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50 years of Japanese Concept Cars – Part 1

September 30th, 2010 | Author: andy | Filed under: Art, Bizarre, Culture, Fashion | No Comments »

Mazda Furai, 2008

Japan may not be the first word you think of when you think of stylish cars, but they surely have come a long way since the mass production of cars took off courtesy of Ford Motor Company and the Industrial Revolution of the 1920s.

Whichever words you use to describe them – Cheap, expensive, cheerful, copycat, unique, reliable, unreliable, fast, economical, boring, exciting – I am sure they have played a part of your lives at some point.

So here are a selection of Japanese concept cars from the past 50 years. By no means definitive, but an interesting look nonetheless at the evolution of car styling over the decades. A LOT more photos after the jump.