# Prettiest car ever made? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 16, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226 "2003-12-16T01:11:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/81 "2003-12-19T15:25:34Z")
Ahem . . .[ROLLS ROYCE](http://autonoleggio2s.com/images/rolls.jpg) The classiest, most beautiful car ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/82 "2003-12-19T15:27:12Z")
And the [robin reliant.](http://www.kenneth-norris.co.uk/reliant/reliant/redblu.gif) just kidding. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/83 "2003-12-19T16:54:43Z")
Aw, man! That Auburn boat-tail is incredible! Acknowledging that this is largely/primarily a matter of taste, I would appreciate hearing advocates of modern 2-seaters explain why their submissions are more beautiful than that. In other words, how about people trying to offer comparative factors, in support of their photos? To start, IMO a car like this Auburn combines a impression of power and speed, with a sense of grace and romance which is absent from many of the modern sexy “street rockets.” And many of the muscle cars are certainly impressive, if not intimidating. But I think the brute power they convey is somewhat more one-dimensional than the subtlety offered by the Auburn/Cord/Dusie. Another factor in favor of older cars is that since few of us were around when they were made, they exist largely in the world of our imagination of how things once were. Which is qualitatively different from our recollections of how things actually were when muscle cars came out in our youth, or how things are now as streamlined street rockets push the limits of modern engineering. That type of romantic reminiscence is exclusive to, and tips the scales in favor of the true classics. The closest modern exotics have to that is price exclusivity, which the rare classics share as well. But, of course, that is just MHO. I would appreciate hearing yours… ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/84 "2003-12-19T19:11:52Z")
Well, since I owned 3 of them, I have to put in a vote for the [Datsun 240-Z](http://www.sounddomain.com/memberpage/442599). I just love the look of them, both inside and out. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/85 "2003-12-21T03:32:16Z")
Sam Stone, I had what (I think) was the earliest 240 left (hls3000201), it was a great car, it handled like it was on rails!. Allow me to cast another vote (with a link) for the Jaguar xk120 [http://harwood-enterprises.com/british/photos77.1.html](http://harwood-enterprises.com/british/photos77.1.html) these photo’s are the best that I could find. unclviny ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/86 "2003-12-21T13:58:52Z")
[http://www.maybach.ru/legendary\_slr/index\_en.php?ind=1](http://www.maybach.ru/legendary_slr/index_en.php?ind=1) [http://www.maybach.ru/legendary\_slr/index\_en.php?ind=6](http://www.maybach.ru/legendary_slr/index_en.php?ind=6) ---
**Author:** ![toque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9e8a1a/32.png) [@toque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toque)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/87 "2003-12-21T15:35:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manwithaplan \* > \*\*I give you [the Citroen DS](http://www.cyberlink.ch/~hochstra/ursh/ds.html). Look at those big eyes. Isn’t she beautiful. \*\* I concur. ---
**Author:** ![hyjyljyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@hyjyljyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyjyljyj)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/88 "2003-12-21T17:13:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Boo Boo Foo \* > **You’re in Japan, right? Name the last “classic” car ever to come out of Japan, and there’s your answer. Japan is a country which specialises in the export of consumer electronics, automobiles, and optical cameras. But aesthetic innovation is NOT a term which I ever hear associated with Japan. However, the art of copying something and refining it is certainly a term I hear associated with Japan, but not the words “aesthetic innovation”.** Shoot. I was gonna say the Acura NSX. OK, 2nd choice is Aston Martin Virage. Followed closely by Volvo V70 Wagon. (Hey, we’re allowed to be different here, right?) ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/89 "2003-12-21T17:33:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by essvee \* > \*\*JR, thank yew. > > That Lago is the epitome of Art Deco design. Wow is all I can say. > > For American muscle, there is a Riviera, pre- boat wing, that I see every once in a while. It’s majestic and powerful and gorgeous. \*\* Err, that’s boat _tail_! Sorry, as a Riv owner and lover I just couldn’t resist. My sister is a boat tail fan, and I’m in love with the 60s models as you describe, the 63s and 64s are especially gorgeous. Mine is a 69, silver and black similar to the 68 here in the link… [http://www.redeemer.on.ca/~cknowles/chron/chron.html](http://www.redeemer.on.ca/~cknowles/chron/chron.html) But someday, I’d love to get my hands on a 64, known as the “Forgotten Muscle Car” (though WHO could possibly forget this beauty?)