were to be made in a small factory at the corner of Scott Street and Telegraph Road (US 24), Dearborn, Michigan. Although the Scarab garnered much press coverage, at $5,000 (), when a luxurious and ultra-modern Chrysler Imperial Airflow cost just $1,345, very few could pay the hefty premium for innovation. Nine Scarabs are believed to have been built. The vehicles were never produced in volume and were hand-made, with no two Scarabs identical. Immediately following World War II, Stout built one more prototype Scarab, called the Stout Scarab Experimental. It was exhibited in 1946 and was more conventional in appearance, although still equipped with a rear engine. It was a 2-door, featured a wraparound windshield and the world's first fiberglass body. Like its metal counterparts, it too was a monocoque, built up out of only eight separate pieces and featured the world's first fully functioning air suspension, previously developed in 1933 by Firestone. It was never produced. Legacy Stout owned and drove his own Scarab, accumulating over 250,000 miles in travel around the United States. Up to five Scarabs are reported to survive today. A 1935 Scarab in running condition was on display for many years at the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Owls Head, Maine, but was returned to its lender, the Detroit Historical Museum. The Detroit Historical Museum's vehicle was scheduled to be returned to the museum's storage on August 21, 2016, when another car would be rotated into the exhibition. See also Brubaker Box Streamliner: Automobiles for overview of early aerodynamic automobiles Other early teardrop-shaped cars, chronologically Rumpler Tropfenwagen (1921), first aerodynamic "teardrop" car to be designed and serially produced (about 100 units built) Persu car (1922-23), designed by Romanian engineer Aurel Persu, improved on the Tropfenwagen by placing the wheels inside the car body Dymaxion car (1933), US Schlörwagen (1939), German prototype, never produced References External links Motoring Memories: William Stout and his Scarab Futuristic Style: 1935 Stout Scarab (Part III) Stout Scarabs at ConceptCarz 1930s cars 1940s cars Concept cars Pre-war vehicles Cars introduced in 1932 Minivans Cars powered by rear-mounted 8-cylinder engines Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan Defunct manufacturing companies based in Detroit