Ford FX-Atmos

The Ford FX-Atmos was a concept car built by the Ford Motor Company for the 1954 Chicago Auto Show. According to one source it was considered as a candidate for a nuclear power plant. Its styling borrowed from jet aircraft: headlight and front fender pods carried radio antennas and strongly resembled ramjet air intakes, the taillights were styled as rocket exhausts, and it had prominent tail fins. The driver sat on the centerline with two rear seats, all under a clear dome, and the controls were futuristic, with dual handgrips instead of a steering wheel and a dash screen meant to display radar sourced highway information. It has been suggested that the FX-Atmos was a significant inspiration for the design of Supercar in the Gerry Anderson television series of that name.