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1938 Talbot-Lago T150C SS teardrop coupe. |
For instance, the 1938 Talbot-Lago T150C SS Teardrop Coupe is one of the most beautiful cars ever made. It was built in France by two men named Figoni and Falaschi and has classic art deco styling. They are worth millions of dollars today.
The 1963 Chevrolet Corvette had a split back window. It was the only model year that featured that window.
The 1963 Corvette (C2) was the first year of the second generation of Corvettes. It is neither the rarest nor the most expensive Corvette, but it is a beautiful automobile. There were 23,513 built.
Sean Connery poses with a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 (Copyright EVERETT COLLECTION / EVERETT COLLECTION). |
Aston Martin continues to update the cars (they are up to DB11), but nothing can match the original DB5.
A 1956 BMW 507. |
The BMW 507 was only built from 1956 to 1959, with 252 finished. Its styling influenced many later classics such as the Z3, the Z4, and the Z8.
Ford GT40. |
"GT" stands for Grand Touring, while "40" represents the car's height in inches as measured at the windshield.
Ferrari 250 GTO. |
A Ferrari 250 in good condition is one of the most valuable cars in the world. When available, they sell for tens of millions of dollars. While driven successfully in races, it is street-legal.
A 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic. |
Only four Bugatti Atlantics were built, and three of them survive. They are all restored and the stars of any car show.
An Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Lungo on display at the Alfa Romeo Museum, Arese, Lombardy, Italy, Europe. |
There were only 32 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Lungos built between 1937 and 1941. These sell for millions of dollars at auction.
1970 Lamborghini Miura. |
Quickly finding favor, a Lamborghini Miura was featured in the opening sequences of "The Italian Job" (1969). It features in the Gran Turismo 5 video game.
A 1965 Jaguar E-type Series 1 fixed head coupe. |
Many people consider the Jaguar E-type to be the most beautiful car of all time. These admirers included Enzo Ferrari, who knew a thing or two about beautiful cars.
A 1960 Cadillac DeVille Coupe DeVille. |
Along with other American car manufacturers, General Motors embraced the use of big tailfins, which peaked in size in the very late 1950s when the DeVille was introduced. Another distinctive feature was the dual bullet taillights. You may still see an early DeVille with big tailfins on the road today, as tens of thousands were built each year.
A 1958 Ferrari 250 ‘Pontoon Fender’ Testa Rossa. |
The Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa was designed to win the 1957 World Sportscar Championship racing season. There were 33,250 Testa Rossa built in all. Overall, Testa Rossas won 10 World Sportscar Championship races. They enabled Ferrari to win the 1958, 1960 and 1961 Constructor's World Sportscar Championship titles.
A 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing. |
The Gullwings were named for their distinctive gullwing doors. A Gullwing in good condition sold for over $1.2 million in 2019.
A 1927 Mercedes-Benz SSK. |
The Mercedes-Benz SSK was extremely modern-looking for its day. Ferdinand Porsche designed it for Mercedes-Benz before he left to form his own company. It was considered for the title of Car of the Century during voting in 1999. There were fewer than 40 Mercedes-Benz SSKs built, and many crashed in races, so only a handful survive.
A 1953 Jaguar XK120. |
Designed around the new Jaguar XK engine designed by William Heynes, the Jaguar XK reaches a top speed of 120 mph (193 km/h) - hence the "120" in its name.
The 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake. |
In 1967, Shelby branched out to build models based on both the GT350 and the GT500. Shelby built unique models, one of which was the one-off "Super Snake" which was built with a 427 FE GT40 racing engine producing 650 hp (485 kW).
A 1913 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. |
A total of 7874 Silver Ghosts were built. They were viewed as having exceptional quality. This was the result of a conscious decision by the company to prove the car's reliability by putting it through lengthy trials that it passed successfully.
A 1967 Toyota 2000GT. |
Made of aluminum, the 2000GT is a special car. If you have a mint Toyota 2000GT, you could get over a million dollars for it. Not bad for a car that was not taken very seriously at the time.
A Lotus Esprit. |
If the car seems unusually familiar, that is probably because you are a James Bond fan and saw a Lotus Esprit featured in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977). The James Bond films love to showcase all things British, and the Lotus Esprit certainly fits the bill. The car shown in the film famously transformed into a submarine and then drove ashore on a beach. That particular car, called "Wet Nellie," was bought by Elon Musk in September 2013. There actually were several different Lotus Esprits used in the making of the film, and none of them could both drive and go underwater (and survive). Later Esprits were also featured in the James Bond film "For Your Eyes Only."
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