GM Centennial: Futuristic Fantasies

View a slideshow of GM's concept cars and trucks from the past, present and future.


General Motors’ engineers have created many different concept vehicles over the last 75 years, starting with the Cadillac V-16 Aerodynamic Coupe, which was unveiled at the 1933 Century of Progress exhibition in Chicago. It stirred the public with radical styling features at the time, such as a fastback design, enclosed running boards, an all-steel roof and a built-in trunk. By the 1950s, the golden age of “dream cars,” design trends were spurred by GM’s popular Motorama exhibits and engineers were inspired by the aerospace industry.

Below is a slideshow looking back at some of the cars that never made it into production. There’s also a sneak peek at what may be rolling down the highways of tomorrow. All photos courtesy GM Media Archive.

         
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