The Strangest Concept Car Ideas That Failed

[JEBar]

a link to a list of weirdly interesting concept cars that failed

.... for me the Ford Nucleon should be at the top of the list

 

[DAVID BROWER]

BEING PARTIAL TO GOLIATH THREE WHEELERS ,
HERE WAS THEIR CONCEPT OF A SUPER AERODYNAMIC TRIKE BACK IN THE EARLY 50's
THEY ONLY BUILT ONE .

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[BigWarpGuy]

I think that with truly bizarre concept cars, they might not have ever intend them to be produced. I think some concepts are just the designers having a lot of fun. I am not sure I would call them failures but ones that the designers imagination was allowed to do whatever it felt like.

 

[Cache Man]

Here is the Chrysler Gas Turbine Car documentary:

And here is it running:

 

[RUCRAYZE]

I don't know how to upload from Youtube - but this is one of my favs, and appropriate for the above car- if someone else puts it up "correctly", I'll take this down

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Girl Sucked Into Car Blower
by jason9171

• 7 years ago
• 13,650,338 views

Funny video about a guy with sexy model sitting on the hood of his car.

 

[BlioKart]

Here is the Chrysler Gas Turbine Car documentary:

And here is it running:

I always liked the idea. I always wondered why they threw away so many years of development very wasteful. I always felt they should have produced some even at a loss. I remember reading about combing a gas turbine and an electric car ala chevy volt.

Dont forget the Howmet TX Can-Am race car

 

[Cache Man]

I always liked the idea. I always wondered why they threw away so many years of development very wasteful. I always felt they should have produced some even at a loss. I remember reading about combing a gas turbine and an electric car ala chevy volt.

They said the Chrysler was a direct drive to the transmission. So the turbine had to spool up in order for it to accelerate. This made the acceleration slow. The part count is a lot less than the standard engine. It was the cost of the turbine also that was prohibitive. Back then the turbine was still fairly new.

Here is something cool that I thought you may like

Williams International WASP

 

[wizard of ahs]

Flying Honda Reflex Kit

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