Mercedes indeed is a girls name. Wilhelm Maybach served as Daimler’s chief engineer and designed the car that was purchased by the father of the 11-year-old girl that inspired the name Mercedes.

 

Emil Jellinek with his daughter Mercedes (circa 1895)

 

and, speaking of great styles (like our crossie, that was designed at chrysler, by chrysler designers), there were other fantastic designs by chrysler...
remember the atlantic?

https://www.motorcities.org/story-of...ic-concept-car

 

In baseball, you can strike out in basically one of two ways: swinging and missing or staring down a pitch right in the strike zone without swinging. (Yes, there's foul tips and dropped third strikes, but don't bother me with details while I'm trying to make a point.) To my Little League coach, the latter amounted to essentially a sin against Babe Ruth and all that is holy in Cooperstown - ya gotta stop thinking, take the chance, and get that Louisville Slugger off your shoulder rather than trudge back to the dugout wondering what might have been.

Similarly, carmakers can strike out either by releasing a vehicle that misses the mark entirely or by failing to produce a vehicle that would've sold in bonkers numbers, gone on to define an entire segment, and established that company as a leader among its peers. (Nobody on that long walk back to the dugout envisions themselves swinging at that called third strike and hitting a foul ball or a dribbler back to the pitcher - it's always a game-winning home run, right?) So let's take a moment today to consider which carmakers passed on the biggest missed opportunities over the years.




For complete Hemming’s article. 65https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2022/01/28/question-biggest-automaker-missed-opportunity

 

then again, from the far far away future, came another chrysler dream...


https://bryanswheels.com/1955-chrysl...a-concept-car/
and more.... https://www.google.ca/search?q=+++++...client=gws-wiz

 

also from chrysler: darts, diablos, and stranger things...
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/20...erican-beauty/

 

I really love this thread - thanks for the pictures. It's a great reminder that human creativity is boundless, and that we must remain optimistic as we are always fighting the headwinds.

 

good to hear. i am happy to belong to that generation when we witnessed the grand era of beautiful cars and the creativity that we no longer see.
and now with all those rules of safety that for instance dont let have hood ornaments and force the shapes to be ugly. but still we can recall all those wonderful cars.
still we are fortunate to own the crossie, as elegant as the bentleys, and even better looking.

 

and now this: 1952 maverick sportster
https://www.google.ca/search?q=+++++1952+Maverick+Sportster+++++++++&hl= en&sxsrf=APq-WBvgTBgHfBAUDyG2cB6j-oAnfjUaag%3A1643850550073&source=hp&ei=Niv7YZMzxp-m1A-aqYuICg&iflsig=AHkkrS4AAAAAYfs5Rn0f4S-S4Ak9MwhWVO3oJyxgV8EJ&ved=0ahUKEwiTpuPArOL1AhXGj4k EHZrUAqEQ4dUDCAo&oq=+++++1952+Maverick+Sportster++ +++++++&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAwyBQgAEIAEMgQIABAeOgc IIxDqAhAnUABYniJg8TFoDnAAeACAAVuIAVuSAQExmAEAoAEBo AECsAEK&sclient=gws-wiz

fastback, bench seats, no safety belts...those were the days !
https://www.motortrend.com/vehicle-g...classic-drive/

 

ghia, ghia, ghia...
again, those were the days

now this 1954 de soto adventurer: another fastback!

 

here is something new: wonder which country it is from?
1 more:
so here you have it: https://www.carthrottle.com/post/wqgr7q3/
and the last 1:

 

ok folks, now something that makes us think of batman...and beyond


https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/20...-plymouth-xnr/

 

Or this...owned by SRT SIX (Karl) who recently passed away in California ....Member SRT SIX has passed away

 

wonder if this could mean love at first sight to any1.....even if is a crossfire

 

My son-in-law is a Batman freak....he might really like this. But nope, not me.

That red french car is breathtaking at first, but the longer I look at it the more out of proportion it looks. But it will draw a crowd at the burger joint for sure.

 

well, the "french" car is sort of design influenced by the golden era style. a fantasy, you may call it, but that really is a "could be". so, why not?

 

1 more for the road: 1953 DELAHAYE 235 SAOUTCHIK

 

There is something “come hither” about a curvy, wet body.

I don’t even know what kind of a car this is.

 

There is something “come hither” about a curvy, wet body.

I don’t even know what kind of a car this is.

 

I'm not too sure about the year but isn't that @ 1988-1998 rump rider???


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