The VW-Porsche Escher Kleinbahn was a series of small trains produced from 1954 to 1971 for use in parks and botanical gardens. These...

The Tatra 603 was a luxury car produced by Czechoslovakian automaker Tatra from 1956 to 1975. It was the third model in the Tatra 600...

One of the most beautiful English cars in the fifties was the Alvis TD21, a four-seater sedan with a sleek, two-door body. Initially...

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...

The Cadillac Cyclone is a concept car built in 1959 by Cadillac. The Cyclone was never mass-produced as a production model. It currently...

The 1959 Alfa Romeo Super Flow III by Pininfarina is a stunning concept car showcasing the best Italian automotive design and...

The Allemano-bodied Fiat-Abarth 850 Spider Riviera and Coupe Scorpione were first shown at the Geneva Salon in 1959. The engine is a...

The Fiat-Abarth 750/850 is a series of sporting cars by the Italian firm Abarth & C. of Turin, Italy, in the 1950s and 1960s. The cars...

When it came out in 1959, this was an expensive car, built on a Fiat 2100 chassis and engine (this one tuned by Abarth, of course). Given...

Presenting an Abarth 2200 Coupe Allemano from 1959 designed by Giovanni Michelotti. At the end of the Fifties, Fiat needed to replace its...

This vehicle has a 2 door convertible/cabriolet body style designed by Allemano with a front-mounted engine powering the rear wheels. Its...

The Abarth 1600 Coupé Allemano is a 2 door coupé-bodied road car designed by Allemano with a front-located engine supplying power to the...

The FSO Syrena Sport was a prototype sports car developed by the Polish firm FSO between 1957 and 1960. It was initially built as a test...