Concept Cars That Never Made It: A Look Back at What Could Have Been

The world of concept cars is a fascinating one, filled with innovative designs and cutting-edge technology that often sparks excitement and curiosity. Many of these concept cars are truly remarkable, showcasing what could have been in the future of transportation if only they had made it to production. In this article, we'll take a closer look at 10 super dope concept cars that never got made, but should have definitely been produced.

One of the most striking concepts on our list is the Japanese Porsche. This futuristic semi-truck design was truly eye-catching, with its sleek lines and bold features that hinted at what could be in the world of automotive design. Unfortunately, this concept car never made it to production, leaving us to wonder what could have been.

Another concept car that caught our attention is the futuristic semi-truck. This design was unlike anything we'd seen before, with its futuristic features and bold lines that screamed "the future of transportation." While it may not have gotten produced, it's certainly an interesting idea to explore in the world of automotive design.

We also came across a concept car from the 1970s that looks like something straight out of a science fiction movie - the cybertruck. This futuristic vehicle was designed to be fast, agile, and powerful, with its sleek lines and bold features that hinted at what could be in the world of high-performance vehicles. While it may not have gotten produced back then, it's certainly an interesting idea to explore in modern times.

One concept car that we found particularly interesting is the Dodge Ram T-Rex. This design was truly remarkable, with its three axles and six wheel drive making it one of the most unique vehicles we'd ever seen. The T-Rex also featured a big old Magnum V10 engine from the RAM 3,500, which would have made it a formidable force on the road. Unfortunately, the big wigs at Dodge decided that the T-Rex was too awesome to produce.

However, there's a twist to this tale - a conspiracy theory if you will. According to some sources, Dodge was owned by Mercedes at the time of the T-Rex's design, which might have played a role in its non-production. It's hard to say for certain, but one thing is clear: the Dodge Ram T-Rex is a concept car that deserves to be remembered and celebrated.

