Daily Telegraph 100 most beautiful cars

[evenflow]

Countdown from 100-1 here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml...

Must say, there isn't too much I'd disagree with, other than the Jag Mk2 at number 12 (too high) and the Ferrari 330 P4 at 25 and Alfa 8C at 23 - probably would have been in my top 5!

[Plotloss]

250 GT California below a Rover SD1?

Was this as voted on by RNIB members?

[Yugguy]

SD1 looks mint.

[kambites]

What's the Bugatti Veyron doing there? It's a hugely impressive car but pretty, it aint.

[Podie]

Plotloss said:

250 GT California below a Rover SD1?

Was this as voted on by RNIB members?

Amusingly an XJ6, but not a TVR in sight...

[sparks87]

The DB7 should have been higher up on that list, in the top 10 IMO

[monthefish]

the Telegraph website said:

The 100 most beautiful cars
...
99 - Triumph TR6
98 - Triumph TR4/5...Visually identical
...

D'oh.

[mat205125]

How does number 15 keep getting in these kind of lists. Am I the only one that thinks they look terrible?

[photo_ed]

Maserati 250f down at 87th ??????

[Yugguy]

Subjective survey in Causes Subjective Divisive Opionions shocker.

[jamieboy]

Also:

Telegraph said:

41 - Maserati Ghibli

(pic of a '90s Ghibli)

The Alfa T33 Stradale, the Ghibli, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band... A good vintage, 1967.

monthefish said:

D'oh.

Indeed.

Edited by jamieboy on Monday 17th March 12:32

[Gun]

Miura should have been number 1 IMHO, or at least second!

Edited by Gun on Monday 17th March 12:44

[Kentish]

Podie said:

Plotloss said:

250 GT California below a Rover SD1?

Was this as voted on by RNIB members?

Amusingly an XJ6, but not a TVR in sight...

And the Audi Quattro!

Uhhmm, Audi TT, Audi Quattro .......uuuuhhhmmm which is prettier, it's a tricky one!

[gruffgriff]

The order looks very suspicious, I`m sure the voters didn`t collude for the sake of alphabetising the results: 1st page: V, TR, TO, P, N, MI, ME, MA etc. Another inaccurate or corrupted league table!

Lagonda Rapide? Well, taste is subjective....

jamieboy said:

monthefish said:

D'oh.

Indeed.

ETA Shame some images have been distorted to suit their `aesthetically pleasing` poll layout! And is it me, or is it not just the wheels that make that Countach look odd?

Edited by gruffgriff on Monday 17th March 13:31

[cml]

These things don't work when the ages of the cars are spread so wide.

There are lots of fantastic 1930s cars that could have been included. And most decent 1960s sports cars look wonderful to me!

What makes a car beautiful is often the comparison with its peers and design and technology has changed so much that the criteria of beauty is difficult to maintain across 100 years.

All in all a bit of a waste of time. Apart from including the XJS at 47

[robbo1]

Each to their own, I guess. I'd like to throw in the following for consideration:
Lotus Elan
Maserati Bora
Jaguar D-type
TVR Tuscan
Datsun 240Z
Lola T70 (as much a road car as the GT40)
Jaguar XJ13
Dodge Charger (yee-haw)

and if concept cars are allowed, how about the recent Ferrari P4/5?

Always thought the Alfa Carabo was fantastic - my Matchbox model was the fastest around - imagine if they'd built it for real!

On a more mundane note, how about the Peugeot 205 & 306 - so good first time they couldn't facelift them!

Edited by robbo1 on Monday 17th March 23:08

Edited by robbo1 on Monday 17th March 23:10

[Demure]

I do like that DS (#2).

Go past one (although it has different headlamps) every time I walk to university, even my friends who are not interested in cars love it!

[Blib]

Had the Telegraph compiler had this photo of the Alfa 33 Stradale.



Then it would have won.

With the Stratos equal 1st of course.

[Festisio]

Hmm, how can this possibly be worthy of a top 10 position?

[Demure]

Why the feck is a Granada Mk1 in the list