The 10 Most Beautiful Cars of All Time

Yahoo News/CNBC ^ | Colleen Kane

[Michael.SF.]

1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL

It was the fastest top-speed production car at the time. The 1954 edition was the first consumer-oriented (non-racing) car sold with fuel injection.

[oh8eleven]

[rabidralph]

1963 Chevy Nova.

[central_va]

I always thought the 67 - 69 Barracuda coupe had perfect proportions.

[central_va]

I always thought the 67 - 69 Barracuda coupe had perfect proportions.

[Snickering Hound]

The 2002 Pontiac Aztek, truly a beauty that the UAW owned GM needs to push again...

[Uncle Miltie]

My 80 year old babysitter had one of those in the 1970s, yellow with a ragtop. Never got it past 3rd gear....

[shove_it]

1974 Jaguar XKE V12 in British Racing Green

SWEET

[Oztrich Boy]

It is listed, but i'd say wrongly. The windscreen's a bit too vertical to balance the curved body shape

Now Datsun 240z - got it right

[chrisser]

Here's a few I would see as contenders - and this is just from '35-'38...

1935 Hispano-Suiza


1936 MB 540k


1938 Delage


1938 Delahaye

[lonestar]

“Beauty” really is in the eye of the beholder!

[The Cajun]

One of the biggest mistakes of my life when I got rid of it.
Torino Cobra, 429 cu.in., 375 HP, functional ram air injection, $4,200 new.
Idiot Cajun, idiot Cajun.

[PowderMonkey]

Had the exact same car in “Aztec gold.” Drove it from Washington, D.C. to Mexico City and back, summer of ‘68. Talk about a road trip!

[wagglebee]

It's not a bad list, but it's pretty predicable and it totally ignores any earlier stuff and it definitely should have included non-sports cars.

I agree that there should have been a Bugatti and probably an older Packard or pre-WWII Rolls.

Italian sports cars are beautiful and the American muscle cars of the 60s and early 70s are incredible, but I wouldn't label them as beautiful.

[Erasmus]

The a/c was odd, with two large, clear plexi tubes sticking up off the back parcel shelf at the rear window. All Lincolns with a/c had them at the time.

Same thing with the early 50's GM sedans, Cadillac in particular.

[Kartographer]

[Bryanw92]

If you had sold it me, I’d disagree that it was a mistake. But since neither of us have it: go smack yourself in the back of the head!

:-)

[The Cajun]

Bet you brought a bucket when it was spark plug change time.

[Happy Rain]

Driving those things must have been like flying an F4U Corsair...

...such long fronts that if you ran into something hard you still had time to say your prayers before the cockpit hit.

[The Cajun]

go smack yourself in the back of the head! :-)

I do that when I see what they are auctioned for now, around 100 grand a pop.

[fremont_steve]

My first car! On the other hand - the Nissan 300 ZX & the 65 Corvette are my two favorite lookers!