This year, Barrett-Jackson, the company that sold that golden Oldsmobile F88 concept car, has five 1950s and early '60s concept vehicles up for auction at its annual Scottsdale event. The Barrett-Jackson auctions begin today and will run through Sunday, Jan. 22.
One of them is: The Pontiac Banshee prototype, which never made it to production -- GM executives didn't want it competing with the Chevrolet Corvette, according to Barrett-Jackson -- closely presaged the design of later Corvettes.
