What is the most beautiful car ever?

[Damien Evans]

The Ferrari F2000.

Duh.

 

[Shrike]

Car designers are full of carp anyway.
At least, they became that way in the 80's and 90's, when magazines started to interview them.
Of course, I'm not talking about the Opron's and Pininfarina's of this world.
Most beautiful car IMO? Aston Martin DB4 Zagato.
http://robson.m3rlin.org/cars/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/aston_martin_db4gt_zagato-_1960-copy.JPG

 

[Bikewer]

I'm surprised the classic VW Beetle didn't make the list. I had 5 of 'em.....

 

[quarky]

My best buddy in high school had a Studebaker Avanti. His mom had the Lark.
The Avanti had posi-traction and overdrive. The Avanti was very fast, but not much of a looker.

3-wheeled Morgan, with wood body, for looks.

 

[Holler Hoojer]

The 1938 Hispano Suiza J12. And, perhaps the least fuel efficient prior to the Hummers.

 

[RoboTimbo]

The Hummer H2 SUT.

 

[Z]

H2s suck.

H1s all the way.

I just don't like the Citroen, but there were a couple of cool commercials out there. I have one on my hard drive at home, plus a cool spoof.

In the original, the Citroen transforms, does a little dance, and transforms back. The tagline: Alive with Technology.

In the spoof, an older model Citroen transforms, does a little dance, and transforms back - dropping a few feet onto the pavement and shattering. The tagline: Zero technology.

I tend to lump the Citroen in there with the Volvo - ugly, ugly, ugly. Car design by someone used to working on furniture.

Give me over-priced, too-fast, over-sensitive Italian sports cars any day. Or American muscle cars.

Actually, for aesthetics, that car the Nazis gave the middle eastern guy in that one Indiana Jones movie. It was beautiful. Or, better still - the car Nemo drives in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I'll take 2.

 

[dtugg]

Lamborghini Miura

 

[Biscuit]

Actually, for aesthetics, that car the Nazis gave the middle eastern guy in that one Indiana Jones movie. It was beautiful.

In the movie they call the car a rolls royce Phantom II but it was actually a 20/25. Nice cars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_20/25

 

[gumboot]

My penis.

 

[Cobalt]

The Nissan GT-R. Pure excellence.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

[Hummer] H2s suck.

H1s all the way.

The H1 is the only real Hummer — a civilian version of the military HMMWV. The H2 and the H3 are pretenders, overpriced versions of trucks that GM sells much more cheaply under the Chevrolet and GMC brand names.

 

[Just thinking]

Lamborghini Miura

Absolutely ... number 1.

Another favorite of mine was on the list, the Lusso.

But wait ... no mention of the Maserati Ghibli? ... that's certainly number 2!

And let's not forget the 246 Dino.

 

[X]

The Hummer H2 SUT.

Allow me to break down the Hummer lineup for you...

At the top we have the Humvee. A rugged, do-it-all military truck. Which, for some inexplicable reason, a governer of perhaps the most ecologically-forward state thought it would be nice to have as a daily driver.

Next up, we have the H1. It's like the Humvee, but without the spartan utilitarianism. It's a dressed-up pretty-boy with dreams of being a real Hummer. A wannabe, in other words.

Going down the list, we have the H2. It's a wannabe H1. And, frankly, it's kind of pathetic when you aspire to be something that is itself a wannabe. The H2 is a wannabe wannabe Humvee. Just sad.
The SUT version is a confused H2. It doesn't know what it's orientation is. Truck, or SUV? Call it a sexually confused wannabe of a wannabe.

Which brings us, finally, to the H3. The wannabe H2. It being a wannabe of a wannabe is pathetic, what do you call it when a vehicle is a wannabe wannabe wannabe?


Really, the H2 should not be on the list.


I am forced to concede, however, that the Aston Martin DB4 Zagato brought up by Shrike is indeed stunningly, achingly beautiful. I put it right below the '63 Vette in my earlier post. And above all the other cars mentioned.

 

[Roadtoad]

If you had to boil it down to one car, though, I think X and I have made it clear:

'63 Corvette Stingray Split Window Coupe. Period. There is nothing as beautiful on four wheels.

 

[hgc]

I gotta give a hat-tip to ...

1) Old Bugatti > 57SC Atlantic

2) New Bugatti > Veyron

 

[madurobob]

OK - I think I'm the only one who approved of the choice of the Goddess (DS) as #1. But, generally, my favorite cars run a bit earlier. this is the kind of stuff I like:

Rolls Royce PII Jonckheere Aerodynamic Coupe.
If this one is not bulletproof, it should be. I think my old '62 beetle would fit under the hood.

'29 Auburn Boat Tail Roadster
A cool car, and almost affordable even today.

Horch 853
For nights at the opera, I guess

Bugati 57C
Art Deco on wheels

50 Healey Silverstone
I love the dual-function rear bumper

 

[TsarBomba]

You all are nuts.

1974 Gremlin. Like this one, except mine was green.

I beg to differ, Sir. The 1974 Fiat 128 four door was much more beautiful (it was also the first car I ever owned, so I am partial).

One sweet red beauty!

 

[Thunder]

Read an article that had car designers vote on the most beautiful car ever. Not going to say what it is to avoid influencing any opinions.

Don't click.

Anyone have an opinion on what the most beautiful car ever is?

This is the most beautiful car in the history of cardom.

 

[steve s]

AMC Pacer - Ugliest American car ever made. Ever.

Except that the Pacer had the It's-so-ugly-it's-cute factor going for it. I think the AMC Matador was uglier. The ugliest IMO was the VW Thing.

Steve S.