Fancy a ride in a futuristic triple-decker plane or glass panelled observation car?

Well, guess what, these incredible ‘vehicles of the future’ all now exist in one form or another.

A series of dream-like illustrations from the 1940s have emerged online, and incredibly, their predictions of future engineering masterpieces appear to be alarmingly accurate.

The adverts were made by Bohn Aluminium and Brass Corporation and created by artist Arthur Radebaugh, who was famous for his illustrations depicting utopian visions.


1) Cruise ships

They may be missing it’s bright orange glass stern and bow, but today’s oceanliners look very similar.



2) The Millennium Dome

This is spot on even down to the huge number of people streaming from its doors.

3) Bridges that run through skyscrapers

We’re still waiting for them to be double stacked, but roads and train lines do now cut through skyscrapers.

4) Combine harvesters

Impressive similarity, right down to the produce dump at the rear.

5) Motorbikes

Bohn certainly predicted the increased use of alloys correctly.

6) Trucks of the future

Quite why there is a naked man at the wheel is anybody’s guess.

7) Cars of the future

Is there a further prediction of driverless vehicles here?

8) Double-decker planes

If only we had this much space.

9) The iPhone

We’ve already gone one step further than the speaker phone function.

10) The RV

OKay it isn’t quite as long but just look at the likeness of the front.

11) Light railways and cable cars

The same as our modern day DLR even down to the fold up seats.