The end of the fifties was characterized by a strong American influence on styling, which was felt in the automobile industry and all...

The Steyr-Puch IMP (short for Intermeccanica-Puch) was an aluminum two-seater coupe with a top speed of 160 km/h. Intermeccanica came...

Ford Motor Co.'s Levacar Mach I appeared in the Ford Rotunda in the spring of 1959. A full-sized prototype, this was a one-person "flying...

Fiat used the 1959 Turin Motor Show to introduce their new 6-cylinder flagship saloon, 1800/2100. Carrozzeria Francis Lombardi has been...

This 1959 Fiat 2100 Coupe was built by Pininfarina and presented at the 1959 Turin Motor Show. An image below shows Battista Farina in...

The 1959 Fiat 1800/2100 Coupé "En Plein" was designed by Vignale and presented at the 1959 Frankfurt Motor Show. It also featured in the...

Founded in 1946 near Turin by Giorgio Sargiotti, Monterosa began as a carrozzeria producing special bodies. Their earliest examples were...

The first 400 Superamerica, chassis 1517SA, appeared at the 1959 Salon de Torino as a Coupé Speciale for Fiat boss Gianni Agnelli. In...

Having inspired the legendary C2 ‘Sting Ray’ Corvette of 1963, the 1959 Corvette Stingray concept car was one of the forefathers of an...

In the same year, 1959, an interesting joint development of Cadillac and another Italian coachbuilder, Pininfarina, was shown. At the...

Harley Earl was a big man, well over six-foot-six. He was not only physically imposing but a towering figure in American automobile...

Scimitar Station Wagon/All-Purpose Sedan — Famed auto designer Brooks Stevens created three Scimitar models for display at the 1959...