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Every once in a while, car designers let their imaginations go wild with concept cars.
Over the years, we’ve seen a flood of different concept cars that show the world where different car manufacturers are heading. Some designs are humble, sober and restrained, while others are the exact opposite.
Sadly, almost every wild and wacky concept car that’s been revealed never makes it into production due to regulations – but they do give us an indication of how car design can be expressed from certain makers, that otherwise would shy away from creating something so spectacular.
One-off examples from the 1990s and 2000s seem to have the most interesting features and creativity. We’ve compiled a list of the best and maddest concept cars the world has ever seen.
1. Toyota POD
Officially revealed at the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show, the Toyota Pod demonstrated that personal transportation could have feelings and emotions like human beings. It had a boxy design with a wagging tail, sliding doors and a front end that would illuminate different colours depending on the car’s mood. Red would mean it was angry, blue as sad, gold referring to happy and pale green as sleepy.
The Pod was controlled by a joystick which acted as the steering wheel. The seats all swivelled 360 degrees and all featured a screen to allow the passengers to watch their own music or video content.
All these weird and wonderful designs never made it into production, sadly.
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