Jonathan Wood (2)

This is a great reference book which covers many outrageous designs, with one hundred and fourty-four photographs and illustrations.

I am not a car enthusiast, but I liked this book very much.

The concept car is visually stunning and often totally zany!
When you give a designer free rein to go with an idea unrestricted by price or even demand for the item, what you end up with is the stuff of dreams, and right out of the pages of a sci-fi novel.
Many of these one-offs are totally impractical, show more either too long of too low; with fins, gull-wing doors - such as the Aston Martin Bulldog (resembling the DeLorian), and even cockpits, sometimes with no way to even see the road ahead - such as the Concept 2096.
Its a nice book, but it could have been bigger showing many more cars than it does. It doesn't have any bubble car (such as the Ford Beatnick) which was a bit of a disappointment, or the sleek lines of the Ferrari 512 Modulo, but some very nice looking vehicles all the same.

This book includes the following cars from 1939 to 1997.

General Motors Y-Job
Triumph TRX
Gneral Motors LeSabre
Bertone BAT
Ford Mustang
Mercedes Benz C111
Bertone Stratos
Aston Martin Bulldog
FordProbe III
Honda HP-X
MG EX-E
Ital Design Aztec
Jaguar XJ220
General Motors Impact
Ital Design Columbus
Porsche Boxster
Plymouth Prowler
Volkswagen Concept 1
Mercedes-Benz MCC
Chrysler Atlantic
Ford GT90
Asia Motors Neo Mattina
BMW Just 4/2
Audi TT
Vauxhall Maxx
Honda SSM
Mitsubishi Gaus
Ford Synergy 2010
Dodge Intrepid ESX
Lincoln Sentinel
Renault Next
Renault Fiftie
Ital Formula 4
Bertone Slalom
Ford Saetta
IDEA Vuscia
Peugeot Touareg
Alfa Romeo Nuvola
Mercedes-Benz F200
Citroën Berlingo Berline Bulle
Concept 2096
Pininfarina Eta Beta
Mini ACV 30
Dodge Copperhead show less

I like 2CVs, mobile dustbins, Citroens in general. They say so much about France and its life, its culture and people. So, I like this book. I like to spot 2CVs lurking around corrners in France today.

Two large sections of the book are dedicated to the two individual Dolomite cars.

Shire booklet, much cover of Francis Birtles and outback Australia.