100 Most Beautiful Cars of All Time (by Edmunds Inside Line)

[xphiledan]

This is a few days late, but Inside Line posted their list of 100 most beautiful cars ever made:

http://www.insideline.com/features/100-most-beautiful-cars-ever-made.html

Our favorite marque made the list 4 times:
#96 E39 M5
#94 E38
#81 E52
#67 E9

Can't say I agree with the entire list or the order for that matter. Discuss!

[e30e]

There is only one or two actual pretty cars in the top 10, z28 isn't pretty it's bad ass but not pretty; same with the lambos.

[slammin.e28]

#73...there was one in a backwoods yard locally.

It's probably longggg gone by now.

#1, my all time favorite since I was a kiddo.

[willworkfore30s]

countach as number 1? nah mayne. I don't think so.

[lambo]

countach as number 1? nah mayne. I don't think so.

Yeah...it's not a beautiful car...it's a cool car.

[ainadude]

As with anything utterly subjective, a list like this offers all sorts of room for criticism. At the very least, it does provide a lot of eye candy, regardless of whether you agree with this or that car being included on the list. That being said, I have a couple of self-indulgent points:

1) I think it's odd to include several iterations of the same platform (i.e. multiple examples of the traditional 911, both '70s versions of the Camaro/Firebird, etc.)
2) Would have expected to see more post-war British sports cars like the Austin-Healy 100-4/6 or the MGA, for instance -- beautiful cars by any standard.
3) Always go back and forth whether the E9 or the (Euro-version) E24 is the better-looking car. Both beauties, to be sure.
4) About time somebody recognized the understated elegance of the E38, especially the short-wheelbase version. Hard to imagine a better-looking four-door car.
5) Don't think the E31 (8 series) gets the respect it deserves. Very cool car with unique and, to my eye, timeless styling.

I could go on and on but I have work to do. Great day to all.


P.S. The remark about the Countach being a cool car as opposed to a beautiful one? Agreed, and I think that same comment applies to several vehicles on the list (the Audi Quattro Sport, for example).

[Cliche Guevara]

E-Type back at #7?? And where was the DB7? I agree with the guy that mentioned the lack of British sports cars. They are some of the most consistantly pretty cars made.

Oh, and where was the Alfa 8C? That's easily in my top 10.

[JBird]

Land Rover Defender 90!

[tttoon]

Those modern Audis? Sure, buddy.

[brokatrot7]

E9 was my first love. Still plan to have one...

[Charlie]

countach as number 1? nah mayne. I don't think so.

Depends, there's a pretty distinct difference between a '74





And the US-market 80's-tastic model that most of us are used to.





-Charlie

[10Toes]

That is just a list of 100 cars. I didn't even see a DB5 on the list, but they did have a 300zx. LOL

[be34st]

The Miura SV is the only beautiful car I saw.

[slammin.e28]

...also, in before Y U NO PICK ETHIRTYYYY!?!?!?

[Cabriolet]

list is broken... missing the Zonda Tricolor. enough said!