car with a hybrid powertrain system. It was developed as Subaru’s...
Subaru Elten
The Subaru Elten was a hybrid 4WD hatchback concept introduced by Subaru at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show. It was...
Subaru Elten Custom
The Subaru Elten Custom was a 1999 Tokyo Motor Show concept that presented Subaru’s idea of a compact city...
Subaru Hanako
The 1991 Subaru Hanako Concept was a Kei-car coupé prototype presented at the 29th Tokyo Motor Show in...
Subaru Jusmin
Unveiled at the 1993 Tokyo Motor Show, the Subaru Jusmin was a compact three-door hatchback concept featuring...
Suminoe Flying Feather FF-2
Yutaka Katayama worked for Nissan, but in 1954 decided to establish his own brand Suminoe to compete with the...
Suzuki CT-1
The 1997 Suzuki CT-1 Concept was an electric city transporter that combined the loading capacity of a small...
Suzuki CUE
The Suzuki CUE Concept debuted in 1991 as a kei car prototype at the 30th Tokyo Motor Show. It featured a 657...
Suzuki e-Sky Concept
Suzuki Vision e-Sky concept — a fully electric kei car previewing a model that will soon go into...
Suzuki e-Survivor
Suzuki has presented a fun electric concept car e-Survivor. It is a small, robust open top SUV to be...
Suzuki EE-10
The Suzuki EE-10 Concept, unveiled in 1993 at the 30th Tokyo Motor Show. It was a futuristic hybrid kei car....
Suzuki Elia
The Suzuki Elia concept debuted at the 1987 Tokyo Motor Show, immediately standing out thanks to its compact...
Suzuki Every Combi
Suzuki Every Combi concept is based on the Every key car with a length of 3395 mm, a width of 1475 mm, a...
Suzuki Hustler Concept ‘2020
Suzuki has announced the Hustler key car of the second generation at the Tokyo Motor Show. The predecessor...
Suzuki LC
The Suzuki LC was a 2005 kei-car concept that used retro styling to reinterpret Suzuki’s early small-car...
Suzuki UT-1
The 1995 Suzuki UT-1—short for Utility Transport Type 1—was a compact one-liter vehicle designed with a...
Suzuki Waku SPO
Suzuki has built an unusual concept car Waku SPO, which has a transformable body. At the same time, this car...
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Takayama Micro Freedom
At the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show, Takayama Cars introduced the “kitchen on wheels” called the Micro Freedom,...
Tanghua A Piece of Cloud (我是一片云)
At the 2008 Detroit Motor Show, held in January, Tanghua surprised attendees by unveiling three different...
Tanghua Book of Songs (诗经)
At the January 2008 Detroit Auto Show, Tanghua returned with not one, but three different vehicles on...
Tanghua Detroit Fish (底特律鱼)
At the 2008 Detroit Motor Show, held in January, Tanghua surprised everyone by debuting not one, but three...
Tanghua Xiaoya (唐华小雅)
This is the first car of the Chinese Tanghua (唐华) company. Interestingly, the company’s history...
Tanghua Xiaoyaou (小雅欧)
In September 2006, Tanghua unveiled another car design, but did so internationally at the Paris Motor Show....
Tanghua XY08
The final public appearance of a Tanghua vehicle took place in Paris in October 2008. Fittingly, it brought...
Tianjin-made jeep
In 1956, a very small jeep was made in Tianjin, China. It does not seem to have a name. The Tianjin-made jeep...
Tiny 70
As part of the 1968 transformation experiment known as the new economic mechanism in Hungary, the Electricity...
Tiny I
As part of the 1968 transformation experiment known as the new economic mechanism in Hungary, the Electricity...
TNB E-Van
In the 1990s, Malaysia’s national utility company Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) experimented with its first...
Toyota Camatte Petta
Remember the joys of having your dad taking you through some of the features of a car when you were a child,...
Toyota Commuter
Toyota unveiled its prototype electronic town car, the Toyota Commuter, at the 17th Tokyo Motor Show in 1970....
Toyota Coms-X
Toyota stole the spotlight at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show with a wide range of premieres across its lineup....
Toyota Concept-i Ride
With the Concept-i series, Toyota is looking at the future of mobility, when cars and people become partners...
Toyota EV-30
The Toyota EV-30 was a two-seat electric concept car powered by zinc-bromine batteries and first unveiled at...
Toyota EV2
At the 1973 Tokyo Motor Show, five Japanese manufacturers united to showcase a complete range of electric...
Toyota EX-II
The EX-II was a fully enclosed, two-seat electric runabout unveiled at the 1969 Tokyo Motor Show. Interaction...
Toyota FT-Me Concept
The European division of Toyota has presented the FT-Me concept car. It is a prototype of an ultra-compact...
Toyota IMV Origin
Toyota unveiled a new compact truck at the Japan Mobility Show 2025 in Tokyo. Modular by design and shipped...
Toyota Micro Box Concept
A month before the start of the Tokyo Auto Show 2022, Toyota unveiled 15 new electric cars at once. These are...
Toyota Ultra-Compact BEV
At the Tokyo Motor Show 2019, Toyota presents this new all-electric city car. The Japanese describe it as an...
Toyota Ultra-Compact BEV Concept Model for Business
Microcar Toyota Ultra-compact BEV Concept Model for Business is a mobile office for one person who makes...
Trabant 601 WE II
Trabant 601 WE II was created in the early 80s as the replacement to Trabant 601 manufactured by the East...
Trabant Buggy By János Kesjár jr.
In the 1960s, buggy madness spilled over to Europe. This story is about János Kesjár Jr., a well-known...
