The Space Age Hits the Road: Visionary Car Designs in America

1956 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer

With its high-sweep chrome tailfins and jet-like taillights and exhaust ports, Dodge’s flagship Custom Royal bore an unmistakable resemblance to an aircraft. The interior of this upscale car featured expensive three-tone fabrics for the seats and Cordagrain (a vinyl material that could easily be dyed to match the surrounding paint and fabric colors) on the dash and door panels. Other features included two-speed electric windshield wipers and rear fender gravel shields. This was the only Dodge model to include backup lights as a standard feature; they were optional for all other models.

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