Steering wheel on the Lamborghini Athon

Steering wheel on the Lamborghini Athon concept car looks even more striking... whoever on closer look we see that this is just a clever use of angles. Also, note how gear stick resembles the handle of a knife:

On the right is the Alfa Romeo Navajo concept car unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1976

Triangles were definitely "in", judging by the looks of many 1970s concepts cars - see for example, Lancia Bertone Stratos from 1970:

"The Dome Zero was the inspiration behind the Transformers Classics series figure of Transformers Generation 1 character Hot Rod.". Compare it with the 1972 Maserati Boomerang (ItalDesign)

We can see all-controls steering wheel also in American 1983 Buick Questor concept car:

... and in the Ital-Design 1984 Ford Maya concept car:

Speaking of Maserati Boomerang, feast your eyes on this futuristic offering:

Or this Japanese Insomnia, 1979 Dome Zero P2, debuted at the 48th Geneva Auto Show and meant to participate in the 1979 "24 Hours of Le Mans" motor race

Not only European concept cars were exhibiting space-age thinking at the time, Japan also produced concept cars exceptional in originality, strange looks and bizarre experimentation - take for example, this Toyota FCX-80 from 1979:

Perhaps the most interesting French concept car of the 1970s and 1980s, Citroen Karin 1980 debuted at the 1980 Paris Motor Show: it looked sensational with its pyramidal, or rather trapezoidal design (its roof was no bigger than an A3 sheet of paper) - and boasted some wildly unconventional interior:

:And we finish with the beautiful art piece by Federico B. Alliney (the artist responsible for scenery in James Cameron's "Avatar" movie), featuring Alfa Romeo Carabo