15 Cars Everyone Was Driving in 1957!

Thirty-cent gas, Elvis on the radio, Sputnik in the sky and tailfins in every driveway. In 1957 Detroit built about six million cars, and these fifteen were the ones you saw everywhere, from the little Volkswagen Beetle to the car that finally beat Chevrolet. We count down from number fifteen to number one with the 1957 production numbers, engines, prices in 1957 dollars and the story behind each car: Thunderbird, Chrysler 300C, Rambler, DeSoto, Cadillac, the Chevy 3100 pickup, Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, Dodge, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Plymouth, the Bel Air and the Ford Fairlane. Which one was parked in your family's driveway in 1957? 0:00 1957: Fins, Chrome and Thirty-Cent Gas 2:59 No. 14 and 13: Thunderbird and Chrysler 6:27 No. 12 and 11: Rambler and DeSoto 9:55 No. 10 and 9: Cadillac and the Chevy Pickup 13:04 No. 8 and 7: Mercury and Dodge 16:13 No. 6 and 5: Pontiac and Oldsmobile 19:12 No. 4 and 3: Buick and Plymouth 22:26 No. 2 and 1: Bel Air vs. Fairlane Stock footage and photos: Pexels (pexels.com). Archive photos: Wikimedia Commons contributors — full list of authors and licenses in the pinned comment. Some images are AI-generated illustrations. #ClassicCars #1957 #VintageCars #AmericanCars #CarHistory