Future's Past: The History of the Concept Car

A classic car connaisseur tells the general history of the concept car. Why would a carmaker spend time and effort on making an ultra expensive and futuristic car that promises a lot of high tech, but rarely enters production? Why are we so carried away by these bizarre experimental vehicles? And happens after showing them on the car shows?

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[Karpie]

The Buick Y Job Was Extremely Ahead Of Its Time, A Car Made In 1938 That Looked Like A Car From The Early 1950s.

[videojameplayer]

I’ve been looking for a video like this forever, I’ve literally searched “antique concept cars” in the search bar and never found much but my favorite historical car youtuber made one finally!!😂 You’re the best Ed! Keep ‘em coming

[persjofors]

A neighbor of mine, a famous car builder, built an accurate replica of The Y Job. So I saw "The Y Job" driving up and down the local streets and at local classic car meets.

[captlazer]

Went to the 1993 Detroit Autorama, the Plymouth Prowler shown was pretty much what was manufactured in 1997. Down to the purple paint and the automatic transmission and V6 engine. Yes, the concept Prowler was loved until anyone looked at the center console with an automatic. Then crowd reaction was mixed. There was in 1999 the Plymouth Howler concept with a V8 and a five speed manual transmission but alas never made. I still love concept cars and thanks for another great video Ed!

[llmkursk]

Nice to see the Dodge Deora! Amazing design, one of the most famous Hot Wheels models. Maybe you could turn Hot Wheels into a video? Not the weird and wacky designs, but the ones that have real-world basis, or models, such as when Hot Wheels made a real life version of the Deora II, based on a toy car that was a sequel to the Dodge Deora die-cast car. It came full circle! Or maybe a video on licensing car models for toys or video games?

[The_R-n-I_Guy]

Love your videos. I know it takes a lot of time and effort to make them. And I greatly appreciate it. They're not only informative, but enjoyable. Please keep up the good work

[darkadmiral]

I am watching every Episode. This guy is on his way to the top!

[kennethobrien]

Being neiw nederlander I love every episode of Ed! Always great and humorous content.

[TheQuarterrat]

What great insights. You point out way more about culture than cars. Thanks again for a great video.

[MattPritchardOfficial]

I would have liked to have seen a segment covering the rare cases when a concept car is made in to production (Dodge Viper, Plymouth Prowler, Kia Soul, Audi TT, Lexus LF-A, etc ) or when the car company brings out to get people ready for a model coming in the next couple years.

[Fourth_Monk]

Very interesting thought at the end of the video.

[BELCAN]

Packard's last Concept Car, the "Predictor" was saved from the scrapper and is owned by the Studebaker Museum.

[nicolauslr]

Hey Ed, have you thought making a video about, ,people's car"? Like comprasion of beetle, 2CV or trabant etc

[AnthonyChukreyev]

First off long time fan and I love your videos, this being no exception. But dude, it’s a damn shame you didn’t mention the Subaru SVX; the extremely rare example of a concept car that was nearly unchanged into a production model.

[Immortal..]

A sponsor! Now thats quite a new concept for your channel 😁

[uncinarynin]

It's the same with science fiction films. Star Trek, the original series is showing a 1960s design, using sometimes clumsy devices that would be hard to justify even just half a century later (or a bit more).
Being a train enthusiast, I've seen a few "concept trains" at InnoTrans. Those are either scale models or full-size mockups that don't go anywhere but you can get in and experience what the interior would be like.

[adrielklein]

Another banger Ed, you never disappoint.

[dr.awesome]

yoo, I'm so glad to have refreshed my youtube page at the PERFECT time!! I love your videos so damn much!

[DSP]

This video is a really great history lesson on the concept car -- thank you, Edward!

[rogergoodman]

My favorite concept car is the Pontiac Banshee IV that toured the auto shows for several years in the late '80s early '90s. It was beautiful.