Design Review: Stout Scarab (1932-1935)

Nowadays, an automotive designer has to comply with many strict regulations concerning safety, utilise modular platforms and part-bins for cost-cutting, and create shapes that are considered acceptable by a wide target group. He or she is also a member of a large team, where every idea is filtered through management meetings with various levels of directors, engineers and executives. In stark contrast, none of those things applied in the car industry back in the 1930s, especially in special projects like the one we are going to review today.