Honestly, the Centurion looked kind of cool. That certainly wasn’t the case with the Centurion, which had a strange bubble canopy design and bodywork that looked like it was plucked from a jet fighter. I mean, the automaker’s current lineup doesn’t inspire a lot of emotion from a design standpoint. 1956 Buick Centurionīuick has made some ugly concepts. The car had a roll cage, a collapsible steering column, seatbelts, swiveling seats, and side-impact bars. The car was absolutely hideous and would scare kids into a coma, but it came with things that would help passengers in an accident. It utilized a wooden frame (hey, it was 1957), and a fiberglass body for added protection.
As its name implies, the car was meant to keep occupants as safe as possible. Juliano, a priest who decided to try his hand at being a car designer. The history of the Aurora Safety car is just as interesting as its design.
It wasn’t like that in 1957, which is when the Aurora Safety Car made it to the light of day.
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Nowadays, cars come with so many advanced safety features to keep drivers from getting into an accident that some people have taken to abusing the systems by texting or even sleeping while driving. Safety today means something completely different compared to 1957. Still, it was definitely one strange concept. But with amphibious cars being such a niche product and no one in their right mind actually choosing to purchase one, it seems like it was more of a joke. In Isuzu’s defense, the Nagisa was apparently amphibious, which explains why it looks the way it does. It’s almost like the design team behind the Nagisa were secretly telling Isuzu that they wanted to quit to make boats. The Nagisa is quite blocky, but that’s because it looks like a boat. Isuzu launched the Nagisa in 1991, which is when automakers were working with blocky designs. Some concepts, like the Isuzu Nagisa, really make you scratch your head and question whether the designer was in a good place when they came up with a design. The glass-everything design must have been a trip to sit in, but we don’t think the car would’ve been that safe in a crash.
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On the inside, the Karin’s claim to fame was that it had a similar layout to the fabled McLaren F1, with the driver positioned directly in the middle of the car. The rear end, though, appears to be just as wide as the front end, which makes the Karin look like a pyramid driving down the road. The wide front end slowly tapers as it reaches the top of the vehicle, creating a natural point. Even for Citroen, the 1980 Karin has one of the more outlandish designs that looks like it was inspired by the Egyptian pyramids. The French automaker simply refused to do things like everyone else, resulting in cars that go beyond having peculiar designs, but some strange interior layouts. Most of Citroen’s classic cars could be considered extraordinary.
Beyond the jet engine, the concept had some other futuristic elements like a titanium body, four-wheel independent suspension, disc brakes, quad-zone climate control, a two-way communications system, which would eventually turn into OnStar, and a rearview camera. Power came from a Whirlfire GT-304 gas turbine engine that made 200 horsepower at an insane 35,000 rpm. Not only did the concept look like a jet, but it was actually powered by a jet engine - hence the absurd rear end. In 1956, General Motors showcased the Firebird II, which took a little too much inspiration from airplanes. While cars don’t fly, not yet at least, they also have to use physics and witchcraft to keep the wind at bay to hit high speeds. To reach high speeds and, well, fly, planes have to use physics and witchcraft to stay in the sky. 1956 General Motors Firebird IIĬar designers take a lot of inspiration from the aviation industry, which makes sense. Instead, we’ll take a look at the 10 of the strangest concept cars we’ve ever seen, ranking them from not-so-crazy, but still absurd to bonkers. If we covered all of the wonky concepts we’ve ever seen, we’d be here for days.
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