The world of concept cars is full of amazing designs and ideas that never made it to production. In this article, we've taken a closer look at 10 super dope concept cars that should have been produced, but weren't. From the futuristic semi-truck to the cybertruck, each of these design has its own unique features and charm. Whether they were produced or not, these concept cars are an interesting reminder of what could have been in the world of automotive design.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Concept cars.A lot of them are very sick.We love them.They're like lookinginto the fricking future,but like hover boards a lotof these cars never get made.Today we're gonna talk about10 super dope concept carsthat didn't get made,but definitely 100% should have been made.We'll be looking at Japanese Porsche,futuristic semi trucks,and even a 70's cybertruck.Strap in boys and girls 'causewe're going to thefuture through the past.This is- D-List.Dodge Ram T-Rex- Fricking look at this thing.Look at it, are you looking at it?Look at it.This fricking boy couldbe released tomorrowand would sell likedinosaur shaped hotcakes.You know,Post Malone would buy oneright off the fricking bat.It was designed in 1997,two years after Post Malone was born,meaning it predates theHennessy six by six,it predates the Raptor.In fact you might evensay, it's prehistoric.(groaning) Now just likea T-Rex has three arms.This truck had threeaxles and six wheel drive.It also had a big old MagnumV10 engine from the ram 3,500that we talked about in our episodeabout the best cheaptrucks that you can buy.Unfortunately the big.Unfortunately the big wigsin the rich man officesat Dodge said that it wastoo awesome to produce,but there is a twist to this tale,a conspiracy theory, if you will.Dodge was owned by Mercedesat the time of the T-Rex.Okay.Mercedes decided,"Hey we can't build thissix wheeled dinosaur truck."Then 10 years later, Mercedesmade a six by six versionof the G- Wagon.Coincidence?I keep trying to tell you guysthere's no fricking suchthings as coincidences, okay.(chuckles happily) Lookat the facts, all right.Just,connect the dots.Follow the money.Follow the money.Follow the money.Follow the money.- Nissan MID4 .- Back in 1985, when I'm frombefore the NSX was evena twinkly twink twinklein Honda's eye,Nissan unveil a car which they saidwould be a competitorfor Porsche and Ferrari.It was called the MID4.Now with a name like MID4,you'd think that it would bea mid-engine car with afour cylinder engine, right?Well, you'd be half right,but you'd also half dead wrong pal.It was designed to receive a brand new V6and that V6 was gonna bemounted behind the driverand sideways, right in themiddle of the four wheels.Get it MID4,makes perfect sense.Bing, bang, boom!MID4 was also supposedto get all-wheel-driveand four-wheel steering,really cool stuff for the time.Then in 1987 they made another one.They called it the MID4-IIand that one had twofricking turbos on it.If they weren't gonna make it,then why did they make a second one,that was even cooler?What are they doing to us?Like a lot of concept cars,Nissan never actuallyplanned to make this thing.It was meant to be a design studyto showcase their cooltechnology in somethingthat resembled a road going car.It's like a mannequin at Old Navywhere they just put an outfit on it.That's basically what a lotof these concept cars are.Mannequins at Old Navy wherethey put the outfits on them.Old Navy has the coolest mannequinsand the most relaxed fit jeans.Cool fact though,the MID4 twin turbo V6did end up getting usedin the Z32 300ZX.So,you know,we're all just stardust.Everything is connected.It's the circle of life.I am made of the same things as you.You are made of the same things as a car.Carbon makes steel and you.Cars are boys.- Audi Avus Quattro.- The Audi Quattro was thesickest Audi of the 80s.So when they stopped makingit in 1991, it was a big deal.Question was,could Audi's next car revolutionizethe industry like the Quattrosall-wheel-drive system didway back in 1980?What was Audi going to come up with,next?The answer was,the Audi Avus Quattro.Look at this fricking thing.It looks like it's from a Will Smith movieabout a bunch of eye robots.It looks like it's from the futurebut in reality it's from the past.The design was apparently influencedby Audi's streamliners,which were their land speedrecord cars from the 1930s.(soothing music)You can definitely see the connection.This shiny little concept that couldn't,had an all aluminum space frame chassismaking it incredibly light and strong,just like Nolan.His bones are wide butthey're hollow like a bird.The dude only weighs like 84 pounds,but he can deadlift like 850.This car was supposed to be poweredby a 502 horsepower W2 engine.But when it debuted atthe 1991 Tokyo Motor Show,the engine was just a wooden model becausethey didn't get thereal one, done in time.But sadly,it just wasn't meant to be.The recession of the early 90s led Audito shelve the Avus project.It wasn't a total bust though.The aluminum frame and W12did both find their wayinto the 1994 Audi A8.Maybe we'll do an episodeon big old luxury bargesthat you can get for cheap.I don't know, lemme know inthe comments if you want that.I definitely love those.Me and max both, we justlove those big old boys.- Honda HP-X.