The Best Looking Cars Of All Time

Words: Charlie Austin

In the world of cars you have sports cars, exotic cars, super cars, and hyper cars. And with the picture of that Ferrari F430 Scuderia 16M to the left, you are probably imagining an article filled with the Ferrari 458, the Lamborghini LP670 SV, the Mercedes SLS, and all the other cars that even the average bloke on the side of the road knows, like overplayed songs on the radio; you would be wrong. You see, Ferraris and Lamborghinis are designed to appeal to women and prepubescent kids, they just aren't that macho, but there is a breed of car, a rare breed, reserved for the gazillionaire alpha male. These boxy, alien looking cars were spawned in a time before DVD players and global warming, and they are the head hanchos of the car world, the best looking cars of all time.


DeTomaso Pantera GT5  


The first on the list comes from the land of Ferrari, Pagani, and Lamborghini, but no, it's not one of the aforementioned; it comes from the relatively unrecognized auto manufacturer DeTomaso. The DeTomaso Pantera GT5 like the Vector W8 is mean, it's edgy, and it would give the kid with a picture of a Ferrari on his wall nightmares. As the original Pantera's production tapered down to just 100 cars a year, the modified GT5 was introduced (1980). The GT5 used larger everything: brakes, wheels, tires, and body kit and with 330 horses, it didn't just look good, it was fast. With a price that will buy you a Ferrari 328, we wonder why the Pantera GT5 doesn't get as much notoriety, cause after all, it is one of the best looking cars of all time.

Vector W8 


The next car, no it's not made out of legos we promise, and star of the movie "The Rising Sun" is the Vector W8. The California based company vector produced road cars from 1989 to uh.. the early 1990's; however, in it's short lived life came the W8 - no it doesn't have a W8 but that's beside the point - one of the most radical cars of all time. Built out of both aircraft and automotive parts, the car retailed for $455,000 and reached a top speed of 242 mph. We imagine at the time one might have considered a Ferrari F50 in the same price range and we admit the Vector W8 is not for the faint hearted, but with the lines that couldn't have been drawn with much more than a ruler and the gauge-less and spacecraft like interior, the W8 is one of the best looking cars of all time.

Lamborghini Countach 


The final car on the list might be the one you have actually heard of and contrary to the introduction of this article, yes, it is a Lamborghini. Like the others, its focal point is it's futuristic exterior and massive rear-mounted engine. The Lamborghini Countach was the beginning of a revival for the deteriorating Italian car company, coming before the legendary Diablo that brought Lamborghini back in the game. At first site the Lamborghini Countach has more lines than a sheet of graphing paper and a rather awkward stance and with well over 300 horsepower, it went like a Lamborghini too. We reckon, with it's edges and forward stance, the Lamborghini Countach is one of the best looking cars of all time.