CarBuyersNoteBook » Star Car http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com A Car Buyers NoteBook Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:24:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 The Chrysler Star Car–What A Concept Car Looked Like In 1931 http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/the-chrysler-star-car-what-a-concept-car-looked-like-in-1931/ http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/the-chrysler-star-car-what-a-concept-car-looked-like-in-1931/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:06:28 +0000 Steve Anderson http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/?p=12051 When we look at a concept car these days, the first thing we like to think of is the future.  How things will look in ten, twenty, fifty years.  The hovercrafts and autodrives and magnetic impeller cars and such.

So today, we’re taking a look at the Chrysler Star Car, a concept car from the 1930s.  It was called a Star Car because of the shape of its engine.  The five cylinder engine had its cylinders arranged in a circle, thus giving them the look of a star.  It was one of only a handful of small cars Detroit ever designed, and since more people were interested in driving around in land barges of tremendous size, the Chrysler Star Car never went to production.

But still–even just taking a look at this strange car of yesteryear really makes you think about the direction we’re going today…and how far we’ve come since.

Tags: Chrysler, concept car, five cylinder, five cylinder engine, Prototype, Star Car

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