{"id":599789,"date":"2023-01-21T06:49:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T12:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/21\/this-ford-concept-car-made-a-surprising-movie-cameo-more-than-15-years-after-its-debut\/"},"modified":"2023-01-21T06:49:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T12:49:05","slug":"this-ford-concept-car-made-a-surprising-movie-cameo-more-than-15-years-after-its-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/21\/this-ford-concept-car-made-a-surprising-movie-cameo-more-than-15-years-after-its-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"This Ford Concept Car Made A Surprising Movie Cameo More Than 15 Years After It’s Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There’s something about the\u00a0Ford 021C that doesn’t seem quite real, and that’s before you look inside and see the interior. It looks like one of the talking cars from the\u00a0Chevron gasoline commercials<\/a>,\u00a0or a vehicle from a kid’s animated movie.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But it is real: it was commissioned by an American automaker, designed by an Australian, and built in Italy. The boisterously bright colors and smooth rounded features have all the earmarks of an automobile made by Apple, or Disney. Ironically, the ties to those two iconic companies<\/a> couldn’t be more real either.<\/p>\n

The 021C rolled into the 1999 Tokyo Motor Show and stole the spotlight, actually\u00a0winning the<\/a> “Best Concept Car Design”<\/a>\u00a0category. Furthermore,\u00a0Ford openly admitted<\/a>\u00a0that this cartoon-like vehicle was created for one purpose:\u00a0attract the kids<\/a>. It wanted to\u00a0get those “baby boomer juniors” not old enough to drive yet interested in cars at an early age.\u00a0In fact, the “021C” designation stands for “buyers 21 and younger in the 21st Century” (via Motor Trend<\/a>).<\/p>\n

J Mays was\u00a0Ford’s chief car designer<\/a>\u00a0for 16 years, and during his tenure, he was the driving force behind the\u00a0021C’s design. Mays tabbed that help of Australian furniture architect Marc Newson, who had never previously drawn up a car design. However, he was the guy who drafted the Apple Watch. The two tag-teamed the process and the end result was, as\u00a0Newsom called it, a “retro-futurism” look (via Motor Trend).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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This cartoonish car boasted exotic suicide doors<\/h2>\n

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