The first hint  was seen in the four-door
Pronto concept car,
first shown at the Detroit Auto Show in January 1997.

Principal Exterior Designer Bryan Nesbitt then translated the look into a two-door coupe.
 The Pronto Cruizer.

Nesbitt gave it more of a chopped,
street-rod flavor in the process.

First seen 14 months later at the
1998 Salon de l'Automobile Show
in Geneva, Switzerland.

This coupe concept is NOT
the original Pronto Cruizer concept car.

Note the changes to the running boards,
rear fenders, tail lights,
and rear side windows.

The Pronto Cruizer interior,
a blend of nostalgic and
contemporary design.

Pronto Cruizer

New York Auto Show

Pronto Cruizer

New York Auto Show

Designed to turn heads like the
Plymouth Prowler
from which it took many of its design cues,

the two-door Pronto Cruizer
lived up to its
1940's inspired cruising looks.

Pronto Cruizer
styling elements

Today, the production PT clearly melds the
four-door body style of the
Pronto concept car
and the raked, fender-flared, rod-inspired flavor
of the later
Pronto Cruizer.