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The Mazda RX-500 is a mid-engine concept car developed by Japanese automobile manufacturer Mazda and first shown to the public at the 17th 1970 Tokyo Motor Show. It is a two-door coupé, accessed by forward-swinging butterfly-wing doors. The car received its name due to Mazda celebrating their 50th birthday.
The vast majority of hidden headlamps are on cars, however, there are a handful of vehicles included in the list that do not fit this category. These include motorcycles , buses and trains . Hidden headlamps have rarely been installed on vehicles since the turn of the millennium, with only low volume production vehicles being manufactured since ...
The AXV-II was a concept car built by Toyota that was first shown at the October 1987 Tokyo Motor Show. [13] [17] The concept has butterfly doors and pivoted up to the front to allow passengers to exit from the car in places that ordinary conventional doors cannot handle. Gas filled struts kept the door in place when open.
The Lotus 88 is an innovative Formula One car designed by Colin Chapman, Peter Wright, Tony Rudd and Martin Ogilvie of Lotus in an effort to maximise the downforce produced by ground effect. The Lotus 88 made its debut at the first practice session of the 1981 season opener, the US Grand Prix West at Long Beach.
In 1977, the prototype was updated and renamed Electron to become one of the automaker's "Concept 80" show cars. American Motors' small concept car was "meant to be a prediction of future subcompact commuter cars." [4] It introduced technologies that included a revolutionary braking system that took 50 years to become common in the automotive ...
Toyota concept vehicles are concept vehicles from Toyota, and may refer to: Toyota concept vehicles (1935–1969) Toyota concept vehicles (1970–1979) Toyota concept vehicles (1980–1989) Toyota concept vehicles (1990–1999) Toyota concept vehicles (2000–2009) Toyota concept vehicles (2010–2019) Toyota concept vehicles (2020–2029)
Vector W2. The W2 concept appeared in 1978. Like the first car, it was immobile at the time of its show debut, but in 1979, a running prototype was constructed. [8] The vehicle traveled over 100,000 miles (160,000 km), the most of any concept vehicle.
The CX-80 (also known as the FCX-80) was a concept vehicle built by Toyota and shown at the October 1979 Tokyo Motor Show. [28] It was designed to be an experimental city car for the future that would save fuel by being light and compact.