The concept car also had a television camera mounted in the rear that could alert the driver to traffic by way of a TV screen on the dashboard. When you opened the door, the seats would slide back automatically. The Centurion included a bubble top roof, and in the back it featured revolutionary winged fenders that would eventually be features of Buicks and Chevrolets in the late 1950s. The two-tone paint job and white-walled tires presented a slick image. The body of the Buick Centurion was made from fiberglass, and the interior looked like an airplane cockpit, an inspiration from the jet age.
The design of the car was used to create the 1958 Lincoln. The vehicle's backup lights were modeled on jet tubes, and the headlights were retractable. Its chassis was designed so that body shells could be quickly swapped for other body shells. His idea for the Futura came from watching sharks and other sea life while on vacation in the Bahamas.įord's La Tosca, with its sweeping tail fins and space-age plexiglass bubbletop, could be maneuvered by remote control. The car was created by Bill Schmidt, Lincoln-Mercury Division's chief stylist in the post-World War II era. The Futura was handmade by craftsmen from Italian car design company Ghia at a cost of $250,000. The car's styling was ahead of its time as well, including a slick grill, trim work, and fins that would eventually be found in GM cars. The car features, such as push-button seats and windows, would be standard in future cars. The Buick XP-300, created by Charles Chayne, vice president of engineering at General Motors, packed a 335-horsepower V8 engine that could run on either gasoline or methanol and may have been able to reach140 mph. Earl also designed the car's fiberglass-reinforced plastic body. It was designed to determine whether the gas turbine could be used as an efficient power source for future cars. The Buick Y-Job, created by legendary General Motors car builder Harley Earl, was dubbed by the 1930s automotive press as "the car of the future." The vehicle had features that would eventually be found in cars of today, such as hidden headlights and electrically powered windows.Īnother creation of renowned General Motors styling vice president Harley Earl, the rocket-styled 1953 XP-21 Firebird 1 was the first gas turbine automobile built and tested in the United States.
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