All posts tagged "1990s"

Haishen

Haishen HS6250A / HS6250B

In February 1994, the third and most production-oriented version of FAW’s project to create an affordable...

FAW

Sankoule

After a lifetime spent developing cars for China’s leaders, Mr. Hua Fulin and two other senior...

Cycler

Cycler SKL160

The 1993 Cycler SKL160 was an attempt by China’s First Automobile Works to create an affordable...

GPM

GPM Eole

The GPM Eole was a French leisure and utility vehicle developed by GPM Automobile SA in...

Mini

Mini Spiritual Too

The 1997 MINI Spiritual Too was a five-door concept car unveiled alongside the three-door MINI Spiritual...

Mini

Mini Spiritual

The 1997 MINI Spiritual Concept was a radical alternative vision for the future of the Mini...

Nissan

Nissan Hypermini

The Hypermini is a two-seater electric microcar by Nissan Motors, which produced 219 of the cars...

Subaru

Subaru Elten Custom

The Subaru Elten Custom was a 1999 Tokyo Motor Show concept that presented Subaru’s idea of...

Subaru

Subaru Elten

The Subaru Elten was a hybrid 4WD hatchback concept introduced by Subaru at the 1997 Tokyo...

MEBEA

MEBEA Fox

MEBEA Fox was a small Greek utility vehicle launched in 1979 and developed in cooperation with...

Toyota

Toyota eCom

The 1997 Toyota eCom was a compact electric city car first shown at the 1997 Tokyo...

Suzuki

Suzuki CT-1

The 1997 Suzuki CT-1 Concept was an electric city transporter that combined the loading capacity of...

Fiat

Fiat Zicster

The Fiat Zicster is a concept car, presented in 1996 at the Geneva Motor Show. It...

Fioravanti

Fioravanti Nyce

In recent years, one of the most distinctive emerging segments in the automotive world has been...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Midget III

The 1995 Daihatsu Midget III looks like a deliberate nod to 1950s bubble cars such as...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Town Cube

The 1995 Daihatsu Town Cube concept was intended as a humorous take on the Kei Car’s...

Fiat

Fiat Vanzic

In 1995, Fiat presented the Vanzic at the Geneva Motor Show, developed by Centro Ricerche Fiat...

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Maus

The 1995 Mitsubishi Maus was a concept car bearing the acronym “Mini Active Urban System.” It...

Citroen

Citroën / Peugeot Tulip

The Peugeot Tulip (also badged as the Citroën Tulip) was a concept car and prototype from...

Opel

Opel Concept A

The Opel Concept A, unveiled in autumn 1999, served as a prototype for the first-generation Opel...

Plymouth

Plymouth Backpack

The 1995 Plymouth Backpack is a compact pickup truck concept vehicle manufactured by Plymouth, unveiled at...

Subaru

Subaru Elcapa

The 1995 Subaru Elcapa was a concept car with a hybrid powertrain system. It was developed...

Suzuki

Suzuki UT-1

The 1995 Suzuki UT-1—short for Utility Transport Type 1—was a compact one-liter vehicle designed with a...

Fiat

Fiat Zic

The Fiat Zic is an electric concept car, presented at the end of 1994 at the...

I.DE.A

I.DE.A Gritta

The 1994 I.DE.A Gritta was a city car prototype styled, developed and built by the Italian...

I.DE.A

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....

Pininfarina

Pininfarina Ethos 3

The 1994 Pininfarina Ethos 3 was an attempt to rethink the city car as something far...

Peugeot

Peugeot Ion

When Peugeot unveiled the Ion concept at the 1994 Paris Motor Show, it showcased an ambitious...

Renault

Renault Ludo

The Renault Ludo was a concept car shown at the Paris Motor Show in 1994 by...

Subaru

Subaru Hanako

The 1991 Subaru Hanako Concept was a Kei-car coupé prototype presented at the 29th Tokyo Motor...

Honda

Honda EVX

The 1993 Honda EVX was Honda’s electric concept car shown at the Tokyo Motor Show in...

Fiat

Fiat Downtown

Fiat Downtown was a radical three‑seat electric city‑car concept unveiled in 1993 that anticipated today’s urban...

Italdesign

ItalDesign Lucciola

ItalDesign’s 1993 Lucciola concept was a small hybrid city car that combined eco‑friendliness, versatility, and playful...

Mazda

Mazda London Taxi

Mazda’s 1993 London Taxi was a small, experimental taxi concept created by designers and engineers working...

