Which concept cars do TG readers most want to see make production? Here’s your top answers

Ah, the end of the week: a chance to enjoy a beverage, put your feet up and see what wild ideas TG readers have come up with this week in our running QOTW series. This time, we asked you lot which one-off concept of the past you’d like to see turned into a reality, and the response has been typically brilliant. 

Before we delve into the comments, we’d like to issue a quick note of apology, as it seems a series of comments were deleted last week during a routine website update and definitely wasn't The Stig attempting to download duck emojis. On behalf of the entire team, we’d like to say we’re sorry and that we will try our best to make sure this doesn’t happen again. By making sure Stig doesn't go near the computer.

Right, let’s kick off with one of the most-liked comments of last week, penned by Ivan: “The Lamborghini Estoque. It’s basically a better-looking Panamera with a V10. The Asterion would also follow on the cancelled super grand tourer.”

The other popular idea was submitted by Peterson, who said: “The GT by Citroen. A stunning, brutal-looking, edgy machine made for speed and to excite. And yet, it remains timeless. Unlike every Citroen, which seemingly is trying to do the opposite - comfort, blend in, caress, good value, of the time. It is simply for being such an antidote to Citroen itself that the GT should've been built.”

That’s strong, but we do see where Peterson’s coming from. Next up is Tylas Moerti: “There is one car from Ferdinand Piëch's legacy that I will forever begrudge Volkswagen for not making it into production: remember the XL1? That 250mpg hero was an amazing feat and one of Volkswagen’s crown jewels alongside the Veyron and the R8. 

“But there’s something more to it: the XL Sport Concept. It still had the XL1 chassis, but instead of a clean 1.0-litre diesel engine, it had a 1.2-litre V-twin from Ducati nestled underneath, with 197bhp and a rev limit of 11,000rpm. All draped in a gorgeous body and furnished with rather snazzy wheels.”

Jay Kay then took things up another notch with something we sorely agree with: “The Ford Ecoboost. A Formula car with number plates; a track day special you could drive to the track and home again, and a race car that you can torture yourself on the road with.”

Sticking with supreme dream machines, let’s hear from Speedie next: “Mazda RX-Vision. When it debuted in 2016 it looked like it might actually make production as part of Mazda's 100th anniversary plans. Covid completely gutted those plans and most of everything else Mazda had planned.”

Time for curveball corner, starting with Barney: “Bertone B99. Jaguar missed a trick by not going into production with it because it hasn’t dated a day since it was first shown in 2011.”

What’s that? Even more oddness, you say? T-Bird has the answer: “Alfa Romeo Scighera. It was already a working concept with good performance and a very cool Nineties design - especially the doors. And who doesn't remember driving it as the Italdesign in Need for Speed 3 Hot Pursuit?”

One more forgotten hero before the big final answer, we think. Andrew Robinson, please stand up: “It's so tempting to kick off a massive row in the comments by saying Tesla Roadster, but I'll go for one of the other lost electric hypercars in the Dendrobium D1. I really like the design language, lots of bold angles and polygons without looking retro or fussy - the complete opposite of the Pagani Utopia, and so much nicer.”

Drawing things to a close with perhaps one of the greatest concepts ever, here’s MJC’s request: “Nothing speaks of a greater missed opportunity for Peugeot than its copper and carbon fibre-covered Onyx. With a hybrid V8 capable of pulling away from Ollie Marriage, it must have been quite a machine.”

So it must’ve been, MJC. We’ll be back on Monday with the next one, folks. See you there.