- Is it HP-X or Hipaxs?I'm going with HP-X.The Honda HP-X is one of themost recognizable concept carsever made.All thanks to thecompany that designed it.Pininfarina, the peeps behindsome of the most beautiful cars ever,were asked Honda to design them a carthat would show the worldhow capable this Japanese company was.I wanna point out that atthis time in the late 80s,Honda was still known morefor its fast bikes and slow cars so,this was a big swing.This was a big deal.Pininfarina put their Ferraridesigns away for a few monthsand whipped up the HP-Xwhich is short for HondaPininfarina Xperimental.It's not experimental if you use the E.Yeah just,go straight for the X.Xperimental!Xperimental!HP-X featured a mid-mounted V6,which was basically a Honda Formula 2 V8with two cylinders chopped off.The coolest thing about the HP-Xwas it's fighter jetstyle (beeping sound)pit.It had single piece plexiglass bubblethat slid forward when youwanna get in and out of the car.Just like Goose or Maverick.And honestly, the worst thing that COVIDhas caused was pushing backthe premiere of Top Gun two.I'm not even gettingsponsored by those guyseven though we tried,we tried they said, no.But Top Gun two is gonnabe the sickest movieof our lifetimes, I'm calling it.Tom cruise is kind of a weirdo,but he's a national treasureand straight up professional- Volkswagen W12.- VW, my favorite car companyhas never made a supercar.Have they made some super duper cars?100%,but never a supercar.Volkswagen has a long historyof making really good economy carswith a fun little twist.And that's why it was so surprisingwhen they teased the worldwith a W12 Nardo in 1997.It was named after the Nardo ring,VW's test facility,where this very carsmashed 12 speed recordsin a 24 hour test.During this test, the W12 maintainedan average speed of 200.6 miles per hour.And that's including stops for gasand to fill up the drivers big gulps.One thing you gotta knowabout Volkswagen test drivers,they love their sodie pop boy.No ice though cause they're German."It's already cold why would we add ice."I took German in high schooland we had like a Germanguy come talk to us.And someone was like,"Hey is it true that you guysdon't put ice in your sodas?"And that was his answer he's like,"Yes it's already cold whywould you put ice in it."(chuckles lightly)VW chief at the time, Ferdinand Piech.Piech!Piech!Piech!Ordered that VW have asupercar in their fleet.It borrowed the technologyfor its DW12 enginefrom the Audi Avus,which we just talked about.Time is a circle.And it was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro.The genius, legendary designerbehind some of the mostbeautiful and innovative carsin the history of cars.I'm talking about the BMW M1and the Daewoo Lanos.Obviously a W12 powered supercarwas gonna cost a lot of money,but even Piech didn'trealize just how much moneyit was actually going to cost.When the bean counterscounted all the beansit was gonna take to makeevery car, they were like,"No way guys.That is way too many beans."And they vetoed the project.But there is a happy ending to this storybecause in 1998, Piechconvinced the VW boardto purchase Bugatti.So in the years that follow VW turned overtheir W12 technology to Bugatti,and it was that technology and developmentwhich led to,the Veyron!For more on that checkout our D-List episodeon the fastest car for every year.Listen, I know that I ask you guysto watch a lot of my other videos,but I really want you to watch this one.- Steainwinter Supercargo.- Now this next car isnot at all a supercar,but very much a semi truck.The Steainwinter Supercargowas designed and builtin Stuttgart and they buttedat the Frankfurt Motor Showin 1983.The idea behind thisridiculous, pretty awesomelooking vehicle was toreduce the footprintof semis on the world's roads.Normal semi-trucks are big bricks,and bricks aren't very aerodynamic,especially when they're big.Also the gap betweenthe cab and the trailercreates a lot of drag.So, what do you do?Well, you make your cab flatand put it under the trailer.Problem solved,Bing bang boom!Let's all go home and havedinner with our wives.Finally, I can see my kids for once.Maybe I'll help Tommy with his homework.This thing had a big old Mercedes dieselthat made 753 twerks.And the whole thing wasonly a half inch tallerthan a Lamborghini Huracan,which is a very short car.The thing could carry a fullyloaded shipping containeron its roof while towinganother one behind it.So, you've got this superbuff, versatile truckthe size of a Lambo.Sounds really good on paper, right?Unfortunately this bad boy had his flaws,just like me.The driver's vision was really, really badcompared to a regular semi,which sits high up and has huge windows.And it turns out that Lambos aren'tthe most practical height fortowing shipping containers.Reliability was also an issue.I mean, the stress puton trucks is incrediblewith engines and chassisexpected to go likea million miles withjust minor maintenance.Sadly the super cargojust couldn't cut it.Mercedes pulled their fundingand that's all it tookfor the semi-truck of the futureto become a concept of the past.♪ But you're a little short ♪♪ Can I'll see you again ♪But just like all great, great ideas,this one refused to die,and it finally got itsrightful place in historywhen it was featured inPower Rangers Time Force.Which is basically the coolest thingthat could ever happen to anybody.- Mazda RX-Vision- Have I seen it in person?Yes.Did I touch it?Yes.Did I get in trouble?Yes.But guys already knewI'm a bad boy for life.The Mazda RX-Vision wasreleased at the Tokyo Motor Showin 2015 and was meant to be a glimpseinto the future of Mazda Sports Cars.Obviously drawing inspirationfrom their long lineof incredibly successfulroad and race cars.The RX-Vision was a long,sleek, front-engine,rear-wheel-drive beastie with yes,you guessed it,a rotary engine.(vrooming sound)That's a good looking car.It was designed using the Kodo philosophy.What is the Kodo philosophy you ask?Well, Mazda designers try to make carsthat encapsulate the beauty of lifein the hope that by doing sothey can give the car a soul.Did I mention that thisthing had a fricking rotary.In spite all the positivesand all the cool stuff,the beauty, and the rotary and all that,it just wasn't meant to be.The RX vision nevermade it into production,which sucks because this carwould have been phenomenal.We can see this thing's DNA splatteredall over the 4th Gen Miata,which was designed at the same time,but it's a shame that we haven't gota new rotary Mazda sports car and,I'm not sure if we ever will.