| Mention classic American cars and the mind is drawn | | | | fins and chrome and by 1957 rolled out the Bel Air |
| back to the 1950s. The Classic Car Club of America | | | | Convertible, which was to remain popular into the |
| labels cars built before 1959 as classics. That tag is | | | | next decade. |
| certainly deserved for cars built and designed during | | | | The 1950s saw the rise of car designers with the |
| that decade as the American automobile | | | | ability to wave their magic on the drawing boards |
| manufacturers revolutionised the designs and | | | | and design the cars which appealed to the American |
| technology of cars. | | | | public. One such designer was Virgil Exner who led to |
| Names of the vintage American cars of the 1950s | | | | the likes of Dodge being able to produce what are |
| resonate to this very day. The Oldsmobile Rocket 88 | | | | now renowned as classics from that era. |
| Convertible, the Chevrolet Corvette and Bel Air | | | | With the American motorist demanding regular |
| Convertibles, the Dodge B500 Hardtop, the | | | | change in style, companies such as Studebaker were |
| Studebaker Golden Hawk and the Cadillac Convertible | | | | happy to oblige. In 1957 they produced one of the all |
| and Seville - hallmarks of luxury - remain great | | | | time great automobiles, the Silver Hawk. |
| examples of American automobile design of that era. | | | | The Silver Hawk had plenty of varieties to tempt the |
| The design of American cars during the 1950s was | | | | dollars out of the wallets of the automobile loving |
| spectacular and their engines were powerful, and | | | | public, coming in the Flight Hawk, Power Hawk, Gold |
| good example of that was the Oldsmobile Rocket. | | | | Hawk as well as in a hard topped range. |
| Produced initially in 1950 the vehicle was powered by | | | | Mention of great American Cars of the 1950s often |
| a V8 engine and at the time was the most powerful | | | | brings to mind the name Cadillac, a brand associated |
| automobile on the road. | | | | with luxury and opulence. By 1957 the Cadillac |
| Another name synonymous with classic American | | | | Eldorado Brougham was retailing at an eye watering |
| cars of the 1950s is Chevrolet. Chevy's Bel Air range | | | | $13000, a huge amount in those days. No wonder |
| became one of the most popular vehicles for | | | | that the Cadillac range was associated with the stars |
| American motorists with sales hitting the 100000 | | | | of the era, and it will always be labelled a classic. |
| mark during 1951. Chevrolet followed the trend for | | | | |