What Brand Does The Best Job Of Bringing Their Concepts Cars To Market?

Can’t wait for industry reaction to Ford’s Evos concept car at the Frankfurt auto show next month. From the photos, it’s brilliant. I, for one, would buy it in a New York minute.

Yet, Ford does not intend to build the car, and that’s a shame, because it surely would send the likes of Audi, Jaguar and Hyundai designers scampering back to the drawing boards.

WardsAuto editor Byron Pope reports in his story posted today the car is merely a glimpse at Ford’s future global styling direction.



Frankfurt Motor Show Preview Photo Gallery

2012 BMW 6-Series Coupe M-Sport and Z4 2.8i Photo Gallery

Aston Martin Zagato V12 Photo Gallery

2012 Jeep Wrangler PentaStar Photo Gallery

2012 Toyota Camry Photo Gallery

2012 Porsche 911 Carrera Photo Gallery

Concours d'Elegance 2011 Photo Gallery




Read Article

Joe_Limon - 9/6/2011 3:14:36 PM

+4 Boost

Porsche?

Agent009 - 9/6/2011 4:06:32 PM

+4 Boost

Audi - maybe
Lexus - too far out there
MB - 50/50
Acura - What concepts?
Infiniti - Rarely
BMW - maybe 30%

theoptimisticpessimist - 9/6/2011 4:24:33 PM

+2 Boost

None of them.

Agent001 - 9/6/2011 5:58:37 PM

+1 Boost

Best answer so far...

001

94geo - 9/6/2011 4:27:15 PM

-2 Boost

Mercedes
BMW
Peuguot
Toyota
GM

Fijian - 9/6/2011 6:03:05 PM

-1 Boost

Chevrolet

synx - 9/6/2011 8:47:50 PM

0 Boost

BMW. Some of their concepts are a joke. Like the old and current M5 "concept" cars - identical to the production models

Agent001 - 9/6/2011 10:06:51 PM

+1 Boost

I'm just testing our cool new FaceBook login capability

tonyhaddad - 9/6/2011 10:12:59 PM

+1 Boost

This facebook integration is awesome. Very easy to respond and comment now. Great job!

MorePower - 9/7/2011 2:04:28 AM

+1 Boost

For a nice little stretch in the 90's in the U.S., Chrysler was the hands down best at bringing thinly veiled concept cars like the Viper, Durango, 300, etc. to market.

It is a much more difficult to call globally. At this point, it seems all concepts cars are good for is to show the public some overall styling cues the automaker is considering.

DuDE - 9/7/2011 2:09:33 AM

+1 Boost

Land Rover and Jaguar
Except for the huge wheels...the cars are production ready

enthusiastx11 - 9/7/2011 11:18:44 AM

0 Boost

bmw. nearly every new model shows up as a 'concept' at the auto show 1 to 2 years prior to production. recently that includes the 5-series, M5, 6-series gran coupe, i3 and i8. the true concepts like gina are way out there and everyone knows those are just technology showcases.

Joe_Limon - 9/7/2011 11:34:43 AM

+1 Boost

BMW is pretty good, especially coming up with something like the I8 and bringing it to market as is.