1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz 1958 marked the last year before Harley Earl went over the top with Cadillac tail fins.... Read More
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Welcome to our full list of 1950s cars. As you know at Supercars we focus on classic, iconic and important historical cars so you won’t find everyday models here. If you are looking for important 1950s cars, this is the list of the all the iconic and amazing 1950s car models of the era.
1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz No other car captures the essence of the “jet age” quite like the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado,... Read More
1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz ‘Raindrop’ Prototype This Eldorado Biarritz might look standard, but it’s one a few ‘dream cars’ that... Read More
1956 Cadillac Eldorado Seville Prototype The U.S. auto industry had fully embraced quad headlamps by 1958, the transition in part... Read More
1959 Cadillac Eldorado Seville By the late 1950s, Cadillac ruled the American luxury car market with exciting products that were... Read More
1957 Cadillac Eldorado Seville Like the 1956 Seville, the 1957 model was a remodeled version of the Series 62 Hardtop... Read More
1956 Cadillac Eldorado Seville In 1956 Cadillac extended their top-of-line Eldorado name to a new Coupe called the Seville. Short... Read More
1955 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible Three years into Eldorado production they updated the design for the third consecutive year. For 1955... Read More
1958 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Town Car Prototype Known in GM Styling as project XP-48, the four-door hardtop Brougham had a... Read More
1953 Cadillac Eldorado Sport Convertible Coupe In 1953 the Eldorado name was introduced to mark Cadillac’s golden anniversary. It became... Read More
1953 Cadillac Le Mans The 1953 Le Mans concept car was one of the stars of Motorama, General Motors’ traveling... Read More
1952 Cadillac Roadster This prototype Cadillac was created for Harold “Bill” Boyer who was the xecutive Vice President of Cadillac... Read More
1953 Cadillac Series 62 Ghia Coupe See the 1953 Cadillac Series 62 Ghia Coupe Gallery In Detail coachbuilder Ghia production 2... Read More
1953 Cadillac Series Sixty Special Fleetwood Sedan The 1953 Sixty Special was the last year for the Fourth generation sedan... Read More
1954 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible In 1954, Cadillac down graded their top-of-line Eldorado to share most of its panels with the... Read More
1950 Cannon Mk. I Jim Seely saw the first post-war race at Palm Springs in California and decided to make... Read More
1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible Chevrolet’s most iconic Fifties offering is deservedly finished here in equally iconic two-tone Turquoise and... Read More
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible The 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air stands comfortably among the most important icons of American design.... Read More
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Coupe The 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, riding on new 14 inch tires, was two and a... Read More
1955 Chevrolet Biscayne The 1955 Chevrolet Biscayne began life as a prototype to showcase the new Chevrolet 265 in³ V8... Read More
1953 Chevrolet Corvette In the 1950s, American motoring culture found a launch point to new performance credentials with the iconic... Read More
1954 Chevrolet Corvette In the second year of Corvette production only minor updates were made to make it more usable.... Read More
1955 Chevrolet Corvette 1955 was a seminal year for the Corvette because Zora Arkus-Duntov a Belgian-born American convinced the heads... Read More
1956 Chevrolet Corvette 1956 meant some drastic changes for the Corvette including a new body with protruding fenders and large... Read More
1957 Chevrolet Corvette In 1957, Chevrolet enlarged their V8 engine to 283 in³ engine that was rated at 220 bhp.... Read More
1958 Chevrolet Corvette Under the leadership of Harley Earl, 1958 saw the first major redesign of the Corvette since the... Read More
1959 Chevrolet Corvette In motorsport the Corvette was a serious contender thanks to the fuel-injected V8 engine. It won the... Read More
1959 Chevrolet Corvette CERV I Zora Arkus-Duntov masterminded several experimental cars, including the Chevrolet Engineering Research Vehicle (CERV) which has... Read More
