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– Click/Watch slideshow by Mehran Moin
The BMW “GINA Light Visionary Model” is covered with fabric. The passenger seat of the “Scarab” swivels around and a table pops up in the middle, the genesis of the minivan. Flexibility is required for the driver of the “Stratos HF Zero,” which is only 33” tall.
The 17 concept cars on display in “Dream Cars: Innovative Design, Visionary Ideas” at the High Museum of Art through September 7 date from the 1930s to the present.
They were never meant to be mass-produced but were a way for carmakers like Bugatti, Ferrari and Porsche to explore new designs and technology.