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Chrysler Airflow

Index Chrysler Airflow

The Chrysler Airflow is a full-size car produced by Chrysler from 1934 to 1937. The Airflow was the first full-size American production car to use streamlining as a basis for building a sleeker automobile, one less susceptible to air resistance. Chrysler made a significant effort at a fundamental change in automotive design with the Chrysler Airflow, but it was ultimately a commercial failure due to a lack of market acceptance and controversial appearance. [1]

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  1. 74 relations: Adler 2.5-litre, Aurel Persu, Aurora Quezon, Automobile handling, Baler, Aurora, Car, Carl Breer, Chevrolet Advance Design, Chrysler, Chrysler (brand), Chrysler Airflow (EV), Chrysler PT Cruiser, Chrysler Royal, Chrysler Six, Claes Oldenburg, Coupe, Dennistoun Burney, DeSoto (automobile), DeSoto Airflow, Dodge Airflow truck, Drag (physics), Dymaxion car, Fender (vehicle), Fender skirts, Ferdinand Porsche, Flathead engine, Ford Motor Company, Frederick Morrell Zeder, Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, Full-size car, General Motors, Germany, Great Depression, Grille (car), Headlamp, Highland Park Chrysler Plant, Highland Park, Michigan, Leaf spring, Lincoln-Zephyr, Lithography, Major Bowes, Manuel L. Quezon, National Historical Commission of the Philippines, Olive (color), Owen Ray Skelton, Pennsylvania, Peugeot, Peugeot 202, Peugeot 402, Philippines, ... Expand index (24 more) »

  2. Cars introduced in 1934
  3. Streamline Moderne cars
  4. Streamliner cars

Adler 2.5-litre

The Adler 2.5-litre (in German Adler 2,5 Liter) was a sensation when first presented by Adler at the Berlin Motor Show early in 1937, although this did not convert into correspondingly sensational sales.

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Aurel Persu

Aurel Persu (26 December 1890 – 5 May 1977) was a Romanian engineer and pioneer car designer, the first to place the wheels inside the body of the car as part of his attempt to reach the perfect aerodynamic shape for automobiles.

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Aurora Quezon

Aurora Antonia Aragon Quezon (born Aurora Antonia Aragón y Molina; February 19, 1888 – April 28, 1949) was the wife of Philippine President Manuel Luis Quezon and the First Lady of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944.

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Automobile handling

Automobile handling and vehicle handling are descriptions of the way a wheeled vehicle responds and reacts to the inputs of a driver, as well as how it moves along a track or road.

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Baler, Aurora

Baler, officially the Municipality of Baler (Bayan ng Baler; Ili ti Baler), is a 3rd class municipality and capital of the province of Aurora, Philippines.

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Car

A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels.

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Carl Breer

Carl Breer (1883 – 1970) was an American scientist and engineer, and one of the Studebaker engineers known as The Three Musketeers.

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Chevrolet Advance Design

The Advance-Design is a light and medium duty truck series by Chevrolet, their first major redesign after WWII. Chrysler Airflow and Chevrolet Advance Design are 1940s cars.

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Chrysler

FCA US, LLC, doing business as Stellantis North America and known historically as Chrysler, is one of the "Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

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Chrysler (brand)

Chrysler is an American brand of automobiles and division owned by Stellantis North America.

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Chrysler Airflow (EV)

The Chrysler Airflow is a concept mid-size crossover SUV developed by Chrysler.

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Chrysler PT Cruiser

The Chrysler PT Cruiser is a compact car that was built by the American company Chrysler from 2001 until 2010. Chrysler Airflow and Chrysler PT Cruiser are Chrysler vehicles.

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Chrysler Royal

The Chrysler Royal was a full-size car produced by the Chrysler Corporation in the United States. Chrysler Airflow and Chrysler Royal are 1940s cars, Chrysler vehicles, coupés, full-size vehicles and sedans.

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Chrysler Six

The Chrysler Six was a series of cars that were all installed with the Chrysler Straight Six when the company assumed operations of the Maxwell Automobile Company in 1924, and Chalmers Automobile Company in 1926. Chrysler Airflow and Chrysler Six are Chrysler vehicles, coupés and sedans.

