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Steering wheel on the Lamborghini Athon

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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:

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

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

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"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)

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

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

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

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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

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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:

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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:

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: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