Coolest Concept Cars 2006

[Mr.DJ]

Coolest Concept Cars 2006

by Dan Lienert

Fins. Turbine power. Separate bubble domes over the driver and passenger seats.

These are the kinds of features that can make concept cars so delightful. Special prototypes are beloved by auto enthusiasts, and carmakers have historically unveiled concept cars at auto shows with the goal of making jaws drop as far as possible.

In the past 12 months, such concept cars as Daimler Chrysler's (nyse: DCX) 700-hp Maybach Exelero prototype and Mercedes-Benz's bionic car, which is based on the shape of a tropical fish, accepted the torch from history's best concept cars--that is, the ones that live in the world of the wild, the improbable and the radical.

Fans of American cars will love that old-school Detroit attitude abounds in the slide show, thanks to such prototypes as the Chevrolet Camaro from General Motors (nyse: GM), the Challenger from Dodge and the Imperial from Chrysler.

We say "radical" knowing that the car business is a conservative one, and that concept cars are not just working prototypes of future production models. January's North American International Auto Show in Detroit, for example, featured a concept version of a small, forthcoming Acurasport utility vehicle from Honda Motor (nyse: HMC)--a perfectly respectable car, but not one that sets your imagination on fire the way a 16-cylinder Cadillacprototype or a revival of the Lamborghini Miura does.

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Source: Forbes.com
by Dan Lienert
02/27/06 - 12:30 AM ET

[Vanishing Point]

Originally Posted by Mr.DJ

Coolest Concept Cars 2006

Mercedes-Benz's bionic car, which is based on the shape of a tropical fish, accepted the torch from history's best concept cars

Strickly catch and release!! ...That might be possibly the ugliest amphibian,I have ever seen!...That one needs to beat down with an ugly stick and thrown back.....in very deep turbulent waters!!

[WildBillTX]

Originally Posted by Vanishing Point

Strickly catch and release!! ...That might be possibly the ugliest amphibian,I have ever seen!...That one needs to beat down with an ugly stick and thrown back.....in very deep turbulent waters!!

Wheres the tail fins?

[Ragamuffin]

Originally Posted by Vanishing Point

Strickly catch and release!! ...That might be possibly the ugliest amphibian,I have ever seen!...That one needs to beat down with an ugly stick and thrown back.....in very deep turbulent waters!!

That little Mercedes Bionic Fishy looks like it was heavily influenced off the 2000 Chrysler Java Concept; a four-door con-fusion of mb's components and Chrysler's design. ..more I look at this 'lil thing.....never mind !!!

[Vanishing Point]

Originally Posted by WildBillTX

Wheres the tail fins?

lol!! ...Splish-splash,I was takin' a bath.....!!

[Leadphoenix]

That Maybach is sweet!!! Reminds me of the Batmobile (not from Begins) but how Bruce Wayne would drive it when in civilian attire, but then a flip of a switch and it would turn all bat-like and badass.

[WildBillTX]

That Bionic car reminded of something....

[l3it3r@gmail.com]

the exelero was built to test the limits of tires on a fullsize (3 tons!!!!) car that can go 200+

[Vanishing Point]

Originally Posted by WildBillTX

That Bionic car reminded of something....

Nahhh,...your pick looks better,and quicker,..and painted plum crazy!