Thursday, August 19, 2010

The 10 Most Beautiful Cars of All Times

Cars have always been associated with beauty and style and one of the major reasons behind it is that all the auto-making companies of the world have deeply worked on the beauty and style of their car at all time and this factor has added luxury with the cars. The trends of car’s designs vary each year but there are some specially designed cars which have created their place in the history and they are still remembered by the people because of their style. In this article I am going to show you some of the top models whose beauty has made them remembered for years and some people still owns those cars as a symbol of luxury of the past times.
Photo by calians.sevan
Photo by calians.sevan

1. Bristol 400

This was a very beautiful car of the time 1947-1950 developed by Bristol Aero plane company and its style got a huge appreciation from the customers as well as the auto markets of that time. Its design was based on the pre-WWII models of BMW and this car also had a frame of BMW 328’s straight six. This car was built on the aircraft standard with a beautiful decoration of wood-framed steel body.
Photo by Miguel_Angel
Photo by Miguel_Angel

2. Jaguar C-Type

This was a fantastic sports car built by Jaguar which was sold from 1951-1953 and the designation ‘C class’ was stood for the competition. This car had got a light weight tabular frame and aerodynamic aluminum body and according to an estimate total of 52 models were built of this car. As claimed by the developers this car was aimed specially for the Le Mans 24 hour’s race and this model has won that race two times. The style and capabilities of this car were warmly welcomed by the racing cars lovers of its time and this car is still remembered among the goodies of car history.
Photo by The Electrician
Photo by The Electrician

3. Mercedes 300SL Gullwing

This was a real style icon for the years 1954-1957 and the people were crazy about this car at that time because of this ultimate luxury and style. This car was among the elite-group cars of its times because the price was affordable for only the elite class. It was initially built as a purpose-built racing sports car and later after some time it got the status of an elite-group luxury car. The main beauty of this car was its stylish “gullwing” doors which made this car a real crowd-puller of its time.
Photo by iPhotograph
Photo by iPhotograph

4. Bentley S Series

This was another very stylish car developed by Bentley which was also called as a silver cloud which has a rolls construction quality. This car ruled the road from 1955-1966 and the period of its fame was huge because of its beauty, style and capabilities. This model was powered by a carryover 4.9liter straight six from the R-type. This car gives a very high quality V-8 performance and another advantage of this car is that its mechanical parts are still available in the market.
Photo by Autoscaph
Photo by Autoscaph

5. Ferrari 250GT SWB

This was claimed to be a flagship model of Ferrari cars in the period from 1959-19663 and this car had made the reputation of Ferrari as the world’s best racing car-making brand of the world and the very unique quality of this was that it was featuring disc brakes which was the new quality brought to the Ferrari cars. It was a most successful early line of Ferrari and attracted all of the racing car lovers of its time.
Photo by zuffi hausen
Photo by zuffi hausen

6. Iso Grifo

This was another style icon of its time made by Italian automaker Iso Rivolta and its period was from 1965-1974 and in that period this car had ruled over the heart of people. Its sleek looks and style were the major factors which were differentiating it from its predecessors whose power was supplied by Corvette V8 which offers up to 365bhp and the top speed of this car was 160mph which was making it one of the fastest cars of that time and another beauty of this car was an automatic gearbox available in this car.
Photo by Jojo Cence
Photo by Jojo Cence

7. Renault GTA

This is a model which is still remembered by the people as the most stylish and powerful sports car. This was a performance version of the Renault alliance vehicle line and with that model the developers were aiming at offering a limited production higher performance vehicle option. It used the same body as Alliance but added a skirt. The speed of this car was quite good and but not that much satisfactory for people as despite of cool looks the badge stopped people of buying it.
Photo by iwanap69
Photo by iwanap69

8. Honda NSX

This car really earned a big name for its developers and the time period of this car is about 1989-2005 which is really exciting. It was coming from the Japanese automaker Honda and it sports a mid-engine and a rear wheel drive layout which was powered by all-aluminum V6 gasoline engine. With the development of this car Honda aimed to change the trend of sports car and they were even successful to some extent.
Photo by aaronwtong
Photo by aaronwtong

9. Aston Martin DB9

This is a car with real beauty, style and capabilities and because of this it is still alive in the hearts of people. It is a throughout sports car with GT level of comfort and capabilities. This car has been aimed with an uncompromising design philosophy which has captured the eyes of every sports car lover. It is a full-blooded sports car and a hugely capable grand tourer which is still earning a good fame for its developers.
Photo by Damian Morys Foto
Photo by Damian Morys Foto

10. Alfa Romeo 8C

This is the most recent sports car among the entire car discussed in this article and it came to the international markets in 2008 and even now the demand for this car has not been reduced by the luxury car lovers. It is a real return to form for Alfa Romeo which is famous for the designs of its cars. It is a very stylish and powerful muscular car which brought luxury along with excellence.
Photo by Robin Kiewiet
Photo by Robin Kiewiet
These were some of the most beautiful cars of all times which had made their place in history and some of these models are still ruling the hearts of their lovers.

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