Cool, Awesome & Amazing Custom/One-off/Prototype Cars

[Cano]

Probably not for very long...

Why so?

 

[Leggy1]

Why so?

Because it'll break

 

[Cano]

Because it'll break

You realize (no you don't) such an engine is professionaly built to whitstand the levels of boost that the turbos put down? Several of these hyper-high hp cars have been tested driving cross country and lying down six-second 1/4 mile passes over and over and over. Look around a bit after you say something like that. This isn't 1998 anymore. Technology has made these cars utterly reliable. Of course, it costs money, but then again, if you're building a 3k hp Mustang, I'd imagine money isn't much of an issue

 

[Leggy1]

You realize (no you don't) such an engine is professionaly built to whitstand the levels of boost that the turbos put down? Several of these hyper-high hp cars have been tested driving cross country and lying down six-second 1/4 mile passes over and over and over. Look around a bit after you say something like that. This isn't 1998 anymore. Technology has made these cars utterly reliable. Of course, it costs money, but then again, if you're building a 3k hp Mustang, I'd imagine money isn't much of an issue

Of course I realise that, I also realise that cars with insane power like the Mustang wont run in max hp state for very long, to prevent any problems.

 

[Wiegert]

1986 Heuliez Citroën BX Break De Chasse Dyana Prototype *breathe*

And a decade later...

1996 Heuliez Citroën Xantia Break Buffalo 4x4 Prototype. Developed in collaboration with FFD-Ricardo.

 

[cbarbosa]

Shayton Equilibrium (2011)
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The Shayton Equilibrium is a supercar concept from Slovenia. The car was developed by the design company Provoco, a firm which specializes in high-end luxury items like yachts, private aircraft interiors, and fashion brands. The car's designer is Andrej Stanta. As of now the Shayton Equilibrium only exists as a computer model and some pretty pictures. However Provoco hope to get together the funding to produce around 20 cars a year.

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But before a production run is considered the company will need to get a few prototypes up and running, and that's where they could run into some problems. They've set themselves an almost impossible level of performance to achieve for a company that's never built a car before.

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With the Shayton Equilibrium they're aiming for a top speed in excess of 249 mph (400 km/h), and a 0-100 km/h (62 mph) time of just 2.9 seconds. And to do that they need to effectively harness and control the power of a 1,084 horsepower V12 - which also needs to be developed. $1.38 million (€1m / £850,000) is the asking price.

 

[Slash]

This was almost a thing.

 

[LivingWithGames]

Interesting.

 

[Tornado]

With all of the trouble they had finding a motor that would actually fit in the Pacer when the rotary craze died down, I wonder what they thought they could fit in a Pacer with most of the front sliced off.

 

[Slash]

1989 Ford Mustang 25th Anniversary Twin Turbo Prototype


Car had a twin turbo 351 Windsor. Was supposed to be a ZR1 killer.

 

[ildd]

1989 Ford Mustang 25th Anniversary Twin Turbo Prototype


Car had a twin turbo 351 Windsor. Was supposed to be a ZR1 killer.

I swear to God I just made that in Automation last night. Except the year was 1984 and it had a twinturbo 6.2L.

 

[Cano]

That intake manifold is aaaaaaaaawesome. The wheels too.

 

[Slash]

Protoype Mustang

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

 

[Slash]

 

[Tyger]

Marcos LM600 one-off homologation road car



(Try to ignore annoying dialogue)

 

[Slash]

 

[LivingWithGames]

Holy hell.

 

[Slash]

Holy hell.

There is literally thousands of prototypes...

 

[LivingWithGames]

There is literally thousands of prototypes...

Know you posted a crapton before, doesn't surprise me.

Mustang lover.

 

[Slash]

Know you posted a crapton before, doesn't surprise me.

Mustang lover.

I've seen maybe 1/8th of them. Theres hundreds that Ford has yet to release. They are planning on it though, but many were lost due to water damage.

 

[LivingWithGames]

@Dagger311 @Cano @Slash Holy crap. I was just finding for bad colors, and found this. Ladies and gentlemen,

the '56 Chevrolet Impala. So apparently they wanted to approach the car closer to the 'vette.

 

[synchromesh]

Lister Flat-Iron. Special prototype version of the Knobbly.

 

[Cano]

@Dagger311 @Cano @Slash Holy crap. I was just finding for bad colors, and found this. Ladies and gentlemen,
the '56 Chevrolet Impala. So apparently they wanted to approach the car closer to the 'vette.

Nah. At that time it was just a name/style excercise, as the car ended up going in a completely different direction.

 

[LivingWithGames]

'57 Chrysler Diablo concept. Built on the chassis of a '56 Imperial. But was initially shown as the '56 Dart Concept. Packing a 392 HEMI engine that could do 375 horsepower, pretty good for it's time.

I am not sure if has been posted again but why not. Shame it was a concept once again. Why the concept cars has to be the best looking ones...

 

[Legro]

Mid 1957 prototype of the Mini.

Later 1957 version. Not much had changed.

1958 prototype, the front was later used in Mini Van and Mini Pick-up.

Later 1958 prototype of Morris Mini, the front is close to what the final product ended up being.

Unlike some people think, this model was never intended for production, the front was added to confuse people and make the new car look more like existing Austin A35, so that it wouldn't be so easy to distinguish from other traffic when it was being developed.

 

[TheCracker]

Unlike some people think, this model was never intended for production, the front was added to confuse people and make the new car look more like existing Austin A35, so that it wouldn't be so easy to distinguish from other traffic when it was being developed.
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Although it does look somewhat similar to the front end they used on the Riley Elf/Wolsey Hornet 👍

 

[synchromesh]

Lister-MG BHL '54

The first Lister road car. It had the same chassis as the MGA.

 

[Wiegert]

@Legro I always liked how the three main BMC platforms at the time started out with identical prototypes resembling the final Mini design. And that they were actually based on what was originally intended to be the full-sized BMC offering.


1956 1800 concept:

1958:

Mid-sized 1100 concept from the same year:

 

[Legro]

@Legro I always liked how the three main BMC platforms at the time started out with identical prototypes resembling the final Mini design. And that they were actually based on what was originally intended to be the full-sized BMC offering.


1956 1800 concept:

1958:

Mid-sized 1100 concept from the same year:

It's really interesting how XC900x projects developed to the production models. The Mini is closest to the original design, then came the ADO16 which looks less like the prototypes, but has some cues from them and the ADO17 launched after it had came the furthest away from the 50s design.