The fantastic photos that follow of the 512S were shot on top of a mountain in Como, Italy. The 1969 Ferrari 512S Berlinetta also designed by Pininfarina. Mass Effect 2 kicks off with a mini-mission that sees the SR-1 torn to shreds in a dramatic space battle. The company would have been in an even better position postwar. The one-off 1969 Fiat Abarth 2000 Scorpio concept car built by Italian car design firm Pininfarina. 'Her flaws have been buffed to a space-age sheen.' But it did considerably more than that. We can't help but wonder what would have happened, though, if Buick put the Y-Job into production. The positive reaction helped several of its design cues to make it into production, including the stubby tail fins that would appear on the iconic 1948 Cadillacs and the grille design that continues to influence Buick design.Īlthough the Y-Job didn't make production, it remains an example of the good a concept car can do for a company and the industry. By the end of the decade, that number almost doubled. Louis Car Company which built them, and indeed had built the great majority of cars for the. (Photo by National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images) In 1950, there were about 40 million cars on the road, nationwide. The R44 was not in any way a successful order of cars. In its day, the Y-Job earned praise for its modern style that included integrated fenders, hidden headlamps, and no running boards. Cars Of The 1950s: Space-Age Fins And Chrome Everything By Rebeka Knott 1957 Ford Thunderbird. While Henry Leland's Osceola is considered the world's first concept car that actually made it into production, the 1938 Buick Y Job is another early example of a true concept car.īuilt under the direction of General Motors' first design director, Harley Earl, the Y-Job was never intended for production but instead foreshadowed the styling and engineering cues Earl and his team hoped to use on future GM vehicles. It was the 1950s, and American car companies were busy transitioning from dated post-WW2 designs to styling cues inspired by everyone's new obsession, the Space Age. The one-off 1969 Fiat Abarth 2000 Scorpio concept car built by Italian car design firm Pininfarina. Concept cars have been a mainstay of automotive design and marketing for more than a century.
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