Fifties Stylish American Cars: Decade of Dazzle

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Throughout the history of the American automobile there has never been a decade like the fifties. Not that it produced the best and the most beautiful cars. That characterization is generally reserved for the thirties, the era of the great classics. Nor can one accuse the period of bringing forth the worst and ugliest. Posterity may well bestow that dubious distinction on the seventies, with its blatant disregard for craftsmanship and stumbling attitude to styling.
No, the fifties is remembered as the era of excess.
Out of the postwar years came a magical force, a styling force and a production force—some sixty million American cars in the fifties—all summed-up neatly as "Peace and Prosperity" By 1960 the feeling of excess was ripe and the decade had passed from a need for mobility at its opening to a need to outshine one's neighbor at its close.
Here is a subjective choice of the most stylish, least vulgar, cars of that decade designed by some of the greatest of names—Harley Earl, Frank Spring, Virgil Exner and Raymond Loewy.
Here are the cars: Hudson Hornet, Cadillac Eldorado, Studebaker Starliner, Buick Skylark, 1953 Oldsmobile 88, 1954 Chevrolet Corvette, 1955 Packard Caribbean, Ford Thunderbird, Chrysler 300B, 1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II, 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, and 1959 Ford Skyliner. Today, as the disagreements over the shape of fins and spears and grilles have become virtually irrelevant, we can allow ourselves the indulgence of retreating to the peace and prosperity of our favorite armchair for the purpose of enjoying a look at some of the most prominent machines of the era. All have earned their place in automotive history as well as in the hearts of enthusiasts of every persuasion.

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