Poll: Which '58? (9/23/2024)

Another tough call, but the Imperial wins. Chrysler corporation went all out on its luxury.

Caddy for sure.  I never warmed up to the Imperial although I appreciate the all out luxury they were going for.  👀👍

I did not like either that much but that huge trunk with the fake spare wheel certainly got my attention, then and now.

I voted tie not that liked either one that much.

Imperial for me, "The Finest Expression of the Forward Look"!

(This is John at his finest!) I actually love both but if you are going to be 1958-over-the-top, styling-wise, you might as well go Chrysler! The Imperial was all of that and a bag of Tostito's!!

David, that fake spare cover was referred to, around these parts, as the 'toilet seat'!! 

The Imperial is just something different.  So it gets my vote today.

I voted TIE.  Not because I couldn't pick which one I like the best, but rather because I DISLIKE the looks of both. 

You know it's been stated many times that 1958 was a recession year, and thus car buying suffered.  But I wonder if the car buying was down that year because it was just such an ugly styling year for just about everything from the Big Three.  

@perrone1 

Chrysler used that styling gimmick on their most expensive car and their least expensive car, and some in between.

Both are beautiful and luxurious automobiles and I like them both. 1958 may have been a recession year but the economy as a whole had a downturn that year and my Dad, as well as a neighbor on each side of our house, also bought a 1958 car.  They happened to be three '58 GM cars, my Dad's '58 Chevrolet Bel Air, one neighbors 1958 Pontiac and another neighbors 1958 Oldsmobile.

I had the toilet seat on my '59 Plymouth Sport Fury convertible...it came in handy, but it lacked privacy. 

I'm going with the Cadillac, but I like the Imperial too.