It’s the company’s longest strike since 2007. While we wait and hope for a swift and ideally harmonious resolution, let’s take a moment to remember a happier time in the company’s history. The time it stunned America and the world with the world’s first proper concept car: the Buick Y-Job.

Now over 80 years old, it’s impossible to overstate this masterpiece.

Before the Y-Job, it was easy to see that the new-fangled motor car had evolved out of the horsedrawn carriage. After it, everything changed. Let’s find out how: