The Most Beautiful Cars Of 2011
 

Here's some eye candy to hold us over for a few minutes out of our wait for the FR-S (taken from http://autos.yahoo.com/news/the-most...s-of-2011.html).

Enjoy!

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Ferrari 599 GTO


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Jaguar XKR-S


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2012 Audi R8 GT Spyder


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Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid


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Audi A7


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Porsche Cayman R


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Aston Martin V12 Zagato


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2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster


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Aston Martin Virage Volante




And we can expect this car to make it on the list next year... :thumbsup:
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My 2¢:

--The Porsche 918 sure is sweet. It's like Porsche finally remembered how to make a sexy, beautiful car.

--Most Astons are elegant. But not the new V12 Zagato.*

--The Audi R8 is a sharp looking car. Everyone says it's a supercar you can drive every day. But I have never been impressed with Audi's build quality.

--With regard to its front-engine cars, Ferrari has lost its way. They all look blobby. Last week, I saw three 458s in Beverly Hills. (How is that possible? How many of these cars will they produce?) The 458 is a sexy, beautiful car in the old, high way of sexy, beautiful Ferraris. I just wish everyone would calm down and get over this paddle shift transmission b.s. I mean, who wants a sports car with an "automatic"?

--I once saw a tv special on the M-B SLS. It was all about how they are assembled at the factory. Very impressive. But have you seen this car? It's huge. I mean, huge. Think "land yacht."








* Last year, up at the overlook on Mulholland, I saw an Aston Martin DB4 Zagato. Perfectly restored. So pretty! 300 hp in 2200 lb. (approximately). It wasn't until much later that I realized that what I saw _must have been_ a replica, since the DB4 Zagato is super-rare.

^Really? You don't like 599? I've seen 599 in real life and gotta say, I like how it looks more than Enzo... but that's each and their own opinion, I guess.

Few cars in that list I don't agree with are all those convertibles. I prefer R8 coupe than spyder. Same goes w SLS & Austin Virage

599 or 612 or California, they are all too big and ungainly. The 550 was more elegant, don't you think?



I agree.

Hm... I'll take 599 over 550 due to spec, also I like 599 face more than 550. 550 over all have nice smooth design... but not liking 550's face.

BUT I gotta say, best FR car Ferrari ever made imo is 250GTO. Maybe it kinda reminds me of 2000GT? IDK, but just love 250GTO

They forgot...
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Ha! Everybody loves that freakin' car. And, now that you point it out, I can see the resemblance to the 2000GT.


I'm putting my cards on the table: The Dino is the Ferrari that I would choose first. The Pinin Farina design can't be topped, and the power train and chassis somehow came out a lot better than expected for a car that, in many ways, was a second-level priority for Ferrari.

Yeah, but, Neutral, everything looks beautiful in that color green.














:D

Which Dino? wasn't there few Pininfarina designed Dinos?

How about this?


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Is that Dino 246 GT?

Yes. The 246 GT is the one I was thinking of. The last iterations were ca. 1972-74 (I think).

Yeah, it has sweet design. For second, I thought it was De Tomaso Pantera (cuz of rear design).

Pantera has a more wedge look, more sharp lines. Dino is feminine beauty. Curves.

Do like your description :bellyroll: :bellyroll: :bellyroll:

Girls and cars. What else is there? :thumbsup:

UGH that Jag :wub:
If i ever had the money i'd drop it on a XKR-S

Speaking of sexy Jags. My left nut for this car.

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Straight 6, baby!

Damn, I was afraid somebody was going to do this.

Okay, here goes. My #2 Dream Car: Jaguar XKSS.


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This is essentially the LeMans-winning D-Type with a passenger door and a luggage rack. Talk about supercars. Only the McLaren F1 comes close.

God, it's like the E-type with a juicier bum, and a bigger cup size. mmmm... curves...

It's like a cuckoo-crazy E-Type. I still haven't got my head around those curves, and I've been looking at the car for a few years.

As you no doubt know, Enzo Ferrari famously said that the E-Type was the most beautiful car ever created. I don't agree, but I get where he's coming from.

I always thought the 599 was ugly when I only saw pictures of it, but when I saw one on the highway I was very impressed with the styling. The exhaust looks robust and fierce, and the front end looks very sleek. It's a car where the pictures just don't give it justice.

It's a tough list because so few current production cars are actually sexy, at least according to my old-school definition of sexy. Current styling is all about being so over-the-top aggressive it looks like they'll eat your neighbors children, not evoking passionate positive emotion with sex appeal.

However, there are a couple sexy cars currently in production, IMO:
*Aston Martin Rapide, Virage, and personally I think the Zagato is gorgeous even though it doesn't fit peoples' traditional notions of what they think an Aston Martin should look like.
*Lotus Elise & Evora
*Morgan AeroMax
*Jaguar XK[R], but not the R-S
*Audi A7
*Porsche Cayman [S], but not the R

Now, if you think "cute" is sexy, then
*2012 VW Beetle
*MINI Cooper [but not Countryman or Coupe]
*Fiat 500
*Audi TT

I totally disagree that any current Ferrari is sexy. They've fallen into the trap of designing their cars to be outright quick and aerodynamic, and that's not always attractive or lustworthy. The 599 is very awkwardly proportioned in person [the roof is very pinched and tall, and the ass is J-Lo huge]. Don't confuse aggressive with sexy, although the disgustingly tragic popular 2011 definition of sex appears to be skank-of-the-month mass-murdering random ninjas with a slingblade.

i feel like this deserves to be represented a little bit
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A7 and R8 should be replaced with Aventador and LFA.

Audi design gets old pretty quick compares to Mercedes Benz (because it's already old). SLR is still one of the best looking cars out there.

Edit: Add Jaguar CX16, Maserati Gran Turismo S/MC Stadale and Rolls Royce Ghost

- LFA
- Aventador
- Hyundai Veloster
- Lexus GS
- Porsche 991