We Are Obsessed With the Retro-Futuristic Style of These Concept Cars From 1933-1959.

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John Summers • Contributor
Aug 31, 2024 8:00 PM EDT

here's just something so special about this 1940s - 1950s retro-futuristic design style. We are absolutely obsessed with it. Everything just looks so... cool—like scenes from a future that never was. Every car looks like a spaceship, and every building looks like it was designed on Mars. This is why The Jetsons is so timeless and why The Incredibles is the most visually interesting movie Pixar has ever made. It's this design language. And you can throw the Fallout series in there too, even though it's technically more of a 1960s retro-futurism.

Just look at all these cars. I would gladly own any of them! Of course, these were all just concept cars, and none of them actually made it into production (at least as far as we know), but looking at these cars is like looking back at how people of the past viewed us and thought we would design our cars. Perhaps it's time we make that vision a reality?

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    1950 Oldsmobile Rocket Car (US)

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    1958 Ford La Galaxie (US)

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    1950 Probeda Sport (USSR)

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    1959 GM Firedbird III (US)

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    1955 Buick Wildcar III (US)

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    1956 Pontiac Club de Mer (US)

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    1958 Ford X-2000 (US)

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    1958 Ford Nucleon (US)

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    1947 Lancia Aprilia Berlinetta Aerodinamica (Italy)

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    1933 Volvo Venus Bilo

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    1959 Cadillac Cyclone (US)

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    1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket (US)

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    1955 Flajole Forerunner (US)

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    1955 Bertone BAT (Italy)

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    1955 Ford Mystere (US)

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    1948 Davis Divan (US)

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    1955 Ford Mystique (US)

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    1948 Tasco prototype (US)

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    1940 Chrystler Thunderbolt (US)

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    1955 Lincoln Futura (US)

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    Look familiar? This was turned into the Batmobile on the popular show.

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    1954 Ford Atmos (US)

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    1957 Toyota Proto (Japan)

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    1954 Cadillac Die Valkyrie (US)

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    1955 Chevrolet Biscayne (US)

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    1958 Simca Fulcur (France)

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    1951 Ford Gyron (US)

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    1954 Dodge Firearrow (US)

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    1951 Zis-112 (USSR)

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    1959 GM Firedbird III (US)

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    1955 Chrystler Ghia Streamline X (US)

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