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

1958 Pontiac Star Chief Catalina

Pontiac aggressively marketed the fiftieth anniversary of parent company General Motors throughout 1958, offering custom “Jubilee Gold Metallic” paint packages on its entire line. The all-new Star Chief was Pontiac’s most prominent foray into mass-produced, rocket-inspired automobile design. The side and rear panels looked like something from NASA’s labs with a long thin nose cone of chrome flowing down from the front end and expanding into four star-like medallions near the rear fender. The model also included “Stardust” floor carpeting and the now familiar jet-style exhaust ports.

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