All posts tagged "concept"

Citroen

Citroen 2CV Concept

Over the past three decades, automakers have brought back numerous iconic models, including the Mini Cooper,...

Honda

Honda Hondina by Zagato

The Honda Hondina by Zagato was a small open sports-car concept created around Honda kei-car mechanicals....

Honda

Honda Puyo

The Honda Puyo was a hydrogen fuel-cell concept car presented at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show...

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi SE-RO

The Mitsubishi SE-RO was a 2003 concept car created by Mitsubishi Motors in collaboration with Turin...

ACM

ACM City eTaxi

The ACM City eTaxi is a lightweight electric urban vehicle developed by the German company Adaptive...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Urban Buggy

The Daihatsu Urban Buggy was a concept car presented at the 27th Tokyo Motor Show in...

Cycler

Cycler SKL160

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

Migros

Migros MEV-1

The Migros MEV-1 was a single-seat electric vehicle developed in Switzerland as an inexpensive commuter car....

BMW

BMW Clever

The 2006 BMW Clever Research Vehicle (Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport) was an ambitious...

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...

Carcerano Creative Engineering

Carcerano Sonny

The 2006 Carcerano Sonny Concept was a compact experimental vehicle created by Carcerano Creative Engineering to...

Changan

Changan XingQing

The 2006 Changan XingQing Concept, whose name translates as “Clear Sky,” was a compact urban design...

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...

Suzuki

Suzuki CT-1

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

Suzuki

Suzuki LC

The Suzuki LC was a 2005 kei-car concept that used retro styling to reinterpret Suzuki’s early...

Fiat

Fiat Multiplina

FIAT has confirmed the name of its new urban electric vehicle: instead of the working title...

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...

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...

DAF

OSI City-Daf

The DAF City, also known as the OSI City-Daf, was one of the most unusual small-car concepts of...

Smart

Smart Concept #2

Smart is going back to its roots with a successor to the iconic Smart Fortwo. Revealed...

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...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Ultramini

Daihatsu Ultramini Concept was unveiled at the 30th Tokyo Motor Show. This kei car prototype maximized...

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...

Fiat

Fiat Cinquecento Rush

The Fiat Cinquecento Rush was born from Bertone’s particularly inspired period in the spring of 1992...

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...

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...

Proton

Proton EMAS

The Proton EMAS is a family of concept cars created by Italdesign Giugiaro and developed by...

Suzuki

Suzuki CUE

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

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...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Sneaker

Daihatsu Sneaker was a quirky concept microcar notable for its unusual fifth wheel mounted at the...

Peugeot

Peugeot Agades by Heuliez

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

Mazda

Mazda Pair

The Mazda Pair Concept debuted at the 1987 Tokyo Motor Show as an unusual micro-van and...

Suzuki

Suzuki Elia

The Suzuki Elia concept debuted at the 1987 Tokyo Motor Show, immediately standing out thanks to...

Toyota

Toyota EV-30

The Toyota EV-30 was a two-seat electric concept car powered by zinc-bromine batteries and first unveiled...

Volkswagen

Volkswagen Scooter

This Volkswagen Scooter concept was presented at the Geneva Motor Show in 1986. A more ambitious...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu BCX-5

The 1985 Daihatsu BCX-5 Concept was an early vision of an electric urban commuter, conceived long...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Trek

The Tokyo Motor Show has always been a magnet for ideas that would look wildly out...

Ford

Ford Urby

The Ford Urby was a concept car developed in 1985 by Carrozzeria Ghia for Ford, created...

Citroen

Citroën Ami Buggy “Rip Curl” Vision

The French company Citroën is reviving its partnership with Rip Curl. Another joint project is a...

Pininfarina

Pininfarina B0

The Pininfarina B0 (pronounced “B Zero”) is an electric concept car created by Pininfarina in partnership...

Bolloré

Bolloré BlueCar Concept

Developed with input from Renault’s engineering team, the Bolloré Bluecar electric prototype was built by battery...

Ford

Ford Ghia Trio

Italian coachbuilder Ghia has a long-standing reputation for creating some of the most elegant and desirable...

Renault

Renault Vesta

Renault Vesta was conceived as a research and development study focused on the future of small...

Ford

Ford Econocar

In the wake of the fuel shortages of the late 1970s, Ford Motor Company created this...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Tanto Custom Kuromeki

Rounding out the lineup—quite literally—is another Kuromeki concept presented at the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon, this...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Move Kuromeki

At the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon Daihatsu presented two concept based on the current seven-generation of...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Move #ootd

At the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon Daihatsu showcased two concepts built around the latest seventh-generation Move....

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Hijet Panel Van Extend3

At the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon Daihatsu presented the Hijet Panel Van Extend3 concept. It opts...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Hijet Truck PTO Dump Daihatsuumei

Debuted at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2026, this kei truck features an extreme power take-off conversion...

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Cuore Boneschi

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

General Motors

GM TPC

The TPC, or Two-Person Commuter, was the lightest vehicle ever developed by General Motors, tipping the...