… [http://www.redeemer.on.ca/~cknowles/chron/chron.html](http://www.redeemer.on.ca/~cknowles/chron/chron.html) ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/90 "2003-12-21T17:40:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheInterruptingCow \* > \*\*Close, very close…but… > > [1935 Auburn Boattail Speedster](http://www.californiaclassix.com/archive/35_Auburn_c167.html) \*\* Oh heavens!!! [homer simpson]mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, gorgeous car…grrrrrgggllllllggggllll[/homer simpson] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![blasphmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@blasphmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blasphmer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/91 "2003-12-21T19:19:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Casey1505 \* > \*\*Ladies and gentlemen, the [Chevrolet Monte Carlo](http://www.thrashercharged.com/Monte_Carlo_htm/monte_carlo.shtm) \*\* I don’t really like those big oval blobs from the 30’s, and since it seems we’re descending to modern cars here’s my favorite “car-we-can-all-afford” [http://www.toyota.com/images/vehicles/index/celica\_mainlg.jpg](http://www.toyota.com/images/vehicles/index/celica_mainlg.jpg) Course I’ve got the foglamps, blue paint, and new wheels. No “fancy” grpahics though. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/92 "2003-12-21T19:38:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by unclviny \* > \*\* > Allow me to cast another vote (with a link) for the Jaguar xk120 [http://harwood-enterprises.com/british/photos77.1.html](http://harwood-enterprises.com/british/photos77.1.html) these photo’s are the best that I could find. > \*\* IIRC the Jaguar XK120 and the Bristol mumble mumble were “influenced” by the BMW 328 - not too shabby looking itself [Pic](http://www.ferrariownersclub.co.uk/happenings/2002/november/ennstal/BMW-328-(80-hp-1937)---E.-v.jpg) [Pic](http://www.bmw-veteranen-club.ch/images/328.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/93 "2003-12-21T22:42:36Z")
Thanks for the correction, Canvas. Those Rivieras are so ballsy and majestic. I love em. The one in my neighborhood must be a 65 or 66, because the angle of the rear window isn’t as pronounced as later years, and it doesn’t have those indent-y things on the side. American muscle and luxury cars from the 50s and 60s are the balls. Even AMC had a nice one (in the early 70s aI think with the Challenger. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/94 "2003-12-21T22:46:09Z")
Whoops. I meant Javelin. The Challenger was Dodge. Javelins were made in the late 60’s through early 70s. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/95 "2003-12-21T23:16:40Z")
nice **casdave**. Might even make me rethink my choice, the Ferrari Dino 246 GT. [http://www.geocities.com/fgto412/dino246gt/](http://www.geocities.com/fgto412/dino246gt/) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/96 "2003-12-21T23:47:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by essvee \* > \*\*Thanks for the correction, Canvas. Those Rivieras are so ballsy and majestic. I love em. The one in my neighborhood must be a 65 or 66, because the angle of the rear window isn’t as pronounced as later years, and it doesn’t have those indent-y things on the side. > > American muscle and luxury cars from the 50s and 60s are the balls. Even AMC had a nice one (in the early 70s aI think with the Challenger. \*\* Don’t forget the [AMX.](http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/amc-amx/amc-amx.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Psalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Psalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psalex)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/97 "2003-12-21T23:48:27Z")
[Porsche 959](http://erntheburn.tripod.com/autos/959/) [Opel GT](http://www.opelgt.cc/) [1993-95 RX7](http://www.rx7heaven.com/images/012302.jpg) [1993-95 Toyota Supra](http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/lancia/58/gallery/toyota/supra.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Psalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Psalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psalex)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/98 "2003-12-22T01:45:06Z")
Just watched Victory By Design on Speedvision- Ferrari. I would like the [Ferrari 275](http://www.supercars.net/Pic?s=7&y=1966&m=Ferrari&o=275%20GTB/4&p=http://www.supercars.net/servlets/PW/garagePics/DannyG/1car6.jpg&b=http://www.supercars.net/garages/DannyG/1v2.html) under my tree, please. [Here](http://www.classicauto-sales.com/cars/ferrari66/f.jpg) is another. [One more…](http://www.ferraristi.net/images/275/275001.html) I will go now. I need to be alone with my images. ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/99 "2003-12-22T10:47:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Satasha \* > \*\*The Lamborghini Countach is simply the most wonderful and beautiful car ever made. > > [http://www.blaise27.demon.co.uk/lambo/archives/jpegs/count1.jpg](http://www.blaise27.demon.co.uk/lambo/archives/jpegs/count1.jpg) \*\* Only if you’re a 12 year old boy. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226/100 "2003-12-22T11:40:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > \*\*Don’t forget the [AMX.](http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/amc-amx/amc-amx.shtml) \*\* Awwww, that’s cute!!! Sort of a baby muscle car. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prettiest-car-ever-made/219226.md?page=6)