Ford is a legendary motor company, responsible for some of the most amazing production and concept cars ever made.
Some of their best cars are the Model T, the GT, and the Le Mans-winning GT40.
However, there are some that the Blue Oval revealed as concepts but then never put into production.
It isn’t alone in doing this, but Ford’s concept cars are some of the very best, and we’ve taken a closer look at some of them to see just how good they could have been.
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The 1955 Ford Mystere was one hell of a cruiser car, with a full glass bubble canopy and a steering wheel that slid from one side to the other.
If you’ve ever seen a particular episode of The Simpsons, you might think it looks familiar.
The Mystere was meant to have a gas turbine under the hood, but it was just an empty rolling chassis.
Yet despite not going into production, the Mystere did enough to captivate the motoring press.
Ford went even crazier in 1961 with the Gyron concept car.
This was one of Ford’s wildest, with a clean, streamlined fiberglass body that made it look like a jet fighter.
But even more remarkable was that it balanced itself on two wheels thanks to internal gyroscopes, hence the name.
It was a fantastic idea, but Ford ultimately felt it wasn’t worth producing.
The 1967 Mach 2 was an effort to make the GT40 a road car, and it looked incredible.
The Mustang’s 289ci V8 gave it plenty of power, and Ford did make an effort to put it into production.
Sadly, this potentially super sports car would forever be just another of the Blue Oval’s concept cars.
Perhaps the worst car on this list is the 1967 Ford Comuta, an early Ford effort to produce an electric car.
It was small and slow but could have been excellent for urban life.
The demand for an EV, though, just didn’t exist in the 1960s, although now, you could say Ford was very forward-thinking.
It just wasn’t to be.
In 1976, Ford came up with the Corrida concept car.
This crazy, gullwing-door coupe was based on the European Ford Fiesta, and Ghia designed it.
It had a large glass area and a modular dashboard and could have been a rival to the Volkswagen Scirocco.
Despite its innovations, Ford’s senior management decided not to put it into production.
In 1980, Ford introduced the Pockar, a concept designed to maximize a small amount of space.
They really went to town on this concept, incorporating hinged storage compartments into the car’s doors.
Despite the excellent promise, the Pockar didn’t enter production, but some of its features did make their way into later Ford models.
Equally radical was the 1982 Brezza, which became the first car from a major manufacturer to be designed by a woman.
Designed as a small sports car, it had a small 1.6-liter Escort engine, a funky and modern dashboard, and a low-drag body.
The loss of a production Brezza might be one of the best ‘what-ifs’ in Ford’s history.
1983 we got the Barchetta concept car, which bears no similarities to the Fiat Barchetta.
This cute little roadster had an 86hp 1.6-liter engine under the hood with front-wheel drive.
What could have been an excellent precursor to the Mazda MX-5 Miata was canceled despite huge public interest.
The 1985 Maya was another excellent concept, unveiled in Turin as a mid-engine sports car, with Italdesign.
Production was a real possibility, with an engine developed in conjunction with Yamaha.
Once again, however, production did not take place.
The following year saw the Cobra ME230, another sports car concept that once again would have had a mid-mounted engine.
A 2.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with 230hp was under the hood, with a 130mph top speed.
Despite impressive figures and the potential for even more speed, the company again decided not to pursue production.
Ford also dabbled with a wild version of the Capri, the 1974 Capri RS 2800, which was meant to follow the Capri RS 2600 and RS 3100.
Designed to compete in the European Touring Car Championship, this project never reached the early design stage.
Only basic scale models were produced.
As you can see, Ford has had a fascinating history regarding concept cars and forgotten cars.
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