An extinct automotive treasure named the Cordoba de Oro Concept
It's GONE - Before Chrysler Corporation made the Cordoba advertised by Ricardo Montalban in the 1975. Apparently earlier in 1970 already existed the other ones known as the Cordoba de Oro Concept was a radical statement of the "fuselage" look then popular with cars wearing the Pentastar, and also its name corrected the Dodge Deora’s bad Spanish. Fresh concept...
The Cordoba de Oro Concept was a radical statement of the "fuselage" featured with very wedge-shaped concept. (Picture from: Forcbodiesonly)
As we all know that for many years Chrysler displayed several show cars, and in 1970 the American car manufacturer showed a very wedge-shaped car concept, called the Cordoba de Oro. The wedge design became popular with auto designers in the late 1960s, and would eventually make it to the high-end market in the 1980s with the DeLorean DMC-12, the Lotus Esprit, and the Lamborghini Countach.
The Cordoba de Oro Concept shown for the first time at the 1970 Chicago Auto Show. (Picture from: Forcbodiesonly)
This car was designed by Elwood Engel and featured a cantilevered roof with no A-pillars. The fact, this kind of car model was originally pioneered byVirgil Exner which was applied to the 1956 Chrysler Norseman Concept which had sunk together with the Andrea Doria more than decades before. And Exner’s successor as Chrysler styling chief Elwood Engelre-applied such this kind of cantilevered roof with minimal A pillars on this Cordoba de Oro.
The Cordoba de Oro Concept was designed by Elwood Engel and featured a cantilevered roof with no A-pillars. (Picture from: Forcbodiesonly)
As an automotive designer, Engel is remembered mostly for his work on Chrysler’s turbine cars and
his muscle car designs, the latter of which include the 1968 Dodge
Charger (his 1966 Charger prototype bears some resemblance to the Cordoba de Oro), the 1970 Dodge Challenger, and the 1970 Plymouth Barracuda.
The Cordoba de Oro Concept did have a common concept car gizmo that’s become a common feature on today’s cars such as an experimental, grille-shaped headlights. (Picture from: Forcbodiesonly)
The Cordoba de Oro was built on the standard Chrysler wheelbase of 124 inches, Though all the publicity photos of the car seem to have been in black and white, but this snapshot taken at the 1970 Chicago Auto Show explains the car’s real skin such its name which looks gorgeous in a shimmering gold tint.
The Cordoba de Oro Concept's seats were trimmed in gold leather to match the car’s exterior, and developed by Allied Chemical that had an integrated lap and shoulder belt system. (Picture from: Forcbodiesonly)
The interior featured novel adjustable pedestal bucket seats developed by Allied Chemical that had an integrated lap and shoulder belt system. The seats were trimmed in gold leather to match the car’s exterior. It’s not clear if it was of the soft Corinthian type.
The Cordoba de Oro Concept also featured with a thermostatically controlled air intake, coupled with a camera and tv monitor that replaced the conventional rear view mirror. (Picture from: Forcbodiesonly)
The Cordoba de Oro did have a common concept car gizmo that’s become a common feature on today’s cars such as an experimental, grille-shaped headlights, a thermostatically controlled air intake, coupled with a
camera and tv monitor that replaced the conventional rear view mirror.
The Cordoba de Oro Concept also has an early air bag prototype for a demonstration-purposes-only. (Picture from: Forcbodiesonly)
Another safety system tested on the Cordoba de Oro was an early airbag prototype. They even worked on a demonstration-purposes-only airbag that deployed much slower than normally, but for some reason that was never shown to the public.
Unfortunately, the drivetrain that powers this concept car never been known.😥 Besides that, its whereabout is also unknown? Might be this concept car has decomposed by crusher machine as its final fate after all its displaying sessions in various the world's major exhibitions were over.😢 Is there another possibility? *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | FORCBODIESONLY | THETRUTHABOUTCARS | STORY-CARS | WEARETHEMUTANTS | CARSTYLING.RU | CLASSICCARS.FANDOM | WIKIPEDIA ]
As we all know that for many years Chrysler displayed several show cars, and in 1970 the American car manufacturer showed a very wedge-shaped car concept, called the Cordoba de Oro. The wedge design became popular with auto designers in the late 1960s, and would eventually make it to the high-end market in the 1980s with the DeLorean DMC-12, the Lotus Esprit, and the Lamborghini Countach.
Unfortunately, the drivetrain that powers this concept car never been known.😥 Besides that, its whereabout is also unknown? Might be this concept car has decomposed by crusher machine as its final fate after all its displaying sessions in various the world's major exhibitions were over.😢 Is there another possibility? *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | FORCBODIESONLY | THETRUTHABOUTCARS | STORY-CARS | WEARETHEMUTANTS | CARSTYLING.RU | CLASSICCARS.FANDOM | WIKIPEDIA ]
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