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Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg (January 28, 1929 – July 18, 2022) was a Swedish-born American sculptor best known for his public art installations, typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects.

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Coupe

A coupe or coupé is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and two doors. Chrysler Airflow and coupe are coupés.

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Dennistoun Burney

Sir Charles Dennistoun Burney, 2nd Baronet (28 December 1888 – 11 November 1968, in Bermuda) was an English aeronautical engineer, private inventor and Conservative Party politician.

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DeSoto (automobile)

DeSoto (sometimes De Soto) was an American automobile marque that was manufactured and marketed by the DeSoto division of Chrysler Corporation from 1928 to the 1961 model year. Chrysler Airflow and DeSoto (automobile) are 1940s cars.

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DeSoto Airflow

The DeSoto Airflow is a full-sized automobile built by DeSoto during model years 1934, 1935 and 1936. Chrysler Airflow and DeSoto Airflow are cars introduced in 1934, coupés and sedans.

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Dodge Airflow truck

The Dodge Airflow truck was a special request model truck that Dodge introduced in late 1934 and available through 1940.

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Drag (physics)

In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object, moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.

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Dymaxion car

The Dymaxion car was designed by American inventor Buckminster Fuller during the Great Depression and featured prominently at Chicago's 1933/1934 World's Fair.

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Fender (vehicle)

Fender is the American English term for the part of an automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle body that frames a wheel well (the fender underside).

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Fender skirts

Fender skirts, known in Australia and the United Kingdom as spats or covers, are pieces of bodywork attached to or part of the fender that cover the upper portions of the wheels of a vehicle.

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Ferdinand Porsche

Ferdinand Porsche (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-Bohemian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG.

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Flathead engine

A flathead engine, also known as a sidevalve engineAmerican Rodder, 6/94, pp.45 & 93.

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Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Chrysler Airflow and Ford Motor Company are 1940s cars.

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Frederick Morrell Zeder

Frederick Morrell Zeder (March 19, 1886 – February 24, 1951) was an American scientist and engineer who was one of the Studebaker engineers known as The Three Musketeers.

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Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout

A front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (FR) is an automotive design with an engine in front and rear-wheel-drive, connected via a drive shaft.

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Full-size car

Full-size car—also known as large car—is a vehicle size class which originated in the United States and is used for cars larger than mid-size cars. Chrysler Airflow and Full-size car are full-size vehicles.

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General Motors

General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Grille (car)

In automotive engineering, a grille covers an opening in the body of a vehicle to allow air to enter or exit.

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Headlamp

A headlamp is a lamp attached to the front of a vehicle to illuminate the road ahead.

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Highland Park Chrysler Plant

The Highland Park Chrysler Plant, located in Detroit, was the original headquarters campus of the Chrysler Corporation, which was originally the Brush Motor Car Company factory location until through a series of acquisitions, became the property of Chrysler.

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Highland Park, Michigan

Highland Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Leaf spring

A leaf spring is a simple form of spring commonly used for suspension in wheeled vehicles.

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Lincoln-Zephyr

The Lincoln-Zephyr is a line of luxury cars that was produced by the Lincoln division of Ford from 1936 until 1942. Chrysler Airflow and Lincoln-Zephyr are coupés, sedans, streamline Moderne cars and streamliner cars.

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Lithography

Lithography is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water.

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Major Bowes

Edward Bowes (June 14, 1874 – June 13, 1946), professionally known as Major Edward Bowes, was an American radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s whose Major Bowes Amateur Hour was the best-known amateur talent show on radio during its 18-year run (1935–1952) on NBC Radio and CBS Radio.

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Manuel L. Quezon

Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in 1944.

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National Historical Commission of the Philippines

The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (Pambansang Komisyong Pangkasaysayan ng Pilipinas, abbreviated NHCP) is a government agency of the Philippines.

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Olive (color)

Olive is a dark yellowish-green color, like that of unripe or green olives.

