Tail fin
As tailfin is called fin-like extensions, centered in the rear of a vehicle , which first few cars since the 1930s, but especially in the 1950s, according to former fashion feature.
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Introduced by Cadillac in 1948 , this fashion was extended to the entire General Motors range , with Chrysler and Ford following with some delay. The tail fins had their peak in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the USA , especially in the years 1958 to 1960, the manufacturers outbid each other with ever larger and more unusual tail fins. The development culminated in 1959 in what is probably the largest tail fins of the Cadillac Eldorado ever installed on a production car .
American fashion could be found worldwide with some delay: many European and Japanese manufacturers also provided their vehicles with tail fins. While these were sometimes very large in the USA, the German carmakers held back. Larger types such as the Opel Kapitän and the Borgward P 100 had tail fins . The Auto Union 1000 Sp also had very pronounced tail fins . Today in Germany the Mercedes-Benz series W 110 (so-called “small fintail”), W 111 (so-called “large fintail”) and W 112 from the years of construction 1959–1968 are usually referred to as “fintail” . The tail fins were called Peilstege in company jargon , with which they were rationalized as a parking aid.
Especially with Cadillac, tail fins later remained part of the brand identity and can be found there in a hinted form on the models until recently. For several model generations, the taillights have been designed in a vertical design and thus indicate the tail fins.
The Kappa Coupé by Lancia , built from 1997 to 2000, had tail fins that were derived from the rain gutter on the roof.
The tail fin also had a formal influence on the architecture, where googie is used. When aircraft is called the fin in the same orientation fin .
