 Although actually higher, this increased width gave the impression of a much lower and sleeker car, accentuated by the long stabilising tailfin and the purposeful raised ridges over the engine camboxes.This "Blue Bird" was clearly a design of the Modernist '30s, not the brute heroism of the '20s.Mechanically the changes to the car had focussed on improving the traction, rather than increasing the already generous power.