terry mcgean
“… the 1950s was the decade that gave us the ‘modern’ passenger car.” The Dawn of Modern Motoring While pondering topics as we prepared this year’s “Nifty Fifties” themed issue, I had the opportunity to take a closer look at the progression of models that emerged during those years. This is an era I had not experienced firsthand, so viewing the period from start to finish, rather than just considering various models individually, made it very clear that grouping all cars of the ’50s together under the usual umbrella of wild tailfins and jet-age styling wasn’t an entirely accurate view of the decade. When the 1950s kicked off and the postwar boom was just beginning to build steam, styling was still more of the bulbous, rounded trends that carried over…
