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Contents: Road Tests – ’55 Packard 400 (Past dignity forgotten, Packard offers a colorful package to luxury buyers); ’55 Studebaker Champion (Studebaker’s watchword is economy – Champ with overdrive has it) Features – The Top Cars Of 1955: The Easiest Car To Drive; The Hottest Car; The Most Economical Full-Sized Car; The Newest Concept In Motoring; The Best-Handling And Most Roadable Cars; New Mood In Mobile Music (No longer content with squawky, low-fidelity radios, ingenious motorists are exploring new trends in modern listening); Motor Trend Looks At Detroit Styling; How Detroit Styling Is Influenced; The Editors Look At Car Styling; Motor Trend Selects Best-Looking Cars Of 1955; Do-It-Yourself – Fix It With Fiberglas; On The Road With Duncan Hines (New England is the 1st stop on MT‘s culinary tour of the U.S.); Driving Around With Walt Woron (Impressions of a ’21 Rumpler. Clocking a powerpack Plymouth and Studebaker’s Speedster. Air-conditioned Nomad and Dodge. A blown Volkswagen); Tempted By A Trailer?; As The Clutch Goes, So Goes The Brake; Time vs. Speed (How can car A be going slower than car B when both get to the end of the drag strip at the same time?); Witness For The Defense; A Prediction Comes True The Cover – Who can doubt that the fantastic Ghia “X” shot by Bill Southworth at the ’55 Turin Show in Italy, and Bill Flajole’s “Forerunner”, Ektachromed by Bob MacKenzie, will have a decided influence on future styling? Starting on page 35, MT brings you 9 pages on styling – including our top choice of the current domestic crop Departments – Editorial; Letters; Spotlight On Detroit; Motoring Trends; RPM; Car Owners Library; Classic Comments; Motor Melange; Technical Service; Sell ‘N’ Swap
Issue: September 1955
Condition: Very Good