For a span of about four years, starting in 1957, there appeared to be agreement among the auto designers that the land yachts they were producing would become even more attractive if they had progressively larger fins and more chrome. When the 1959 models rolled off their respective assembly lines, most car companies had taken the tail fin idea about as far it could go and 1960 brought about more subtlety in metalwork. Excessive chroming would continue for a few years. This 1955 Desoto was on the leading edge of the chrome and fin trend.