Concept cars are a great way to get people excited about a brand and its future offerings.
Flashy and innovative, concepts offer auto designers the opportunity to let their imaginations run wild. From beginning to end, designers can spend anywhere from six months to two years bringing a concept to market. Some have already gone into production; others we can only cross our fingers about.
Click here to check out the latest crop of seven concept cars from the design labs...
Text: Sherri Smith, FastCompany.com
Image: A model poses beside the Mazda concept car Taiki during the opening of the Auto China 2008 show. | Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images
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