Astonishingly beautiful classic

[JCarp16]

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/road-cars/gallery-ex-fangio-alfa-romeo

Is it just crash protection that prevents modern cars looking this good? Or 'fashion'?

 

[Parabolica]

That's beautiful. Italian cars are. There's a lovely, similar car in the film "My House in Umbria" with Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall and Ronnie Barker, it's a 4 seater convertible version.
Pre-war Alfa's were special too but the period from the late 1940's to the early 1970's produced some of the most gorgeous cars ever built, from all countries. The Miura, most of the Ferrari 250's along with the Dino and Daytona, the 50's Maserati two seaters, some Fiat sports cars, etc etc.
We had the Jags, the best looking of which (in my opinion) was the C-Type but the Zagato Aston Martin is another from that era that has a timeless beauty.
The mid-sixties Corvette, the early 911's and some very nice oddballs like the Volvo P1800, Bizzarini, Monteverdi and Intermeccanica. All very stylish and evocative of the age.
It's a good job I'm not extremely wealthy, I'd need a garage the size of Wembley Stadium

 

[Parabolica]

And here are some of them :yum:

 

[JCarp16]

Timeless indeed. Can't imagine many of today's designs ageing that gracefully.

 

[AndyRKett]

1950s and 60s cars are simply some of the most beautiful cars made

 

[JCarp16]

1950s and 60s cars are simply some of the most beautiful cars made

True - the term 'Golden Era' really does apply in terms of car design. Maybe the current era will be more admired for technological innovations.

 

[Parabolica]

www.jdclassics.com have a particularly beautiful Zagato bodied 250 and a lovely little 1960's Alfa Giulia in stock. They are usually one of the main sponsors of the Mille Miglia so their prices tend to be eye-watering Their Jags are always on the button too.
www.dkeng.co.uk have a very nice Pininfarina bodied 166MM and www.talacrest.com have some of their usual high end Ferrari collectables in stock including a 250 California.