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Owen Ray Skelton

Owen Ray Skelton (February 9, 1886 – July 20, 1969) was an American automotive industry engineer and automobile designer.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Peugeot

Peugeot is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis.

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Peugeot 202

The Peugeot 202 is a supermini developed and designed by the French car manufacturer Peugeot. Chrysler Airflow and Peugeot 202 are 1940s cars and sedans.

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Peugeot 402

The Peugeot 402 is a large family car produced by Peugeot in Sochaux, France, from 1935 to 1942. Chrysler Airflow and Peugeot 402 are 1940s cars.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Pierce Silver Arrow

The Pierce Silver Arrow is a luxury car produced by American luxury automaker Pierce-Arrow in 1933.

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Pontiac Streamliner

The Pontiac Streamliner is a full-size car produced under the Pontiac brand by General Motors from 1942 until 1952. Chrysler Airflow and Pontiac Streamliner are coupés, full-size vehicles and sedans.

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Power-to-weight ratio

Power-to-weight ratio (PWR, also called specific power, or power-to-mass ratio) is a calculation commonly applied to engines and mobile power sources to enable the comparison of one unit or design to another.

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Presidential Car Museum

The Presidential Car Museum (Museo ng Pampangulong Sasakyan) is a museum within the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

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Quezon City

Quezon City (Lungsod Quezon), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read and pronounced in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines.

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Rumpler Tropfenwagen

The Rumpler Tropfenwagen ("Rumpler drop car", named after its raindrop shape) was a car developed by Austrian engineer Edmund Rumpler.

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Sedan (automobile)

A sedan or saloon (British English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with separate compartments for an engine, passengers, and cargo. Chrysler Airflow and sedan (automobile) are sedans.

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Stout Scarab

The Stout Scarab is a streamlined 1930–1940s American car, designed by William Bushnell Stout and manufactured by Stout Engineering Laboratories and later by Stout Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan. Chrysler Airflow and Stout Scarab are 1940s cars.

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Straight-eight engine

The straight-eight engine or inline-eight engine (often abbreviated as I8) is an eight-cylinder internal combustion engine with all eight cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase.

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Straight-six engine

The straight-six engine (also referred to as an inline-six engine; abbreviated I6 or L6) is a piston engine with six cylinders arranged in a straight line along the crankshaft.

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Streamline Cars

Streamline Cars Ltd was the company responsible for making the Burney car designed by Dennis Burney. Chrysler Airflow and Streamline Cars are streamliner cars.

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Streamline Moderne

Streamline Moderne is an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s.

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Streamliner

A streamliner is a vehicle incorporating streamlining in a shape providing reduced air resistance.

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Tatra 77

The Tatra 77 (T77) is one of the first serial-produced, truly aerodynamically-designed automobiles, produced by Czechoslovakian company Tatra from 1934 to 1938. Chrysler Airflow and Tatra 77 are cars introduced in 1934 and streamliner cars.

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Tatra 97

The Tatra 97 (T97) is a Czechoslovak mid-size car built by Tatra in Kopřivnice, Moravia, from 1936 to 1939.

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Toyota

is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan.

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Vehicle frame

A vehicle frame, also historically known as its chassis, is the main supporting structure of a motor vehicle to which all other components are attached, comparable to the skeleton of an organism.

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Virgil Exner

Virgil Max "Ex" Exner Sr. (September 24, 1909 – December 22, 1973) was an automobile designer for several American automobile companies, most notably Chrysler and Studebaker.

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Volkswagen Beetle

The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, is a small car produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003. Chrysler Airflow and Volkswagen Beetle are 1940s cars and sedans.

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Volvo

The Volvo Group (Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg.

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Waterfall

A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops.

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Wheelbase

In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the horizontal distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels.

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Wind tunnel

Wind tunnels are machines in which objects are held stationary inside a tube, and air is blown around it to study the interaction between the object and the moving air.

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Wright brothers

The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.

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See also

Cars introduced in 1934

Streamline Moderne cars

Streamliner cars

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Airflow

Also known as Airflow Chrysler.

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