A 1956–59 BMW 507 is always an attractive automobile. Dress it in formal black and photograph it at speed, and now you’re just flaunting elegance unnecessarily.
Conversation Starter: What’s your vote for the best-looking roadster? Talk amongst yourselves.
Image: roadsmile.com
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By Peter Tanshanomi
Tanshanomi is Japanese [単車のみ] for "motorcycle(s) only." Though primarily tasked with creating two-wheel oriented content for Hooniverse, Pete is a lover of all sorts of motorized vehicles.
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Intermeccanica Italia.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5c8491baafe2151a9c7039ae937168f78023f28d68640fe5742e1fe0df5778a7.jpg
Or, you know, this.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4e7983f5bbb83fb48392b53911741931119d4b719dcc388a02b438c4afbc1e7c.jpg
I’m thinking along the same lines, but, do we have to use a production version for it to count…?
http://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Chevrolet/59-Chevy-Corvette-Stingray-DV_13-AI-005.jpg
…come to think of it, especially considering how many kit cars are powered by some flavor of SBC anyway, I wonder how come nobody makes a replica Stingray roadster? If Race Car Replicas can do a replica of the one-of-one XJ13, I would think this would be do-able…
Body too large, or chassis too small?
Or that other American roadster…
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4e7983f5bbb83fb48392b53911741931119d4b719dcc388a02b438c4afbc1e7c.jpg
Just throwing this in as an attempt at handsome.
https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/volvo-p1900-02.jpg
Gotta love Volvo for punching above their weight
Looks like Volvo had a plan for a sports car till it got punched in the mouth, but then, as the saying goes, everybody has a plan till they get punched in the mouth.
https://i2.wp.com/hooniverse.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/volvo-480es-cabrio-prototype-01.jpg?w=720 http://hooniverse.info/2015/06/06/oddball-convertible-weekend-the-volvo-480-cabriolet/
Not sure, maybe Austin Healey 100, Maserati 3500, Mercedes Pagoda SL or MGA
I can offer nothing that, to my eye, tops the 507.
Here’s a non-factory Daf Daffodil that looks pretty: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7baf1b8dad2841df5f7c91c5fca121e47af5bfc8877b07ea5b14aa33fd7273a2.jpg
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“Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged.”
You’re just doing your part. Much appreciated.
Hadn’t seen this before, thanks
https://cdn.barrett-jackson.com/staging/carlist/items/Fullsize/Cars/61116/61116_Side_Profile_Web.jpg
Auburn Speedster. Just look at it.
https://squir.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/5/1/51377.jpg
The original yes, but not one of the replicas!
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I would agree, though I prefer the svelte lines of the 289.
https://www.americancarcollector.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/d8c427c7dd6445d50d9342ac3fcef82e.jpg
May I present the handsomest roadster… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ab5e96a707e8c61fc6ba5da3c52799b74b0b2aaf623ab293af706ec98536b9f0.jpg
with the ugliest roadster ever produced… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1dd3f2bccf56854193dd7d6f6a1ed38e9df59070f1ee6a075c0cc85d99dec350.jpg
The Daimler wasn’t alone in that category…
https://cdn.bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Bugeye-3-940×627.jpg
Someone had to post it!
But the Sprite is so cute! I haven’t found the right one yet but I’m still looking. But the Daimler? At the time in England manufacturers were hiring Italian designers to spiff up their products but Daimler must have had a contest for children of employees to submit crayon drawings of what a sports car looks like and little Andrew won with his “catfish” car.
The Z8 is perhaps the best looking of the modern era.
https://rzpict1.blob.core.windows.net/images/autowereld.nl/RZCATWNL25498999/BMW-Z8-0.jpg