BMW Nazca C2

Designed by Italdesign as a possible replacement for the M1 for BMW as well as get them back into the supercar business, they produced 3 prototypes/concepts between 1992-93. All fitted with a 5.7ltr V12 derived from the current 850 CSI with some tweaks that resulted in 350bhp with a top speed of 185mph this was no show queen. The first 2 built having a combination of gulwing  and normal doors, the last one though had a roof chop resulting in a stunning Spyder.

Italdesign Capsula

As pure concepts go this has to be in the ugly beautiful section, however the thought behind it is quite interesting. A chassis that is doubled floored to hold all the running gear and engine, this would then allow a variety of bodies for different uses to be “bolted” on. The ides was taken form coach/bus construction. This was back in 1982, today every manufacturer does something similar, such as the VW Polo sharing the same chassis/engine/running gear as the SEAT Toledo/ Skoda Rapide. This concept took it a little further with the use of the final vehicle being taken into account and could be reconfigured into an ambulance, fire truck or even a van etc this is truly a multi-use vehicle platform.