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To: Robert DeLong
LaSalle 1955 | from Classic and Sports Car … | Concept cars vintage ...
This one was a concept car, since they weren't making La Salles in 1955. Named La Salle II Roadster

In his 2013 article, "GM's Road Not Taken", Robert Cumberford reviewed the restoration of GM's 1955 Motorama La Salle II Roadster. Cumberford likened the Roadster to a harbinger of GM's future. While the Roadster concept showcased important new technology, including an aluminum block, double overhead cam and fuel-injected V6, the technology went unrealized. GM instead emphasized styling over engineering advancement for the decades that followed and did not bring "an aluminum block, fuel-injected, overhead-cam V-6 into production until 2004".

28 posted on 03/15/2023 12:57:12 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong
GM instead emphasized styling over engineering advancement for the decades that followed

Figures

30 posted on 03/15/2023 12:58:51 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Looks like GM took styling cues from their first year Corvette...


43 posted on 03/15/2023 1:17:47 PM PDT by W. (Biden, America's Piss Boy--His finest hour!)
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