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November 2010 Issue

ARTICLE

Concept Cars

By Robert McLellan

Were you one of the lucky ones to visit an auto show where concept cars were on show? The sight of a concept car makes the heart pump faster and the mind whirl as you picture yourself driving THAT CAR down the road. Concept cars have been shown for over 100 years. McLellan's Automotive History presents a sample of an inventory of 598 brochures and press kits. They range from a 1934 Studebaker concept catalog to current items.


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Alien 1986	Aston Martin 1998	Audi 1992

Audi 2004	Bentley 1985	Bertone 2002

BMW 1973	BMW 1998	Buick 1953

Buick 1983	Buick 1987	Buick 2000

Cadillac 1994	Cadillac 2003	Chevrolet 1954

Chevrolet 1955	Chevrolet 1956	Chevrolet 1966

Chevrolet 1970	Chevrolet 1990	Chevrolet 2000

Chrysler 1941	Chrysler 1941	Chrysler 1953

Chrysler 1953	Chrysler 1967	Chrysler 1969

Chrysler 1970	Chrysler 1993	Chrysler Corporation 1953

Chrysler Corporation 1956	Chrysler Corporation 1956	Chrysler Corporation 1962

Chrysler Corporation 1963	Chrysler Corporation 1997	Citi Car/Vanguard 1972

Copper Development Assn. 1972	Daimler / Chrysler 2000	Daimler/Chrysler 2005

DeSoto 1954	DeSoto 1960	Dodge 1954

Dodge 1964	Dodge 1965	Dodge 1967

Exemplar 1968	Ford 1953	Ford 1962

Ford 1989	Ford 1995	Ford 2002

Ford 1963	Garrett Corporation 1978	General Motors 1952

General Motors 1954	General Motors 1959	General Motors 2000

Hispano Suiza 2000	Hyundai 1996	Innovari 1967

Jaguar 2000	Kaiser 1946	Lincoln 2004

Lincoln 2004	Maserati 2001	Mercedes-Benz 1969

Mercedes-Benz 1970	Mercedes-Benz 1991	Mercedes-Benz 1999

Mercedes-Benz 2000	Mercury 1956	Mercury 1966

Mitsubishi 1990	Mitsubishi 1991	Mitsubishi 1995

Mota 1953	Nissan 1988	Nu-Klea 1963

Oldsmobile 1953	Oldsmobile 1956	Packard 1953

Packard 1956	Plymouth 1954	Plymouth 1960

Plymouth 1965	Plymouth 1990	Pontiac 1997

Studebaker 1934	Volkswagen 1939	Volkswagen 1998

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Wildcat Pebble Beach

The Automotive Chronicles, November 2010





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