In the 1960s, Detroit sent out sleek and predatory two-door coupes whose styling was refined in wind tunnels and tested on racetracks. The most baroque of these inventions came from Plymouth and Dodge, which added ungainly stabilizer wings to make the pterodactyl-like Superbird and Daytona. (The rear spoiler provided no real aerodynamic advantage until you hit about 180 mph, but they became valuable collector's items, in both their full-size and Matchbox versions.)
But the prettiest was the Plymouth Barracuda Fastback, with an enormous curved back window -- courtesy of Pittsburgh Plate Glass -- set into a teardrop trunk. The Plymouth division was discontinued in 2001 and Chrysler has quashed persistent rumors of a Barracuda revival.
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