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Pontiac Did It First

Posted by Dalibor Dimovski On November - 27 - 2008

A recent trend in auto design has emerged in the “catfish gills” aesthetic.  Aston’s One-77, Maserati’s GT concept, and Citroen’s recent concepts all incorporate it.  Well, they weren’t the first.  Back in 1956 Pontiac debuted the Club de Mer, a drop-top concept that actually looks modern even by today’s standards.

Take a look at the Pontiac, and click the “Read More” link to see the other, more modern versions of the theme.

[image courtesy Automobile Magazine]

[EDIT: Image courtesy of Auto Age magazine, not Automobile.]

The Maserati GranTurismo MC Corse Concept

Citroen GT Concept

Citroen Hypnos Concept

Aston Martin One-77

Concept Car

3 Responses

  1. Stokes Said,

    Cool post – that pontiac is awesome! Thanks for the history lesson!

    Posted on December 1st, 2008 at 2:05 am

  2. Bailout, shmailout; Pontiac stylists were ahead of their time - taccato! trend tracker, cool hunting, new business ideas Said,

    [...] sharp-eyes over at Car Design Fetish know where they’ve seen the look before and reach wayyyy back, like fifty years, to bring you [...]

    Posted on December 1st, 2008 at 8:01 pm

  3. ozcan Said,

    i think the corvette stingray concept is also going with the flow..

    i’m going to post a link if there’s no problem..

    http://new.cardesign.ru/articles/chikagskij_avtosalon_2009_chicago_auto_show_2009/2009/02/11/2854/

    Posted on March 15th, 2009 at 7:07 pm

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