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TOP 9 PRODUCTION CARS UPSTAGED BY CONCEPTS

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July 2025

Toyota actually unveiled the stunning FT-1 concept – which married influences from old Supras and the 2000GT – at the beginning of 2014.

- GREG POTTS

A90 TOYOTA SUPRA

imageAt this point there were no firm plans for a new Supra, so when it came to redressing a BMW Z4 a lot of the concept car’s drama was lost.

imagePONTIAC SUNFIRE

Built on GM’s J-body FWD platform, the 1995 Pontiac Sunfire was a woeful thing in coupe, cabrio or saloon form. And yet, at the start of the decade Pontiac got everyone excited with the futuristic Sunfire concept. Heck, it even had carbon fibre body panels and a voice activated phone inside.

imageCHRYSLER PT CRUISER

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