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Take a stroll down memory lane, past the Studebakers, Skylines, Supras, and Saturns, on this fun automotive nostalgia trip. Here is the most popular car the year you were born.
1950: Crosley Station Wagon
With the U.S. auto industry blooming, the upwardly mobile culture of America was in full swing by the time the 1950s arrived. Crosley, a small firm from Cincinnati, but so much more than a forgotten footnote in U.S. automotive history, introduced several firsts such as the popular term sport utility way back in 1947. Signs of the future of American cars are still visible today in the 1950 Crosley Station Wagon; squint and you can maybe see an early Subaru Forester in there.
1951: Studebaker Starlight Coupe
Despite not surviving long enough to see out the decade, Studebaker, in name alone, screams “1950s!” loud and clear. The 1951 Starlight Coupe featured an innovative wraparound greenhouse rear window that, nearly 60 years on, looks sharp, futuristic, and just plain cool. No one would ever call the Starlight a weird vehicle, then or now, but the same cannot be said of these truly wacky cars.
1952: Buick Roadmaster
The Korean War effort and a steelworker strike conspired to stunt the American auto industry but 1952 saw many iconic vehicles being produced and devoured by a public eager for shiny new wheels. The Buick Roadmaster was a popular car model that, looking back on it now, seems perfectly indicative of the glitz and Hollywood glamour of the early 1950s. For more of this decade’s glitz, check out these 25 photos that capture the classic allure of the 1950s.
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