1954 Chevrolet Corvette GM Styling Concept Owned by an unknown GM Styling employee, this 1954 Corvette was outfitted with several... Read More
1959 Chevrolet Corvette Scaglietti Coupe When the crankshaft broke on Gary Laughlin’s Ferrari Monza he had had enough. Being the... Read More
1956 Chevrolet Corvette SR In 1956, Chevrolet took desperate measures and saved the model’s future by presenting an armada of... Read More
1956 Chevrolet Corvette SR-2 Design mid-1956 for Harlet Earl’s son Jerry, the SR-2 was put into racing duty in 1957.... Read More
1957 Chevrolet Corvette SS XP-64 Developed in secret for the 1957 Sebring 12 Hours in March, the SS was built... Read More
1959 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray In 1959 chief stylist Bill Mitchell made his own version of the Corvette using his... Read More
1958 Chevrolet Impala See full 1958 Chevrolet Impala Gallery In Detail f brake size mm / in r brake size... Read More
1953 Chevrolet Nomad With the Corvette launch in the 1953, Chevrolet released America’s first roadster and it was quickly followed... Read More
1955 Chevrolet Corvette EX87 Built for outright top speed, this prototype Corvette was built by Zora Duntov. He successfully piloted... Read More
1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray ZL1 One of the rarest Corvettes is the C3 Stingray fitted with the all-aluminum ZL1 engine.... Read More
1957 Chrysler 300C As the Fifties progressed, Chrysler products began to sprout distinctive tailfins, ostensibly to improve handling and stability... Read More
1955 Chrysler 300 Exner revived Chrysler production car design with the sleek, sculptured Forward Look designs of 1955 that transformed the... Read More
1952 Chrysler D’Elegance This one-off Chrysler d’Elegance was a signature car of Chrysler designer, Virgil Exner. It firmly entrenched his... Read More
1956 Chrysler Plainsman Chrysler’s Plainsman is the only concept station wagon known to exist from the 1950s and ‘60s. Like... Read More
1953 Chrysler Special GS-1 Despite the radical, short-lived Airflow of the mid-1930s, Chryslers were best known for their engineering prowess... Read More
1952 Chrysler ‘Thomas Special’ Prototype The first of many Chrsyler Specials by Ghia, this showcar debuted at the 1952 Paris... Read More
1949→1950 Chrysler Town & Country In Spring of 1949 Chrysler released the second series of their flagship Town & Country.... Read More
1951 Cisitalia 202 Alemano Berlinetta As a successful businesman and experienced amateur driver, Piero Dusio started Cisitalia, officially known as... Read More
1948→1950 Cisitalia-Abarth 204 A With resources and talent from the defunct Cisitalia Automobili, Carlos Abarth started his own company called... Read More
1955 Citroën DS 19 Paris, 1 October 1955 – At the Grand Palais exhibition centre in Paris, a new car... Read More
1951 Connaught L3/SR Out of Surry, England Rodney Clark and Mike Oliver produced rather simple looking, but sophisticated road cars... Read More
1956→1957 Continental Mark II In 1956 Ford launched Continental as an entirely new brand and the Mark II with some... Read More
1951 Alfa Romeo 159 Alfetta Alfa Romeo followed its Grand Prix Championship triumph of 1950 with a repeat performance in... Read More
1951→1953 Alfa Romeo 1900 C Sprint To support the enduring coach building industry in Italy, Alfa Romeo built variations of... Read More
1955 Alfa Romeo 1900C SSZ Of all the Alfa Romeo 1900s, none is as desirable as the Zagato Berlinetta also... Read More
1953→1959 Alfa Romeo 1900 C Super Sprint In 1953, The TI Super engine was launched which enlarged capacity to 1,975... Read More
1956 Continental Mark II Convertible In 1956, two pre-production Mark II convertibles were created to expand the Continental Division range... Read More
1958 Continental Mark III In 1958 Ford kept the Continental brand separate from Lincoln even though the two brands shared... Read More
1959 Cooper Type 39 ‘Bobtail’ In 1955 Cooper introduced their mid-engine Type 39 ‘Bobtail’ two years before their similar F1... Read More
1959 Cooper Type 49 Monaco Mk1 By 1953 Charles Cooper and his son, John were already converting their successful grand... Read More
1951 Cunningham C3 Continental As the only series production model manufactured at Cunningham’s Palm Beach, Florida factory, the C3 was... Read More
1953 Cunningham C4R At the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans, Briggs Cunningham attempted the first all-American win with three... Read More