Canned Concepts

[PHmember]

Another vote for the XK180, can't remember where it was when I stumbled across it, bit it's stunning

[davepoth]

mat777 said:

Jaguar Bertone B99 - Helloooooooo Jaguar, you could make this into an XF-based coupe and wipe the floor with the CLS and 6-series!
Or base it on the XJ LWB and take the fight to the Rolls Ghost and Bentley Continental!

Edited by mat777 on Thursday 12th April 21:21

I wouldn't be surprised if that was in the offing - The XK is pretty long in the tooth now, the F-Type will cover the "sporty" end of what it does, so for the "wafty/footballer" market a saloon based coupe with a decent back seat may well be a decent idea.

[anonymous-user]

deltashad said:

Codswallop said:

Shame we never got the MG GT



Rover 75 Coupe was nice too

Two very attractive cars that missed my radar!

Many, many years ago now i was accidentally included in the "send too" recipient list on an email detailing the early test and shakedown of just these two prototypes from MG. About 15min later i got a "please delete that last email without reading" email from the redfaced sender in MG powertrain. Needless to say by then everyone in our office had already been shown the "new" cars............. ;-)

(The MG GT had a 3.0l version of the KV6)

[sneaky schnell]

[m44kts]

Not sure if it was ever an official Citroen drawing or even a concept, but the Xantia Coupé looks interesting in a 90's sort of way...




I did hear that PSA had planned the Xantia but ditched it in favour of the 406 coupé

[Leins]

Saw this at Essen Techno Classica this year:

[Cotty]

[Defcon5]

Could you buy one of those and use it? Register it as a kit car or something?

[Cotty]

Defcon5 said:

Could you buy one of those and use it? Register it as a kit car or something?

What, the Maserati Birdcage? Try and find someone to build it first.

[Defcon5]

Not specificaly, but some are actual working models arent they?

[johnnymaestro]

Mercedes C111


Yamaha OX99-11


Ford Indigo


Ford GT90


Honda HSR II


Honda HSR 4

Edited by johnnymaestro on Thursday 12th April 22:20

[Eighteeteewhy]

Brilliant programe on discovery turbo ATM about old concept cars. Including this, Chrysler Turbine car which they produced and gave to a lot of people to test. Sad viewing watching them all be cut up/crushed.

[mat777]

Defcon5 said:

Not specificaly, but some are actual working models arent they?

Some of them are actual cars, yes. The Maserati boomerang in my previous post is owned and regularly driven by a German enthusiast. And the Holden Hurricane (below)has recently been restored by GM and will begin appearing at shows. It all depends most likely on employees sneaking the concepts out from the crusher queue and passing them on, and being lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time to buy one.

[Eighteeteewhy]

mat777 said:

Some of them are actual cars, yes. The Maserati boomerang in my previous post is owned and regularly driven by a German enthusiast. And the Holden Hurricane (below)has recently been restored by GM and will begin appearing at shows. It all depends most likely on employees sneaking the concepts out from the crusher queue and passing them on, and being lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time to buy one.

Is that a 3wheeler? Single rear wheel.

[mat777]

Eighteeteewhy said:

Is that a 3wheeler? Single rear wheel.

No, 4 wheels - its just a dodgy camera angle and the fact the rears are faired in. Oh, and I forgot to mention it has a thumping big Gm V8 in the back

[Cotty]

mat777 said:

Eighteeteewhy said:

Is that a 3wheeler? Single rear wheel.

No, 4 wheels - its just a dodgy camera angle and the fact the rears are faired in. Oh, and I forgot to mention it has a thumping big Gm V8 in the back

Try the font of all automotive knowlage (probably not but) Pistonheads
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/24552.htm

[noosh]

johnnymaestro said:

Yamaha OX99-11

I love that, why was that not made? Seriously, amazing looking thing.

Sounds good too I think
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjYwMTI2NjA4.html

Edited by noosh on Thursday 12th April 22:51

[CraigyMc]

noosh said:

johnnymaestro said:

Yamaha OX99-11

I love that, why was that not made? Seriously, amazing looking thing.

They made 3 then stopped for a cup of tea and a recession.

Not really a concept car - the 3 they built all work.

C

[dtrump]

johnnymaestro said:

Ford Indigo


Ford GT90

[Benni]

mat777 said:

Some of them are actual cars, yes. The Maserati boomerang in my previous post is owned and regularly driven by a German enthusiast......

Just, WOW, I imagine explaining to the Polizei why I just crashed my car
saying that something out of a 1970s time tunnel drove the other way and I turned my head 180°

These must be about the coolest rims evAr, have something Kubrickesque on them, with the 3d squares giving "space depth",
those might be machined by hand from a solid block of forged aluminium because no CNC around in the 70s ?