Mercedes-Benz

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...

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Lynx

The experimental all-terrain vehicle known as Mitsubishi Link was conceived as a lightweight recreational machine built...

Sbarro

Sbarro Urbi

Sbarro Urbi Electric Coupé was a forward‑looking 1993 concept that explored ultra‑compact, shared electric mobility for...

MCC

MCC Smart Eco-Sprinter

Unveiled alongside the Eco-Speedster in March 1993, the Eco-Sprinter represented the electric vision of MCC’s future...

MCC

MCC Smart Eco-Speedster

The story of Smart began with bold ideas rather than cautious compromises. In 1990, Swiss watchmaker...

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi MUM 500

Mitsubishi MUM 500 is one of those little‑known Japanese concepts from the early 1990s that actually...

Suzuki

Suzuki EE-10

The Suzuki EE-10 Concept, unveiled in 1993 at the 30th Tokyo Motor Show. It was a...

Subaru

Subaru Jusmin

Unveiled at the 1993 Tokyo Motor Show, the Subaru Jusmin was a compact three-door hatchback concept...

Citroen

Citroën Citela

The Citroën Citela was one of several forward-thinking electric urban concepts developed by Citroën as the...

Fiat

Fiat Cinquecento Babytaxi

The Fiat Babytaxi by Boneschi was a one-off concept unveiled at the 1992 Turin Motor Show....

Fiat

Fiat Cinquecento Z-Eco

The Fiat Cinquecento Z-Eco debuted at the same time as the production Cinquecento, when Fiat invited...

Fiat

Fiat Cinquecento Griguà

Created by the I.DE.A. Institute, the Fiat Cinquecento Griguà rethinks the humble Cinquecento as a radical...

Fiat

Fiat Cinquecento ID

The Fiat Cinquecento ID by Italdesign was a bold reinterpretation of the legendary Cinquecento first introduced...

Fiat

Fiat Cinquecento Pick-Up

The Fiat Cinquecento Pick-Up by Pininfarina was an unconventional experiment that mixed compact city-car proportions with...

Fiat

Fiat Cinquecento Fionda

The Fiat Cinquecento Fionda, created by the Italian coachbuilder Coggiola, was one of the most striking...

Fiat

Fiat Cinquecento Cita

The Fiat Cinquecento Cita was a one-off concept born from Fiat’s ambitious plan to mark the...

Fiat

Fiat Cinquecento Birba

The Fiat Cinquecento Birba was an imaginative concept created by Carrozzeria Maggiora and unveiled at the...

Italdesign

ItalDesign Biga

Unveiled at the 1992 Turin Motor Show, the Biga traced its origins to a proposal Giorgetto...

Volkswagen

Volkswagen Chico

Volkswagen began thinking about creating a miniature city car almost forty years ago, when the first...

Opel

Opel Twin

Unveiled in 1992, the Opel Twin put forward an idea that was remarkably futuristic for its...

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi mR.1000

Presented at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show, the Mitsubishi mR.1000 was a 2-seat mid-engine coupe powered...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Mira Milano

Daihatsu Mira Milano made its debut at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show. It is a uniquely...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu FX-228

The 1991 Daihatsu FX-228 Concept debuted as a convertible interpretation of the fourth-generation Daihatsu Cuore at...

POEM

POEM Eleksuria

The Eleksuria became the first vehicle produced by POEM, entering the market on December 1, 1997....

TNB

TNB E-Van

In the 1990s, Malaysia’s national utility company Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) experimented with its first battery-electric...

Subaru

Subaru CM1

Subaru CM1 is the futuristic kei-car concept. It was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show 1991...

Suzuki

Suzuki CUE

The Suzuki CUE Concept debuted in 1991 as a kei car prototype at the 30th Tokyo...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Marienkafer

Daihatsu created this quirky single-seater in 1990. It looks like an electric golf cart with a...

Citroen

Citroën Scarabée d’Or

The Citroën Scarabée d’Or prototype made its debut in March 1990 at the Geneva Motor Show....

Lada

Lada Elf / VAZ 1152

The Lada Elf (know also as VAZ 1152) was a prototype of a compact two-seat vehicle...

Lada

Lada Gnome / VAZ 1151

The VAZ 1151 Gnome concept car was developed in 1990 and unveiled at the Moscow Motor...

