Concept Cars From the 1930s to the Present

The Buick Y-job : the first dream car even had a special name -- Those fabulous fifties : dream cars provide the ride to the future -- "Ex" marks the spot : but why is it in Italy? -- A lost decade? : only in America -- A decade of delights in Europe : and Detroit returns from the detour -- Chrysler comes back : and so do concept cars -- Freeman Thomas : rebel with a cause -- The dream factory : how designers' dreams take shape as mobile, metal masterpieces -- California dreamin' and designin' -- Jerry Hirshberg : concept cars in a corporate context -- Culture shock : thinking outside the box at the Tokyo show -- Driving, Italian style -- Giorgetto Giugiaro : the risks and rewards of creativity -- Leonardo Fioravanti : the essence of Italian style -- Contemporary concept cars : what would Harley Earl think? -- J. Mays : concept cars in a cultural context -- The road ahead.