Category: Architectural Digest

Running down Lincoln’s centennial with a selection of the best concept cars from the brand’s 100-year history.

GM Global Design Head Michael Simcoe didn’t seem to like it when I said the rear of the new CELESTIQ reminded me of the hatch on my 1978 Porsche 928, but he persevered and completed the Zoom interview and actually told me some interesting things.

At first glance, the look is imposing in the way of a high modernist skyscraper, like the Seagram Building: simple, formidable, and extremely refined. Then, on second glance, the details emerge, incorporating splendid notes of luxury and sophistication.

Yes, a $142 Million car.

Genesis’ X Speedium Coupe is a uniquely shaped and battery-powered two-door, four-passenger coupe, with a fastback roof that gives it a shape almost like a teardrop wagon.

Inside a car dealership.

Every single liability of diesel-powered school buses also makes them excellent candidates for electrification.

Besting the best from Bentley, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce and all the other lesser brands.

Given the auto industry’s need to transition away from the burning of fossil fuels—and the concomitant ruination of the planet and human well-being caused by the emissions such vehicles spew from their tailpipes—the future is all about electrification. And these eight concepts embody that mission, in all its weird forms.

And they’re all electrified.