{"id":295361,"date":"2016-12-16T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=295361"},"modified":"2025-01-10T20:43:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T20:43:59","slug":"fabulous-fifties-1950s-supercars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/fabulous-fifties-1950s-supercars\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabulous Fifties &#8211; The Greatest Supercars of the 1950s"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2>The Greatest Supercars and Sports Cars of the 1950s<\/h2>\n<p>Following the post-war austerity of the 1940s, you\u2019d be forgiven for thinking the car world had gone a bit mad by the time the 1950s came around. This decade saw flying saucers, a supercar with the wings of a seabird, and racing cars barely altered and sold for the road, as the car industry gained the confidence to embrace the future and start pushing the envelope in terms of both design and performance.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re eager to hear what you think of our supercar countdowns \u2013 let us know if we\u2019ve missed any supercars of the 1950s, and which ones from this and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/roaring-forties-1940s-supercars\/\">our 1940s list<\/a> you\u2019d have in your dream garage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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