10 Great Car Improvement Ideas Which Never Came True

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8. Streamlined Autos

In the 1930s, the promise of streamlined cars seemed to dominate the car design discussion. The general consensus was that the next big jump in automotive technology was to make cars even longer with a smoother design akin to an aircraft of today to achieve the optimum performance level of automotive technology which had not yet been realized. The design conjecture of this timeframe was that by also adopting the streamline model to the undercarriage and adding front springs to vehicles that the damage suffered in auto accidents would be significantly reduced. Although many of the aspects of streamlined autos have eventually been adopted in the marketplace, the pure design vision of the 1930s is one car improvement idea that never fully came true.