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===Experimental and prototype vehicles=== [[File:Schlörwagen.jpg|thumb|A prototype [[Schlörwagen]] built by the [[Aerodynamics Research Institute]] in [[Göttingen]], Germany (1939)]] Chronologically: *[[ALFA 40/60 HP|ALFA 40/60 HP Aerodinamica Prototype by Castagna]] (1914) *Persu car (1922–23), designed by Romanian engineer [[Aurel Persu]], who improved on the Tropfenwagen by placing the wheels inside the car body *Burney car (1929-1931), working prototypes designed by [[Dennis Burney]] and manufactured by [[Streamline Cars]] * [[Dymaxion car|Dymaxion]] (1933–1934), U.S. "teardrop" car<ref>{{cite web|first=Allison C.|last=Meier|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dymaxion-car-at-the-national-automobile-museum|title=Dymaxion Car at the National Automobile Museum; Reno, Nevada: The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's Revolutionary Car|publisher=AtlasObscura|access-date=8 May 2021|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508170344/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dymaxion-car-at-the-national-automobile-museum|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Stout Scarab]] (1932–35, 1946), aerodynamic US car * [[Porsche Type 12]] prototype (1934), the model for the 1938 [[Volkswagen Beetle]] *[[Schlörwagen]] (1939), German prototype aerodynamic car, never produced
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