After World War II, Americans were absolutely chomping at the bit for a new car, and manufacturers couldn’t work fast enough to deliver them. Kaiser-Frazer introduced exciting, all-new cars in 1946, delivering the first editions in 1947, some of the first truly all-new cars built immediately after the war. Solid and dependable, Kaiser-Frazer cars were well built and actually forged a lot of new design and engineering territory. Interestingly, many compared Kaisers to more expensive Cadillacs and Continentals, seemingly a great place to be, but buyers were still smitten with better-known brands. Sales were slow, and by the late 1940s, the Big Three were closing ground fast, slowing Kaiser sales even more. Kaiser had to think of something to once again separate David from Goliath—ideas like the Kaiser Traveler, Dragon and Convertible Sedan were born through this brainstorming.
