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A streamliner is a vehicle incorporating streamlining in a shape providing reduced air resistance. The term is applied to high-speed railway trainsets of the 1930s to 1950s, and to their successor " bullet trains ".
The term streamliner generally refers to a vehicle incorporating streamlining in a shape providing reduced air resistance Wikimedia Commons has media related to Streamliners . Subcategories
1947 Pontiac Streamliner Station Wagon. The Pontiac Streamliner is a full-sized car that was produced by Pontiac from the 1942 to the 1951 model years. [1] [2] Streamliners used the larger B-body and, except for the station wagons, used fastback styling. [1] The 1941 Super Streamliner models with folding center armrest were known as Chieftains ...
The Mercedes-Benz W196 (sometimes written as the Mercedes-Benz W 196 R [1]) was a Formula One racing car produced by Mercedes-Benz for the 1954 and 1955 F1 seasons. Successor to the W194, in the hands of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss it won 9 of 12 races entered and captured the only two world championships in which it competed.
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Another was the "Project 200" streamliner designed by his business partner, Matt Guzzetta, and speed tested by Vesco at El Mirage Dry Lake. Project 200 competed in the Craig Vetter Fuel Economy Challenge and in 1983 performed an American coast-to-coast transit without refueling, sponsored by Motorcyclist magazine.
Streamline Moderne is an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s. Inspired by aerodynamic design, it emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements.
The Powell Streamliner model, used by U.S. Airborne troops during World War II, was copied and served as the basis for the original Fuji Rabbit scooter in June 1946 (six months before the first Vespa scooter).