Concept Cars from the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show are on view at the Los Angeles Convention Center until November 30th, 2014. Yes, there’s plenty of other cars to see at the auto show, but these gems are the icing on the cake for me.

I’ve been a car enthusiast since I was 5 years old. Growing up in the era of the muscle car (late 60’s early 70’s) I could rattle off the make and model of nearly every GM product from 1955 onwards, plus a few Fords too.   Give me a ’55 Chevy Nomad Wagon,  a ’57 Bel-Air convertible, or a ’59 Cadillac with those enormous tail-fins, or even a ’65 Bel-Air Sedan (my first car) and I’m in hog heaven. I’ll never forget my dad’s ’69 yellow Chevy Chevelle SS with it’s  black roof that ended up totaled in a ditch just 1 week after he bought it. And then there was my grandmothers friend who had a pale green ’56 Cadillac with massive white walls that I begged and begged to let me wash just once (no luck).  And lets not forget the famous 1949 Ford with its distinctive round nose of a grille and the epic ’56 Ford T-Bird.  It doesn’t matter if these cars were modified with custom rims and sexy paint jobs, or as simple and pure as the day they rolled off the assembly line. They were exciting and fresh because each year the models were slightly modified with an updated grille, a new tail light, or a smaller or larger fin. They became iconic and classic in their own right, making an impression that would last for generations.

So, this begs the question, which of the new Concept Cars from the above line up will actually make it into production? And better yet, will any of these models become design icons and classic cars in the near future? I don’t have a crystal ball, but my vote goes to the exquisitely sleek Infiniti Q-80 with suicide doors. It’s tantalizing on so many levels… but don’t take my word, check out the video below.