This year we saw a lot of new concepts, models, features and even vehicle types.
Mercedes-Benz’s Vision Iconic concept showed off their new retro design language.
The company also unveiled their Vision V concept, a rather over-the-top executive transport vehicle.
Hyundai revealed their wild-looking, video-game-inspired Insteroid concept.
This Hipster concept, by Romanian automaker Dacia, is “A car that can be sketched in three strokes of a pencil,” according to the designer.
Chinese automaker Chery’s Journeo concept was presented as a sort of living room on wheels.
Bentley produced a rather strange-looking and asymmetrical concept called the EXP 15.
GM got in on the fun too, tasking designers at their new UK-based design studio with creating a concept Corvette.
Toyota revealed a concept for their next-generation HiAce, a Japanese work van.
We also looked at one throwback concept: This Italdesign minivan from the 1990s.
On the production side, Ferrari revealed the Amalfi, an “entry-level” model with a new, friendlier design language.
Electronics brand Sony started taking reservations for their forthcoming Afeela 1, which is so bland-looking, you have to wonder if that’s what they’re intentionally going for.
This Roadster by British EV startup Longbow Motors blurs the line between footwear design and automotive design.
Volkswagen previewed their forthcoming ID EVERY1, a €20,000 EV.
And startup Slate showed off their eponymous sub-$20,000 modular EV micro-truck.
Even Amazon is in the automotive game. This year their public robotaxi service, Zoox, rolled out in Vegas.
Wild stuff from Japan: The Hino Profia is a tractor-trailer with four-wheel steering.
Wilder stuff from Korea: Hyundai’s incredible WIA autonomous car-parking robots.
Maybe the craziest production vehicle we saw this year was Toyota’s forthcoming IMV Origin, which will be sold as unfinished vehicles in the African market, so that local markets can adapt them.
Not a car, but very strange: Pininfarina designed a tractor.
Artist Joshua Vides’ real-world Pop Art cars popped up in Los Angeles and New York.
The Petersen Museum held an entire exhibition dedicated to wedge-shaped cars.
This year, research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety concluded that modern automotive design is increasing forward blind spots.
Also on the research side, we looked at which popular cars get into accidents most frequently.
Lastly, if you want to see intentional automotive destruction at its finest, look no further than the Rockford Speedway Figure 8 Trailer Race.
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