FRIDAY SURPRISE: When General Motors Was Dreaming

Friday, August 22, 2008 Filed in: Friday Surprise!, Completely irrelevant, History

Back in the 1950s, General Motors was at the top of their game. Their cars were selling well, and many consider 1957 the peak of their design and marketing prowess.

At lot of that was due to their concept or "show cars." Like today, those were vehicles built to show their prowess and to gauge consumer reaction. Some of their design details would make it to production, some wouldn't, but they were all interesting to see - even a half-century later.

Check out this slideshow from the New York Times.

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