# OK then - what's the most beautiful car (all time)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 22, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401 "2001-07-22T04:34:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Speleophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Speleophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speleophile)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/1 "2001-07-22T04:34:20Z")
My nominations… Ferrari 308 GTB (what was that TV detective show that had one???) Jaguar XKE 1969/1970 Mustang Mach I And the Honerable Mention for Outrageous, In-Your-Face, No Attempt To Disguise It’s A Race Car award goes to… The 1970 Plymouth Superbird…with the 426 hemi, of course! One Sunday in June of '88 I saw _thirteen_ of these machines (some may have been '69 Charger Daytona’s) headed south on I-65 between Hunstville and Nashville. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/2 "2001-07-22T04:40:30Z")
The [Shelby Cobra](http://www.cobracountry.com) It will be mine…oh yes…it will be mine. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/3 "2001-07-22T04:56:47Z")
I’ve got to go with the [Ferrari 250LM](http://www.motionalmemories.com/1964-Ferrari-250LM.htm), with honorable mention to the Jaguar E-Type and Ford GT-40. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/4 "2001-07-22T06:11:45Z")
Most beautiful? That’s a toughie. Call me old-fashioned, but the first one that pops into my mind is the [Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost](http://www.rrab.com/rsg_gb.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/5 "2001-07-22T06:29:49Z")
Jeez, I woulda picked the SuperBird for UGLIEST car ever. It was absolutely hideously lame compared to other Hemi models, particularly the Hemi Cuda. A friend of mine used to own a perfectly restored, all-numbers-match '67 Coronet and it absolutely looked like a plain everyday car that your momma would drive, except it had little badges reading “426 Hemi” on the sides, and it was the fastest car in our town. Bad choice on the 68 Mach 1s. My old '65 GT Convertible could outperform any Mach 1 ever built, even the ones with a 351 Cleveland and shaker hood. I’d pick the 65 Shelby GT 350. But for sheer beauty, I’d probably pick the Lamborghini Countache (sp?). I read an amusing magazine article where a guy described renting a Countache to drive up the mountains to a ski resort in Switzerland. He said he skidded off the road in a rather minor crash and the car positively disintegrated around him. These cars are obviously not built for durability, just looks and performance. ---
**Author:** ![Schwanzong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Schwanzong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schwanzong)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/6 "2001-07-22T08:11:20Z")
My vote for the sexiest car of all time:MercedesBenz 450 SL. Accept no substitute. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/7 "2001-07-22T10:54:34Z")
The Citroën DS. ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/8 "2001-07-22T12:01:04Z")
OK, I started the “ugliest/stupidest” car thread, so one might think I have some credential here. I’m about to expose my lack thereof. **Spritle** ’s nominees for the best looking car of all time are: Pantera. Made by Ford in the late 60’s. Hot vehicle. Triumph TR-7/TR-8. Exact same body, difference being V-8 in the 8s and a 2.0L 4 cyl in the 7s. TVR. Older ones looked very James Bond-ish; newer ones make Ferrari’s look like chumps (IMHO!!–don’t throw anything) 1936 Cord. Classic styling in the Dusenberg motiff, without using much chrome. I LOVE the view from the front. And the winner is… Garwsh. If I had to pick a winner, I guess it’d be the Triumph. Only because I own 2 of them and I’ll never be able to by any of the others. ---
**Author:** ![Schwanzong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Schwanzong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schwanzong)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/9 "2001-07-22T12:11:03Z")
No one should be allowed to own two Triumphs until everyone else owns at least one! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/10 "2001-07-22T12:43:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spritle \* > \*\* > Triumph TR-7/TR-8. Exact same body, difference being V-8 in the 8s and a 2.0L 4 cyl in the 7s. > Garwsh. If I had to pick a winner, I guess it’d be the Triumph. Only because I own 2 of them and I’ll never be able to by any of the others. > \*\* \ Triumph TR-7 \ most beautiful car of all time… BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA Oh sorry you were actually being serious? As well as being the ugliest of all the TR’s (a fact made more damnable because the others _were_ so good looking) this car is plain brutesque. Its a magnificent tribute to the last dying gasps of British Leyland and once grand firm Triumph and best forgotten about. If you do want a Triumph have a Herald, Vitesse, GT6, Spitfire, TR 2-6, 2000 or a Stag. All (except the TR6) had gorgeous Mitchelotti/Mitchelotti inspired styling, very distinctive and so sexy looking. If these cars were still alive today you’d be driving them instead of you BMW’s. But getting back to the OP, the [TVR Tuscan](http://www.tvr.co.uk) is of course the most beautiful car in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/11 "2001-07-22T16:49:02Z")
I’ll second the vote for the Citroen DS as one of the most beautiful cars of all time. Even better is the [url=“[http://www.interlog.com/~mgi/citsm.html](http://www.interlog.com/~mgi/citsm.html)”]Citroen SM["/url"] ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/12 "2001-07-22T16:50:55Z")
_smacks self on forehead_ Preview is our friend… [Citroen SM](http://www.interlog.com/~mgi/citsm.html) ---
**Author:** ![urban1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d07c76/32.png) [@urban1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/13 "2001-07-22T16:58:23Z")
Studebaker Avanti [here](http://www.pointhappy.com/cvcars/avanti.htm) ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/14 "2001-07-22T19:15:10Z")
Hmmm… lemme think Lambroghini Miura is right up there Toyota 2000GT I will second the Ferrari 308 and 328 series The original Datsun 240Z also had sexy lines The Porsche 959 There are several others I love, but thats about all I can think of right now on the spur of the moment ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/15 "2001-07-22T20:23:06Z")
'92 Ford Tempo-- Ohhhhhhh baby. ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/16 "2001-07-22T20:36:01Z")
I would likely nominate the 1984 Chevrolet Cavalier. Four doors, no options. But then again, I’m the kind of guy who gets excited over the SGS 2-33A. ---
**Author:** ![K.Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/50afbb/32.png) [@K.Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K.Daniel)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/17 "2001-07-22T21:04:25Z")
A few of its little cousins and siblings have been mentioned already, but the most beautiful car I’ve ever seen is my uncle’s 67 Shelby GT500. ---
**Author:** ![Chinaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@Chinaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chinaco)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/18 "2001-07-22T21:24:52Z")
57 Ford Thunderbird. Hands down. If I were a guy, I’d get a hard-on every time I saw one. The new T-bird’s pretty sweet, too. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/19 "2001-07-22T21:46:43Z")
[Proof that size and speed don’t matter](http://members.aol.com/planetghia/images/ghiabama2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Speleophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Speleophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speleophile)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401/20 "2001-07-22T22:38:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Chinaco: 57 Ford Thunderbird. Hands down. But only in the color that’s invariably described as “titty pink”, right? I keep expecting to see one with a nipple painted on it. The 240Z was a good looking car, but it’s styling is a ripoff of the XKE. The GT40 is great looking, but I wasn’t aware you could actually buy one for the street. Though I didn’t speciy so, I was actually referring to production street cars. If we’re going to include pure race machines, those 6-wheeled Tyrell F1 cars were pretty sexy. 🆒 ChasE, the 351C was far from the strongest engine available in the 69/70 Mustangs. Also available was the 390GT/325HP engine, and the 428CJ/335HP. I’m not sure Ford’s flagship monster, the 427 dual-quad, could be had in Mustings those years, or ever, but the 429 could. If you’re telling me your '65 could outrun a Boss 429, either you or your car must be on nitrous oxide! 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-then-whats-the-most-beautiful-car-all-time/73401.md?page=2)