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The V8 engine had been around for some time, but it became more commonplace in the newer and heavier cars being built in the 1950s. Of particular significance was the Chevrolet small block 265 cubic inch engine, released in the 1955 model year and still the basis for the V8 engines in use by General Motors today. [32]
General Motors researched the feasibility of gas turbine engines in cars as early as the 1940s. It was not until the early 1950s that the company began building an actual engine, under the direction of Charles L. McCuen, general manager of General Motors Research Laboratories, [1] with Emmett Conklin leading the project.
The General Motors Motorama was an auto show staged by GM from 1949 to 1961. ... During the 1950 show, ... Featured cars included Buick Centurion, ...
Arguably one of the most iconic cars to grace the road, a 1957 Chevrolet BelAir or ’57 Chevy can cost a collector $100,000 to well over $400,000 when fully restored or kept in pristine condition ...
1950 Chevrolet 3100. Introduced: 1947 As part of General Motors’ historic line of Advance Design light trucks, the 1950 Chevy 3100 represented a newly contemporary postwar look for the manufacturer.
The jaw-dropping group form “GM’s Marvelous Motorama: Dream Cars from the Joe Bortz Collection.”They epitomize the heights of American auto design in the 1950s and include a couple of very ...
Pages in category "1950s cars" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 293 total. ... Chevrolet 210; Chevrolet Advance Design; Chevrolet ...
The Chevrolet Deluxe is a trim line of Chevrolet automobiles that was marketed from 1941 to 1952, and was the volume sales leader for the market during the 1940s. The line included at first a 4-door sedan , but grew to include a fastback 2-door "aerosedan" and other body styles.