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Early aerodynamic market successes

Lincoln Zephyr (1937)

* Designer: John Tjaarda

* Displacement: 4380 cc

* Power: 110 CV

* Top-speed: 130 km/h

 

Henry Ford's sun Edsel, who was in charge of the company's LINCOLN division, was the first to introduce a marketable, mass-produced streamlined automobile: the 1936 Lincoln Zephyr.

Sweeping the market like a storm, the aerodynamic design suddenly turned into an international fashion trend.

 

Zeithaus Museum

Autostadt Wolfsburg

17 February 2014

Nikon D90/AF Nikkor 1:3.5-4.5 28-105 mm

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Uploaded on September 27, 2014
Taken on February 17, 2014