Cars
Lone Stars
Lone Stars: Explore the captivating history of concept cars and prototypes that shine with their unique brilliance, from the 1940s to the new millennium.
Automotive design milestones are often one-offs. __Lorenzo Ramaciotti__ guides us through a remarkable story.
Throughout the history of the automobile, there have been numerous lone stars which, when you take a look at them today, continue to shine with their own light. None of them were created to become production cars, but rather to send out a message that was uninhibited by industrial and marketing constraints, signed by designers and the manufacturers themselves.
On the following pages, we have published several extracts from a conversation with __Lorenzo Ramaciotti__, using images to tell a different story about the evolution of style and trends over time. For the sake of simplicity, we have divided them into seven decades from the 1940s to the 2000s, although it goes without saying that the end of any decade does not automatically herald the introduction of a new approach to car design. But it helps keep things orderly. For those with a curious mind, you’ll be pleased to hear that the main characters of this story go beyond the images and short accompanying texts: in fact, most of these cars exist and make collecting even more attractive thanks to their uniqueness. We start this series on the Lone Stars with the 1940s - and will publish another decade at a time in the coming weeks, up to the first decade of the new millennium.
