I discussed Airline design using a particularly nicely-styled example here.
The cars shown in profile below are arranged in ascending price-prestige order. Exceptions are the final two, which are of special interest.
c.1933 Hillman Aero Minx 2-3 Seat Saloon - unknown photo source
A tiny car based on a popular model. Besides the rounded profile, there are no running boards.
1935 Hillman Aero Minx Cresta Saloon - car-for-sale photoA tiny car based on a popular model. Besides the rounded profile, there are no running boards.
This four-passenger version has a "pillarless" window arrangement that resembles post- World War 2 "hardtop convertible" styling. Except the after side window does not roll down, being in effect part of the body structure.
A two-passenger Airline.
Another "pilarless" Airline.
SS was the predecessor of the Jaguar, whose brand-name appeared on what had been SS cars during 1935, but apparently after this one was built. A four-passenger car, but with a normal B-pillar.
A very attractive Airline design. Note the fashionable drooping beltline also seen on the Minx Cresta and SS1 above. In each instance, the beltline curve is abaft of the door, as is the roof curve..
This is the design I featured in the post linked above.
A dramatic design with four doors, not the usual Airline two-doors.
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