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1955 Thunderbird 1957 CHEVROLET BEL 345 horsepower added American automatic transmission automobile Big Three Bonneville brightwork Buick built bumper buyers Cadillac CALIFORNIA carburetors Catalina chassis CHEVROLET BEL AIR CHEVROLET CORVETTE CHEVROLET NOMAD Chevrolet's engineers Chevy chrome CHRYSLER 300C Chrysler C-300 created Crosley Crown Victoria cubic inches debuted decade DeSoto Detroit displacement Dodge Edsel Eldorado FARMOROAD featured fitted four-barrel carburetors front fuel-injected full-sized grille Hemi engine hood horsepower HUDSON HORNET huge Impala Imperial interior Kaiser Lincoln lineup look Mercury Mike Mueller molding Motors Muntz Nash Healey Nomad numbers offered Oldsmobile option Packard panel passenger car performance Photos by Mike Plymouth Pontiac power steering production quad headlights Rambler rated rear redesigned released seat six-cylinder engine sleek sports car station wagon Studebaker stylish tail fins taillights trim Turnpike Cruiser two-door hardtop two-seat two-tone upscale V-8 engine vehicle Virgil Exner wheelbase Willys Yorker Zora Arkus-Duntov