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W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: dean on April 18, 2010, 21:50:49

Title: Top 50 most beautiful cars of all time
Post by: dean on April 18, 2010, 21:50:49

stuck in London i stumbled on the UK MSN site.
they list the top 50 most beautiful cars.
http://cars.uk.msn.com/features/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=148049476&page=26 (http://cars.uk.msn.com/features/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=148049476&page=26)

The Pagoda is listed at no. 26. 

I love a lot of these cars, in addition to the pagoda of-course.  My all time favorite although is is way out of reach is the 1960 - 1964 Ferrari 250 GT Spyder California.

I know that many will not agree with the list, as many cars are missing and they have selected 2 Peugeot's for God's Sake!!!  No comments.

Title: Re: Top 50 most beautiful cars of all time
Post by: SteveK on April 18, 2010, 22:55:50

Dean, thanks for sharing!   I'd put our car into the top 10 of the top 50, but then again I may be a little biased.  Hang in their in your travels, I just had my trip back to the US canceled.  (4 hours before take-off!)

Title: Re: Top 50 most beautiful cars of all time
Post by: dean on April 18, 2010, 23:25:28

Hi Steve,
Agree that our car should be in the top 10.
Where are you stuck?

Title: Re: Top 50 most beautiful cars of all time
Post by: SteveK on April 18, 2010, 23:52:16

Well I'm not really stuck.  I have an apartment in Shanghai and a house in Houston.  So my trip back home to Houston will just be delayed for a few weeks while everything sorts out.  At least I have a second home to stay in! 

Title: Re: Top 50 most beautiful cars of all time
Post by: dean on April 19, 2010, 00:12:30

Steve,
i am trying to get to shanghai .....
sent you a PM

Title: Re: Top 50 most beautiful cars of all time
Post by: knockmacool on April 19, 2010, 07:55:11

Quote from: dean on April 18, 2010, 21:50:49

The Pagoda is listed at no. 26. 

Two wing mirrors and all that chrome! Does it belong to anyone here?

Drew

Title: Re: Top 50 most beautiful cars of all time
Post by: Ulf on April 19, 2010, 09:43:02

There was an article in Classic & Sportscar a few months back comparing a 300 SL roadster with the 250 LWB California, great reading with nice pics

Title: Re: Top 50 most beautiful cars of all time
Post by: RickM on April 20, 2010, 23:44:23

How the Lotus Elan beat out the 113 is beyond me....

Title: Re: Top 50 most beautiful cars of all time
Post by: Witt on April 20, 2010, 23:54:14

.......maybe it should have been called: " 50 of the most INTERESTING cars"......

Title: Re: Top 50 most beautiful cars of all time
Post by: gugel on April 21, 2010, 00:28:19

Lists like this are always strange.  How could they leave out the BMW 3.0CS, IMO  one of the most beautiful cars of all time?!?  This is like leaving the Philadelphia Orchestra out of the list of the top 20 orchestras, as did the 2008 Gramophone Magazine survey of classical music critics. 

Chris Earnest

Title: Re: Top 50 most beautiful cars of all time
Post by: abe280SL on April 21, 2010, 04:18:27

How can you leave my 3.0CSI out? I guess a 1937 MB 540k is not in their list..hell, I am surprised they left the YUGO out!
abe

Title: Re: Top 50 most beautiful cars of all time
Post by: Benz Dr. on April 24, 2010, 20:01:24

540K? Now that's a REAL classic! The BMW isn't but it IS a milestone car.

 I had a ride in a 500K special bodied roadster once. Kind of like diving a tractor, a really old one......fantasic car though. If you go to the 190SLweb site and click on to, '' Tom's trip out west '' you can see several pics of this car. I believe it's in the Kemp museum in St. Lious MI.

Title: Re: Top 50 most beautiful cars of all time
Post by: reggie on April 25, 2010, 18:42:59

i wouldnt argue that the jaguar e type is the most beautiful car ever but the pagoda should be in the top ten for sure
no taste some people -  :o