As Fast As It Looked.(Escape Roads)

Byline: BROOKS BRIERLEY In the 1950s Dodge was moving beyond its reputation for dependability. A new 150-hp Red Ram Hemi V8 engine had set 196 American records, and this called for a new body to trumpet the firm's accomplishments. Chrysler Corp. commissioned Virgil Exner, best known for the new postwar Studebaker, to create a series of eye-catching "idea'' cars for its different marques.

One of the more intriguing was this Dodge Firearrow sport coupe, introduced at the 1954 Detroit Automobile Show. The two-seater was third in the Firearrow series, following two ...

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