Abstract

As the nation changed during the depression of the 1930s, the styling of automobiles underwent changes responding to the evolving condition of the culture. First in the Reo Royale on 1931 and then in the De Soto Airflow of 1934, styling evolved to reflect these changes. As streamlined cars emerged, the values of the society may be seen in the look of cars as well as in other areas of expression in America. In both the shaping of the sheet metal on cars and in the colors adorning them, the nation sought security that was otherwise unavailable.

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