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...parade, Buick tricked up is convertible with a new body, the Skylark; Cadillac brought out its El Dorado, Packard its Caribbean, and Oldsmobile its Fiesta. Kaiser-Frazer plans to bring out a fiber-glass plastic roadster this spring. Sports-car fanatics regard these cars as still too big. But even the fanatics were impressed when Chevrolet showed off its new fiber-glass plastic Corvette a fortnight ago. The Corvette, still to be put into production, seemed to have everything the best European sports cars have -except the ultra-high price...
...Graceful. Vance is sure that the oversize car is on the way out, and that car design may change fast in the next few years under the spur of hell-for-leather competition already in sight. Studebaker will have to hustle faster than ever to keep its designers ahead. Fiber glass and plastic bodies already promise great weight-savings and economies. Rear-engine autos, which would cut production costs, are another possibility. Last year Studebaker queried 10,000 people, found to its surprise that 50% of them would not hesitate to buy such...
...show the importance of the new sports-car trend, G.M. unwrapped three other futuristic sports cars, also made of fiber glass. Cadillac's three-passenger Le Mans is only 51 in. high to the top of its windshield, 5.3 in. lower than standard jobs, and 24.8 in. shorter, partly by virtue of vertical steel strips replacing the usual horizontal bumpers. Its souped-up engine develops 250 h.p.† Oldsmobile's low-slung Starfire convertible has a panoramic windshield extending around and past the door opening. Buick's 50.4-in.-high Wildcat, of black fiber glass with...
Plastic Progress. Except for Chevrolet's Corvette, the fiber-glass models are showpieces not intended for immediate production. But some 300 Corvettes will be made this year. Although they will cost G.M. $5,000 or more, it intends to sell them for about $3,000-which, with bigger production, should bring a profit...
...industry has been experimenting with plastic bodies for 30 years, and many bugs must still be worked out. But the rustproof fiber glass boasts many advantages over steel. Plastic bodies do not require the expensive dies used in making steel bodies. Thus, it may be possible to turn out small numbers of sports cars in various models, give buyers more individuality in cars...