Buick Y-Job
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The 1938 Buick Y-Job is claimed to be the first concept car in history [1].
Designed by Harley J. Earl, the car had power-operated hidden headlamps, "gunsight" hood ornament, wraparound bumpers, flush door handles, and prefigured styling cues used by Buick until the 1950´s.
The "Y" in the name has two explanations:
- All experimental cars were called "X", so Earl simply went to the next letter in the alphabet [2].
- "Y" is an inverted Mercedes-Benz star. An alleged Earl´s in-joke.