- MercuryMontego Sportshauler.- You guys probably don'tremember the Mercury Montego.It was a mid-size sedanreleased all the way backin the grandpa times in 1968.It was powered by range offour V8 and was availableas a four door sedan, a two door hardtop,a four door station wagon,or a two door converter.But one Montego that nevermade it to market was this one.The Sportshauler.Sportshauler.Unveiled at the 1972 Detroit Auto Show,the Sportshauler looked likea Montego from the front,but carried a surprise in the back.Kinda like the tale I was born with,but had to have removed,and that's why I got thistramp stamp to cover the scar.This fricking boy had a compartmentbehind the two front seatsthat had a fricking ATV in it,and the freaking ATV lookslike a fricking Moon Rover.The rear window and decklid opened electronically,then a tailgate dropped tothe ground to form a ramp.So you could bring your Moon Rover out.Moon rovers aren't your jam.Okay,well it could be with amini bike or a snowmobile.Pick your awesome poison,Juliet.This thing is a Gosh Dern cybertruckbefore the cybertruck was the cybertruck,but it's not even a truck,it's a cybercar.- Nissan IDx- The Datsun 510 is a great little car.People fricking love 'em.It's just like (kissing sounds)In 2013 Nissan released this21st century re-imaginingof the 510 and the carcommunity went wild.Wild.I cannot overstate how wild we all went.The IDx concept was marketed by Nissanas their answer to therear-wheel-drive tuner craze,and they claimed that itcould be a direct competitorfor cars like the Hyundai Genesis Coupeand the GT866/BRZ/FRS.The Nismo edition was set to havethe same 230 horsepowerengine from the Juke Nismo,which,somehow did get made.Nissan I love you,but you're bringing me down.It was all looking so good,Nissan said they were gonna make it.Journalists were even allowed to drivethe fully functioning concept car.Both younger Max and younger mewe're trying to figure outhow long it would take themto depreciate until we could afford one.But as we know all too wellfrom other cars on this list,hype doesn't always turn into salesand when Nissan ran the numberson this relatively pricey concept,it just wasn't a viableoption to be produced.You know, like the Nismo Juke.What the fuck!To learn more about Nissan's awesome,amazing decision making ability.Check out these twoepisodes of the WheelHousethat Nolan hosts.I'll put a link in the description below.It's such a shame thatthis thing never got madebecause Toyota had already proventhat there was a marketfor front enginerear-wheel-drive sports carswith the GT 86.- Dodge Copperhead.- That's right!In at number one on thelist of 10 concept carsthat we wish they would havemade is the Dodge Copperhead.And as a fellow snake boy,I like the name.Kentucky Cobra March, coming soon.This thing is sick.The Copperhead was first shownat the 1997 North American Auto Showand was envisioned, you guys ready,as a smaller,more affordable version ofthe Dodge Viper.Sounds awesome.Sign me up.Where's the waiting list.I would love to at least drive one.So not only did Dodgeshrink down the proportionsof the Viper, giving the copperheada perfect 'Baby Viper' look.You gotta be careful with the baby snakescause they don't know how much venomthey're supposed to let out and they'll,they'll just let it allout and they'll kill you.They also added sick Arrow,which would help theCopperhead to get the mostout of its modest 220horsepower, V6 motor.It was low and wide,which gave it excellent handling overall.But by far the best part ofthe Copperhead was that it camewith a five-speed manual andrear-wheel-drive you guys.It would have been africking American Miata.It was gonna be priced at around $30,000.That's $45,000 less than a Viper.And you can imagine that at that price,they would have sold afreaking boatload of them.Just like every otherawesome car on this list,It wasn't meant to be.First, and this is honestly so lame.Billy Gibbons, the guitarist for ZZ tophad built and customized a 1950 Ford Coupeand registered it as theFord Kopperhead, with a K.And they had to rename the car,the Dodge Concept Car to keep from gettingin a legal battle.I do think that they couldhave put a little more effortinto it and named it somethinga little bit cooler like,there is a million snakes.Name it the Dodge Baby Viper,or name it the Dodge Black Moccasin,the Dodge yellow bellied sea snake.That sounds like a,that sounds like an insultthat a pirate would say to a pirate."Here is so yellow bellied sea snake."At the time Dodge was owned by Daimlerand Mercedes had their ownsmall drop top sports car.The SLK, which wasselling well in America.So that also contributed tothe Copperhead not being made.But the main reason that theCopperhead didn't get madewas because of the SUV.Dodge wanted to focus on morelucrative areas of the market.So they decided to shelve the Copperheadand gave us the Dodge Durango.I mean it's a good looking SUV, I suppose.Dodge would use some ofthe Copperhead stylingwhen they redesigned the Viper in 2003for the 2nd generation,and then even made a limitedrun of 300 Copperhead Vipersin 2005.But still guys,we were so close tohaving an American Miata.I imagine an alternate universewhere the Moneypit Miata is a Dodgeand we're all just cruising aroundin our little American Miatas.But unfortunately the only placethat that can happen right now,is in Gran Turismo oneand Gran Turismo two,because the car wasfeatured in both of those.Thank you guys so much for watchingthis episode of the D-Listand everything else 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