Stunning Color Photos of the Auto Shows From the 1950s

The 1950s cars focused more on looks and performance, and they became longer and more comprehensive. Top automobile companies Chevrolet, Ford, Plymouth, and several others auto companies hired top designers who took their influence from the transport in general. They also took ideas from planes, trains to prevail during that tie.

The advent of Jet engine revolutionized the automobile industry. One of those was the speed with which the automobile, despite complicated compound curves and forms, could be manufactured. Here below are some amazing color photographs from different auto shows from the 1950s.

#1 Plymouth 1952 , “See Through Car” – Auto Concept Display, Chicago Auto Show, 1952

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#2 Cadillac Le Mans 1953 , Chicago Auto Show, 1953

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#3 Oldsmobile F-88 1954, Motorama Show Car, 1955

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#4 Buick Wildcat III 1955, General Motors Powerama, Chicago, 1955

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#5 Lincoln Futura 1955, “The Original Batmobile”, Brussels Auto Show, 1956

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#6 Oldsmobile F-88 Mark II 1957, California Auto Show, 1957

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#7 Buick Limited 1958, Wells Fargo Concept Car, Chicago Auto Show, 1958

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#8 Buick Clay Model 1958 Proposal at 1957 Auto Show Display, 1957

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#9 The GM Motorama – Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac Convertibles – Chicago, 1954

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#10 The GM Motorama Display – 1953 Cadillac LeMans – 1951 Buick LeSabre – 1951 Buick XP-300 – Cadillac And Buick Display – Waldorf Astoria, New York City, 1953

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#11 The GM Motorama Display – 1953 Pontiac Parisienne – 1951 Buick LeSabre – Waldorf Astoria, New York City, circa 1953

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#12 The GM Motorama Display – 1954 Cadillac Display – Waldorf Astoria, New York City, 1954

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#13 The GM Motorama Display, Waldorf Astoria, New York City, 1954

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#14 Chrysler Ghia C-200 1952, Concept Show Car, Chicago Auto Show, 1952

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#15 Ford FX-Atmos 1954, Bubble Top Concept Ca, Illinois State Fair, 1954

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#16 Ford FX-Atmos 1954, Bubble Top Concept Ca, Illinois State Fair, 1954

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#17 Packard Panther Daytona 1954

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#18 Buick Wildcat III 1955, Chicago Auto Show, circa 1956

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#19 Buick Wildcat III 1955, Motorama Concept Show Car, Chicago Auto Show, circa 1955

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#20 DeSoto Adventurer 1956 – 1956 Plymouths, Chicago Auto Show, 1956

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#21 Lincoln Continental Mark II 1956, Chicago Auto Show, 1956

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#22 Mercedes Benz 300 SL Roadster 1957, Foreign Car Show, 1957

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#23 Cadillac Cyclone Xp 74 1959, Chicago Auto Show, 1959

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#24 Hillman Husky Automobile, circa mid-1950s

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