Apparently, after the Lawson designed Tucker Torpedo appeared in ads, a designer at Chrysler, Jon W. Hauser, was inspired to create Le Prix in 1946. It looks an awful lot like a Tucker Torpedo crossed with a Chrysler Airflow.
Oh, the illustration appears in the 2nd issue of Motor Trend Classic which is currently on-sale. The magazine also has a number of different prototypes, including 'Vettes, Alfa Romeo’s B.AT.s, and a big article on the Citroen DS.
I’ve often wondered how much the Tucker designers were influenced by Tatra, but unfortunately, the folks who could answer that for certain have all passed on.
Here’s the concept drawing for a Tucker that inspired the Chrysler drawing.
