Start of the 1954 French Grand Prix

Streamliners – Daimler-Benz Through The Decades

By Ed McDonough | Photos as credited

The concept of streamlining and streamliners has been around for countless decades, though it is difficult to find two people who agree on just what streamlining means. It has been used in reference to everything from small weapon-like implements to giant locomotives, aircraft and ships. The essential ingredient, however, has always been the quest to make something capable of high speed.

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