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Cars of Futures Past – 1975 Honda Civic CVCC
1974 Honda Civic CVCC; the car debuted in the U.S. for 1975. Photos courtesy Honda North America. In 1970, the U.S. Clean Air Act of 1963 was amended with the addition of the “Muskie Law,” which...
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Cars of Futures Past – GM Firebird Concepts
Harley Earl poses with the Firebird concepts in 1958. All photos courtesy General Motors. In the car-obsessed 1950s, showing off technical capability was just as important to automakers as staying...
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Cars of Futures Past – 1981-1982 De Lorean DMC-12
1981 De Lorean. Images courtesy OldCarBrochures.org. When announced in the mid-1970s, the De Lorean DMC-12 was a car that seemed to come from decades in the future. From its gleaming paint-free...
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Cars of Futures Past – Ford’s “Soybean Car”
Robert Boyer and Henry Ford pose with Ford’s Soybean Car. Photos courtesy The Henry Ford. Henry Ford was a man obsessed with eschewing the status quo, one driven to continually improve any product or...
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Cars of Futures Past – 1991 Saturn SL
1991 Saturn SL sedan. Photos courtesy GM Media Archives. By the early 1980s, General Motors had finally begun to accept that its small car lineup wasn’t particularly competitive with models from...
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Cars of Futures Past – Porsche FLA Long Life Study
Porsche’s 1973 FLA study. Photo courtesy Porsche AG. In the early 1970s, the environmental movement was gaining traction the world over. After decades of indifference, industrial manufacturers...
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Cars of Futures Past – Willys MB
Photos courtesy Chrysler Group LLC. For those born after the Second World War, it’s hard to envision a time without the go-anywhere, do-almost-anything Jeep. Created by a War Department need for a...
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Cars of Futures Past – 1938 Buick Y-Job
The 1938 Buick Y-Job concept. Photos courtesy GM Media. The modern process of introducing an entirely new automobile entails the construction of a concept car, which is then displayed at a series of...
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Cars of Futures Past – Chrysler Airflow
Chrysler’s 1934 Airflow looked like nothing else on the road. Photos courtesy Chrysler. As the 1920s gave way to the 1930s, the Art Deco movement influenced everything from industrial design through...
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Cars of Futures Past – Mercedes-Benz ESF Series
The Mercedes-Benz ESF 05 experimental safety vehicle. Photos courtesy Daimler AG. As the 1960s came to a close, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) was growing alarmed at the...
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Cars of Futures Past – Peraves EcoMobile / MonoTracer
A Peraves EcoMobile at a track day in Europe. Photos courtesy Peraves AG. Those with a background riding motorcycles understand one simple truth: Compared to cars, motorcycles simply deliver more...
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Cars of Futures Past – 1964-1967 NSU Spider
1967 NSU Spider. Photos by David LaChance. Though Mazda is the manufacturer most closely associated with rotary engines, the Japanese automaker didn’t pioneer the unconventional engine’s use in an...
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Cars of Futures Past – Bricklin SV1
The 1975 Bricklin SV1, in Safety Orange. Brochure images courtesy of Lov2XLR8.no. Many automotive enthusiasts are quick to draw parallels between John DeLorean’s failed DMC-12 and Malcolm Bricklin’s...
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Cars of Futures Past – Moller M200G Volantor / Neuera
The Moller M200G in testing. Images courtesy of Moller International. The problem with automobiles is this: They require roads to operate on. Even trucks and jeeps have limits off road, which is why...
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Cars of Futures Past – 1989 Chrysler Voyager III
The 1989 Chrysler Voyager III concept. Photos courtesy Chrysler. As the 1980s gave way to the 1990s, automakers once again saw their futures shaped by concerns over pollution, traffic density, fuel...
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Cars of Futures Past – Christie front-wheel-drive racers
Barney Oldfield driving a front-wheel-drive Christie racer, circa 1913. Photo courtesy of Jack Shea and Fred Hill. To many racing fans, the terms “motorsports” and “front-wheel drive” are mutually...
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Cars of Futures Past – Austin, Morris Mini
A 1959 Austin Seven, recently restored by BMW. Photos courtesy BMW Group. Though designer Alec Issigonis couldn’t know it at the time, the compact and fuel-efficient commuter car he was tasked to...
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Cars of Futures Past – 1986 Ford Taurus
Ford Taurus LX. Photo courtesy Alden Jewell. Ask an automotive enthusiast to name the most important cars in Ford Motor Company history, and products like the Model T and Model A will surely make the...
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Cars of Futures Past – Citroen Traction Avant
A “small body” Citroen 11CV Traction Avant. Photo by Stahlkocher. At a passing glance, there’s little remarkable about the Citroen 7CV, or its later iterations, the 11CV and the 15CV. Known...
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Cars of Futures Past – 1961 Chrysler Turboflite
1961 Chrysler Turboflite concept. Images courtesy Chrysler Group LLC. Concept cars are supposed to be the stuff of dreams, and few cars exemplified this better than the 1961 Chrysler Turboflite, a...
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