8 Cars Everyone Was Driving in 1955!

1955 was one of the biggest years in American automotive history. Record-breaking car sales, powerful new V8 engines, chrome, two-tone styling, and the birth of rock and roll were defining a new era — and these 8 cars were everywhere. In this video, we look at 8 cars Americans were driving in 1955, from the hugely popular Chevrolet Bel Air and Chevrolet 210 to the Ford Fairlane, Customline, Pontiac Chieftain, Buick Century, Oldsmobile 88, and the brand-new Ford Thunderbird. These were the cars filling American driveways, highways, downtown streets, and high school parking lots during one of the most iconic years of the 1950s — the year the American V8 era truly changed forever.