Trabant P602 V
The Trabant P602 V was a functional prototype developed by VEB Sachsenring in Zwickau during the mid-1960s....
Trabant P603
The designers in Zwickau and the GDR government initially agreed that the Trabant 601 would be on the market...
Triggo
The Polish company Triggo has created a small electric car which is only 260 cm long for large cities...
Trivia Rana 500
The old Spanish company Triver was known for producing large, heavy items such as safes and hydraulic jacks....
Tula State University “Pchelka”
“Pchelka” (‘Bee’) little truck was designed and built in the late 1990s in the Tula...
TYRA
To honor the unknown individuals who contributed to the establishment of the Republic and to share their...
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UMTET
Sarapul Electric Generator Plant (SEGZ), Russia, filed a patent for an environmentally friendly truck called...
Unimobile
Belarusian company ‘String Technologies’ showed a prototype of a microcar for disabled people...
Uniti One EV
In December 2017, Swedish startup Uniti unveiled its crowdfunded electric car Uniti One. The electric city...
Ussama Tuaba’s EV
Algerian engineer Ussama Tuaba, with the support of the state center for the development of renewable energy...
Úttörő
In 1953, the Ministry of Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering planned to manufacture a vehicle with a...
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Valeo 48V Electric Truck
Valeo, a French automotive component manufacturer, and Gumma University of Japan have developed a compact...
Varga Zsolt City-Car
Race engine mechanic, tuning master, designer – Zsolt Varga did a lot in his tragically short life. He...
Varga Zsolt Kenguru
Varga Zsolt last hopeful work was Kangaroo. The development of the electric car, which can be driven from a...
Varga Zsolt Mono-el
Another cool project of Varga Zsolt was this three-wheeled scooter for one-person called the Mono-el. It had...
Varga Zsolt Prototype for Hodgep
Varga Zsolt was a race engine mechanic, tuning master and designer. He made a lot of different projects...
Velorex 435 Cabriolet
A prototype of Velorex 435 Cabiolet was presented at the Engineering Fair in Brno in 1959. Only few pieces of...
Vignale Record Sperimentale 1000
The November 1962 Turin Motor Show marked a pivotal moment for Alfredo Vignale. It was his company’s first...
Viking I
The Western Washington University’s Vehicle Research Institute conceptualized and produced the...
Vilkon Electric Vehicles Lulida
Vilkon Electric Vehicles, based in Kharkov, Ukraine, has developed an electric minicrossover. The new car was...
Volkswagen Chicco
The Chicco prototype was developed by Volkswagen Design as an experiment in packaging, usability, and...
Volkswagen Chico
Volkswagen began thinking about creating a miniature city car almost forty years ago, when the first...
Volkswagen EA266
In the 1960s, Volkswagen began creating a replacement for its popular Volkswagen Käfer model, which has...
Volkswagen EA48
Volkswagen EA48 — a deeply unusual car for VW, and arguably the company’s second-ever truly clean-sheet...
Volkswagen Scooter
This Volkswagen Scooter concept was presented at the Geneva Motor Show in 1986. A more ambitious attempt at a...
Volkswagen Student
The Volkswagen Student is a 1982 concept car created as Volkswagen’s second attempt at producing a low-cost...
Volt e1
The 3-door Volt e1 from Argentina has been designed for two adults and two children under the age of 12,...
Volvo Elbil
In 1976, Volvo created Elbil prototype that could carry four passengers, despite taking up less space than...
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Weixing microcars
In the 1950s, the Chinese government encouraged the development of minicars, which were used primarily as...
WFM P80
The WFM P80 was constructed by J.Przylski of Bytom, Poland. The prototype was made by Zakłady Wytwórcze...
WSK Gacek
In the mid-1960s, the authorities in the Polish People’s Republic recognize the need to launch the...
WSK Meduza
Simultaneously with the creation of the Mikrus MR 300 microcar in 1957, an alternative body was developed for...
Wuling E10
In China decided to come up with an alternative to the three-wheeled EV trucks popular in the country,...
Wuling Hongguang Mini EV Retro Car Concept
Chinese Wuling is preparing another special version of the famous Hongguang Mini EV. This time the model is...
Wuling Mini EV Cabrio Concept
Wuling Motors will unveil its first electric convertible based on the Hongguang Mini EV at the Shanghai Auto...
Wuling Mini EV Special Edition
The electric car Wuling Hongguang Mini EV is extremely popular in China – it sells even better than the...
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Yalta 1000
In the early 70’s, Soviet built Zaporozhets microcars were exported to more than 20 countries,...
Yamaha Concept 160
Yamaha Motor Company participated on the Tokyo Auto Salon 2024 for the first time. Their main exhibit were...
Yamaha MWC-4
The mobility future becomes electric. Yamaha showcased a very special prototype MWC-4 at the 2017 Tokyo Motor...
YKS1 Solo EV
Besides Spyker, the Netherlands has seen another remarkable car brand rise, shine, and eventually fade away:...
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Zagato Volpe
The Volpe — short for Veicolo Originale Leggero Privo di Emissioni — reimagines sustainable urban...
Zetta Module 2
The second generation of Zetta city electric car was presented in Tolyatti, Russia. It is jointly developed...
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4ekolka
Czech designer Petr Chladek developed a prototype of a city electric car with 3D priting car body parts. The...
4H Automobile Locust
4H Automobile Locust concept car from Cyprus was presented in a premiere at the 2014 Paris Auto Show. The...
4H Automobile Neoma
4H Automobile bought Lumeneo company in 2013 and tried to start mass production of their electric vehicles...