15 Coolest Concept Cars Ever Made

4. Ford Gyron

The Ford Gyron was a space-age concept car designed by Alex Tremulis and Syd Mead. What makes the Gyron so interesting is not only it’s unique design, but the background of the people who designed it. Tremulis was stationed at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio during the war. There he worked on top-secret activities involving advanced aircraft designs, gyroscopic theory, cutting-edge aerodynamics, and, according to numerous reports, the conceptualization of alien lifeforms and spacecraft. Renamed Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1947, the facility was ground zero for “Project Sign,” an official government-authorized UFO investigation, as well as the (alleged) home for the infamous “Hangar 18,” an alleged UFO and alien storage and study facility. Mead was a self-professed “visual futurist” who went on to work on many sci-fi movies such as Star Trek, Aliens, Tron, Blade Runner, and many others. Together the two designed the Gyron, a vehicle that hinted at the use of future power sources like fuel cells and new tech like GPS navigation and cell phones. In theory the vehicle would balance on two wheels using gyroscopes. The vehicle never went into production, and the original was destroyed in a fire in 1962.