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Originally Posted by kach22i
I know this is old school styling and marketing. I have to wonder, how many people back then bought into this?
Is the general public today any more aware or just too skeptical to fall for this sort of gag?
Maybe "gag" is too cruel, the curved greenhouse is much more aero than the boxes of the late 1970's and early 1980's.
Fabulous Aerodynamic Styling – Plymouth 1956 | Photos from the Vault
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That year,Chrysler Corp. had a Ghia-built Dodge Dart concept car with Cd 0.17.It did have fins,but it also had a great compound windshield and really nice roofline.
Of course they didn't offer it.The car pictured would have had a Cd on the order of 0.54.