The Scarab was William Bushnell Stout's attempt to "Simplicate and add more lightness," a motto he adhered to during his design processes. To understand the Scarab, one must first know the man who ...

Leslae J. Rose, 99 years old, passed quietly from this life on February 7, 2025 at the home of her daughter, Virginia Lee Eagleston. She was born June 12, 1925 to Helen and Lester Johnson of ...

The Stout Scarab, designed by William Bushnell Stout in 1936, is often considered the world’s first minivan. Its unique, beetle-like shape and spacious interior were revolutionary at the time.

We don’t see the Ioniq 6 as perfect by any means. The 11.2-cubic-foot trunk is small, rear-seat space is tight for adults, and taller folks will need to do a duck-and-slide to get in. Some ...

So, while seasoned car spotters may recite the family trees of Ford, Ferrari, Jaguar, or Porsche, it’s a sure bet that they could ever have imagined the American 1932 Stout Scarab or the 1935 ...

So, while seasoned car spotters may recite the family trees of Ford, Ferrari, Jaguar, or Porsche, it’s a sure bet that they could ever have imagined the American 1932 Stout Scarab or the 1935 ...

Honing in on two cars most car buyers have never seen, the 1934-39 Stout Scarab and the 1938 Phantom Corsair, they have produced a swoopy teardrop of a sedan with the hard edges of a harbor seal.

Hyundai claims the 1930s Stout Scarab as inspiration—and though that obscure machine and the Ioniq 6 are nearly a century apart, once you see pictures of the two, you know the notion isn't just ...

The Ioniq 6 feels like a pastiche of 1930s-era aerodynamic streamlined cars like the Chrysler Airflow or the Stout Scarab, but mixed in with an obscure callback to 1990s-era efforts from Hyundai ...

Some critics call the car’s shape derivative of Porsche, but the true inspiration was the Stout Scarab, a wildly aerodynamic Art Deco car built in Detroit in the 1930s and ‘40s. In addition to ...

But the Ioniq 6 is measurably more aerodynamic than that concept or the Ioniq 5, with design inspiration from the fantastical, Art Deco 1930s-era Stout Scarab.

Hyundai calls this an "electrified streamliner," drawing inspiration from the Art-Deco Stout Scarab of all things, and other low-drag cars in the pursuit of aero efficiency.