1953 Oldsmobile Fiesta

Born directly from General Motors' celebrated Motorama traveling show, the 1953 Oldsmobile Fiesta ushered in an era of jet-age styling innovation. Along with its Buick Skylark and Cadillac Eldorado siblings, the Fiesta was hand-finished in ultra-limited numbers, with only 458 examples crafted. Its true historical breakthrough was the panoramic wraparound windshield, curving gracefully around the front pillars to preview the defining glasshouse shape of 1950s American cars. Finished with deeply contoured chrome side spears separating daring two-tone lacquer, custom fluted wheel covers, and a hopped-up 170-horsepower Rocket V8, the Fiesta gave motorists a tantalizing foretaste of the supersonic design language to come.