There have always been visionaries with big ideas who pushed the automobile forward and initiated new developments. At the end of the 1950s, the Argonaut was to be nothing less than the perfect car, with over 1000 hp and a top speed of up to 400 km/h. It was to be sold only to the worthy. It was only to be sold to the worthy and nothing was spared in the design to achieve this ambitious goal. Nevertheless, the Argonaut was forgotten again. This report tells the brief history of the American Argonaut models and illustrates it not only with pictures from the time, but also with an extensive collection of original documents, including sales brochures, press releases and correspondence.