Cars
Lone Stars: the Fifties
Lone Stars: The Fifties - Iconic automotive design milestones influenced by jet aircraft, including Alfa Romeo BAT, Lancia Aurelia PF 200, and General Motors Firebird. A captivating chapter in automotive history.
Automotive design milestones are often one-offs. __Lorenzo Ramaciotti__ guides us through a remarkable story.
Throughout the history of the automobile, there have been numerous lone stars which, when you look at them today, continue to shine with their own light. None of them were created to become production cars, but rather to send out a message that was uninhibited by industrial and marketing constraints, signed by designers and the manufacturers themselves. Here comes the second part of our series on Lone Stars, based on intensive conversations with renowned Italian designer __Lorenzo Ramaciotti__: the 1950ies.
The world was shrinking, and horizons were widening – this was the decade of jet aircraft, and cars were directly inspired by them, with fins and nose- cone air intakes. With the Great Depression a distant memory, along with the destruction seen in Europe and half of the world, wellbeing began to spread in a climate of carefree trust. The car was directly influenced by this.