BMW

BMW E1 (Z15)

The second-generation BMW E1 prototype, internally designated Z15, was unveiled on September 9, 1993, at the...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Hijet Dumbo

The 1989 Dumbo was a boxy concept van derived from the production HiJet microvan, yet despite...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu BC-7

This electric three-wheeled microcar debuted at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show as a compact vision of...

Plymouth

Plymouth Voyager III

In the 1980s, carmakers were grappling with new pressures that often ran counter to what buyers...

Peugeot

Peugeot Agades by Heuliez

Unveiled in 1989 at the Paris Salon, the bright blue Agades was conceived as a compact...

Hotzenblitz

Hotzenblitz

Hotzenblitz was a compact German electric city car developed by Hotzenblitz-Mobile GmbH & Co. KG in...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Cuore Boneschi

The Daihatsu Cuore Boneschi was a one-off concept created by Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Boneschi on the...

Renault

Renault VBG

The Renault VBG Prototype was the first major assignment Robert Opron tackled after joining Renault from...

Fiat

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...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Midget X Concept

Daihatsu at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show reveals the Midget X — a fully electric concept...

Tanghua (唐华)

Tanghua Xiaoya (唐华小雅)

This is the first car of the Chinese Tanghua (唐华) company. Interestingly, the company’s history began...

Fiat

Fiat 126p

The Fiat 126p, the first of which rolled off the assembly line on June 6, 1973,...

Suzuki

Suzuki Twin

The Suzuki Twin is a supermini produced by the Japanese car manufacturer Suzuki. Due to its...

Force / Bajaj Tempo

Force / Bajaj Tempo MiniDor

The Indian company Bajaj Tempo Ltd began importing three-wheelers from Germany in the late 1950s. With...

Bond

Bond Bug Sprint Prototype

In the mid-1990s Reliant, the maker of the original Bond Bug, planned to relaunch the little...

Renault

Renault Zoom

The Renault Zoom squeezed into the smallest gap, carried two people, ran on electricity and the...

Home built

Peredy Zoltán single-person car and Frog small car

Peredy Zoltán was born in 1963. His father, Árpád Peredy built all kinds of structures, from...

Home built

Lopakodo

This home built buggy was made in 1997 by an artisan from Sárospatak (Hungary) with a...

BMW

BMW C1

Although BMW’s 1991 C1 prototype was never made a runner, BMW said that it was to...

Citroen

Citroën Scarabée d’Or

Citroën Scarabée d’Or was a concept of an all-wheel drive passenger car created in 1990 by...

Opel

Opel MAXX Concept

Opel Russelsheim Design Center in 1995 built a concept car that allows its future owner to...

Saransky Auto Repair Plant

Moto-Truck by ‘Saransky Auto Repair Plant’

The collapse of the Soviet Union was truly catastrophic, which affected many. Agriculture was one of...

Pininfarina

Pininfarina Eta Beta

The concept of a compact hybrid car Pininfarina Eta Beta was created in the mid 90’s...

SEGZ

UMTET

Sarapul Electric Generator Plant (SEGZ), Russia, filed a patent for an environmentally friendly truck called UMTET...

Berkeley

Berkeley Bandini

A Berkeley enthusiast called Andy Argyle started offering replacement chassis, panels and bodyshells for Berkeley cars...

Ammar

Ammar K-SL

The Ammar Motor Company was a Karachi-based manufacturer of three-wheelers has been producing tricycles since 1990....

Master

Master-1600 (Магистр-1600)

In 1993-1994, a Russian company called Master (Russian, Магистр) built a compact SUV, called Master-1600 (Russian,...

Home built

Azov (Азов)

For 25 years, Viktor Golovan, a resident of Berdyansk, Ukraine, has been using a home built...

HICOX

HICOX Mathias / Magyar Álom

Mátyás Borlóy’s vehicle development company tried several promising initiatives around the change of regime, but their...

Alto

Alto Boxer

Alto was a British cars and kits manufacture. The company was founded by David Gornall founded...

Alto

Alto Duo

Alto was a British car brand. David Gornall founded the company Alto Component Cars in 1985 in...

BMW

BMW Z21 ‘Just 4/2’

Something of a historical and engineering curiosity, the BMW Z21 ‘Just 4/2’ was a 1995 study...

BMW

BMW E1 (Z11)

BMW E1 (Z11) is a prototype of an electric vehicle from BMW. Once BMW’s sales and...

Smart

Smart City Coupe

The iconic Smart city car has its genesis in watchmaking rather than the automotive world, because...