5 concept cars that owe their existence short-lived trends

When designers set out to make a concept car, a couple of things can happen. First off, they can take the sensible route and build something that, barring a few tweaks, will appear on future models in the maker’s line.

That doesn’t mean they’re not exciting though. This year’s Detroit Motor Show highlighted the fact that building plausible concepts can seriously whet the appetite of petrol heads.

Another possible route is to shut the designer in a room and tell them to come up with something based on what everyone thinks is cool right now.

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