10 Incredible Vintage Concept Cars

June 30, 2019

Concept cars are wondrous things. Designed purely as showpieces, they make use of the latest and greatest technology to illustrate just what cars can be. It’s always been this way, which means that digging into old concepts from the past is an amazing experience. When you consider just how cool the cars that were being put out by GM, Ford, and Chrysler were, their concepts are truly breathtaking. Some of them were breathtaking just for their sheer weirdness, looking like they could have come out of The Jetsons. Other ones bear stark resemblances to well-loved classics but are just different, in truly interesting ways. In this article, we’re going to take a look at 10 fantastic concept cars we wish could have gone into production.

10. Dodge Charger Roadster Concept

Two years before the Charger would emerge as its own model, we saw this beautiful concept. Appearing at several auto shows and Dodge dealerships around the country, this concept was designed to hit back at Pontiac, whose GTO had launched the year before. Crucial to this fight was the 426 Hemi, which was meant to sit under the hood of this concept, but in actuality, did not.

The base for this car was the Dodge Polara, and a stock one at that. The chrome bumper was swapped for a smooth pan, the inner high-beams were deleted and a blacked-out, custom made grille fitted. A new air scoop was added, and the body trim got tweaked. The taillights were left as stock but spaced differently, while the rear bumper got the same treatment as the front one.

Inside, the cabin is split in half, with the driver and passenger essentially having small pods of their own. The rear seats were removed in favor of a massive deck. The headrests sit on a roll cage, and the windshield now wraps seamlessly around the body.

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