Astra-Gnome

Astra-Gnome
Overview
ManufacturerAmerican Motors Corporation (AMC)
DesignerRichard Arbib
Body and chassis
ClassConcept car
PlatformNash Metropolitan
Dimensions
Wheelbase85 in (2,159 mm)[1]
Length162 in (4,115 mm)[2]
Width72 in (1,829 mm)[2]
Curb weightunder 2,000 lb (907 kg)

The Astra-Gnome is a concept car by industrial designer Richard Arbib using a 1955 Nash Metropolitan chassis. It was described as a "Time and Space Car".[3] It features themes influenced by the space travel forms that were popular during the 1950s.[4] The vehicle represented Arbib's vision of what an automobile would look like in the year 2000.[5]

  1. ^ "Presenting the Atra-Gnome". Mac's Motor City Garage. 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b Hacker, Geoff (4 October 2011). "Richard Arbib's 1956 "Astra-Gnome: Time and Space Car" – The Future is Now". undiscoveredclassics.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  3. ^ Cranswick, Marc (2011). The Cars of American Motors: An Illustrated History. McFarland. p. 23. ISBN 9780786485703.
  4. ^ "Car of tomorrow?". Modern Metals. Vol. 12. 1956. pp. 48–49. Retrieved 3 June 2022 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Hess, Jeffrey P. (March–April 2000). "An Interview with Richard Arbib". HR Watches. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2022.