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Close-up of a 1948 Cadillac rear fender with its first modest tail fin housing the taillamp, the beginning of Harley Earl's fin era
Car Features

The Tail Fin Story: How Harley Earl Changed Car Design

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
1959 Cadillac Series 62 rear view showing towering tail fins and bullet taillights, the high-water mark of the American land yacht
Car Features

The Land Yacht Era: Why American Luxury Cars Got So Big

Sarah Whitfield · · 8 min
Towering tail fins and twin bullet taillights of a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado
Car Features

Who Did Tail Fins Best (and Worst)? A Design Retrospective

Jim Vasquez · · 6 min
1959 Cadillac tail fin and twin bullet taillights — close-up detail
Car Features

Cadillac's 1948 Tail Fin and the Fin Arms Race That Followed

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min