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Another overly aerodynamic car from a few years earlier - Mercedes-Benz W 125, which set a speed record that wasn't outdone for some 80 years. Incidentally, someone tried to outdo them and killed themselves in doing so, which ended car manufacturers going for new records.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W125_Rekordwagen



And also the Ur-SAAB (original SAAB).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_Ursaab

Saab was originaly an airplane manufacturer so it was natural for them to reach for the wind-tunnel when tasked with designing a car.

The Ur-SAAB was never in series production but the (at least in Sweden) very popular production cars took a lot of inspiration from it.

We had one of these when I was a kid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_96

This is an earlier model with even more similarities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_92




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