Highlander SCOTCH ON A CHRYSLER

Considering how bleak the 1930s were due to the Great Depression, remarkable progress was made by the automobile industry during that decade. To be sure, many auto companies didn’t survive, but those that did had made significant improvements in internal combustion engines. They developed automatic transmissions and independent front suspension, integrated fenders into the body and eliminated running boards, stowed the spare tire in a built-in trunk, hid radiators behind stylish grille work and many more advancements.

For 1940, Chrysler Corp. debuted entirely new designs throughout the four brands in its line for the second time in two years. Not considered particularly exciting, their round styling was pleasant with circular sealed-beam headlamps integrated into the front fenders, and front grilles and rear tail-lamps individually designed