{"id":74497,"date":"2021-07-09T12:33:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T12:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=74497"},"modified":"2021-07-16T06:46:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T06:46:17","slug":"dodge-firearrow-ii-by-ghia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/dodge-firearrow-ii-by-ghia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodge Firearrow II by Ghia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the 1950s, jet-age design caught on with American automakers. Jet aircraft served as visual inspiration for production cars, but even more so for wild concept studies. This resulted in tail fins and jet-shaped elements. The practice of using a concept car to spread new design ideas, which is still common today, first appeared in the USA in 1938. At that time, it was Buick that launched the Y-Job, a pure show car. Other manufacturers soon followed suit. In the post-war years, Virgil Exner worked on corresponding designs at Chrysler. The four successive Firearrow cars of Dodge, whose bodies were hand-built at Ghia in Turin, became particularly famous. Exner placed great emphasis on functional design without superfluous decorative elements and too much chrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firearrow II should be functional<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For the Firearrow concept cars, large parts of the design came from Ghia instead of Exner. There, however, the principles of Virgil Exner were taken to heart. In 1953, the Dodge Firearrow I debuted in bright red and drew crowds to the booth at all the car shows it was shown at. However, the first version was a non-functional show car without an engine. For the planned second version, the decision was made to create a fully functional concept car that could also be used to take driving pictures. Once again, the Firearrow II was a two-seat roadster with a jet-age design and frameless windshield. New details included two large round headlights instead of four smaller ones, likewise round taillights, a redesigned grille and chrome wire wheels. Ghia dispensed with door handles for visual reasons. Instead of the red paint of the Firearrow I, number II received a paint finish in bright yellow.<\/p>\n\n\n

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