Yahoo Autos 'Fallout' TV show's most interesting car hides in the background of episode 1
Amazon MGM Studios aired the first season of its new TV show "Fallout." It's based on the long-running video game series that takes place in an alternative universe based on 1950s ideas of futurism, with it all leading up to all-out thermonuclear war and the aftermath. So to fit the look, any scenes that take place before the nuclear war feature '50s dress, political ideology, and, of course, automobiles. Most of the cars in the show are actual production vehicles from the time period. One of the main characters, Cooper Howard, drives a gorgeous yellow Kaiser Darrin, and there's even a scene that showcases the car's super cool sliding pocket doors. A Messerschmitt tandem bubble car also makes an appearance (and there are lookalikes that you can find in the game). But the most interesting and unique car shows up in the first episode, and amazingly, it's hidden in the background of various shots.
It doesn't take long to spot it, as it appears in the first few minutes of the show. These scenes start at a birthday party just before the bombs drop, and it's most visible in the shot at top when Howard takes off on horseback with his daughter in search of safety. They race past a big bright red roadster of some sort, with gleaming side-exit exhaust and a rear fin reminiscent of some period race cars. That vehicle isn't made specifically for the show. It's the Plymouth XNR concept from 1960 – or at least it's a replica; more on that in a minute.
The actual 1960 Plymouth XNR concept has a heaping helping of hypnotizing history. It was designed by Virgil Exner (hence the XNR name), who worked at Pontiac, Studebaker, and most famously, Chrysler Corporation. He started at Chrysler with concept cars, and the first production cars credited to him were the "Forward Look" models that included the original C-300 that would eventually inspire the 2005 Chrysler 300.
