The 50s

The Swallow Doretti is a British sports car produced in between 1954 and 1955. It was built on the Swallow design using Triumph TR2 mechanics. It was sold as a 2-seater coupe. The car was intended for the American market and was to be more sophisticated than...

The Borgward Isabella is a car produced between 1954 and 1962 by Carl F. W. Borgward GmbH. The model was to be marketed as the Borgward Hansa 1500, but the name Isabella was used on test vehicles and proved popular with technical staff and the media. The car was...

The Jaguar D-Type is a sports racing car produced in between 1954 and 1957. It was designed specifically to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It shared the inline XK6 I6 engine and many other mechanical components with its C-Type predecessor. Its structure...

The AC Aceca is an enclosed coupe from the British company AC Cars, based on the open 2-seater AC Ace, produced in between 1954 and 1963. The car was a handmade grand tourer with ash wood and steel tubes used to make it. The car was relatively light...

The name Lotus Elite is used for two production vehicles and one concept vehicle produced by British manufacturer Lotus Cars.  The first generation Elite Type 14 was produced from 1957 to 1963 and the second generation model (Type 75 and later Type 83) from 1974...

The Opel Olympia is a compact car of the German car manufacturer Opel, which was then part of G.M. It was produced in 1935-1940, 1947-1953 and 1967-1970. It was one of the world's first mass-produced cars with a unified body structure, following...

The Fiat-Abarth 750 is a series of compact sports cars produced in Italy in the 1950s and 1960s. The cars often used the bodywork from the Fiat 600, but were fitted with modified Abarth engines. Abarth also offered a number of coachbuilders for the...

The BMW 501, also known as the BMW 2600, was a luxury automobile produced in between 1952 and 1958. The 501 was introduced at the first Frankfurt Motor Show in 1951 and was the first BMW model to be produced after World War II. The 501 and its...

The Chevrolet Bel Air is a full-size automobile produced in from 1950-1981. Originally, this name was used only for 2-door cars with hardtops (1950-1952). In 1953, the name changed from the designation for the unique body shape to the premium...

The Austin-Healey 100-6 is a 2-seat roadster produced in from 1956-1959. It replaced the Austin-Healey 100 and its successor was the Austin-Healey 3000. These three models were known collectively as the Big Healeys. The 100-6 had a more powerful inline...