The world's most beautiful cars ever made ranked
From Aston Martin, Bugatti to Jaguar, these brands are renowned for their much desired and admired engineering and design. But which brand truly has created the most beautiful car ever?While cars are there to take you from point A to B, the stories the design and engineering tells bring a whole other level of intrigue and purpose from the heart of the engine to the chassis and the body’s iconic structure and beauty.
Although views on beauty are quite subjective, UK Private plates supplier Click4reg has taken an interesting approach to ranking the most beautiful cars ever made by applying an ancient Greek mathematical equation to end the debate once and for all. The golden ratio formula is a mathematical formula that determines the ‘perfect’ shape where the discrepancies were calculated from the golden ratio of 1.6180339888.
They took the list of 50 of the world’s most beautiful cars ever made from British automotive publication Autocar and then inputted each car’s official height and width into the Golden Ratio formula. The percentage difference between the golden ratio and the discrepancies gave the final percentage score, revealing the vehicles with the lowest errors, therefore crowning the most beautiful.
Top 20 most beautiful cars ever made based on the Golden Ratio formula
Rank | Car | Ratio | Percentage Difference |
1 | 1994 McLaren F1 | 1.596491228 | 1.33% |
2 | 1970 Lamborghini Miura | 1.649484536 | 1.94% |
3 | 1957 Ferrari TR250 | 1.579875519 | 2.36% |
4 | 1974 Lancia Stratos | 1.576576577 | 2.56% |
5 | 2017 Bugatti Chiron | 1.681518152 | 3.92% |
6 | 1984 Ferrari 288 GTO | 1.705357143 | 5.40% |
7 | 1952 Jaguar C-Type | 1.516666667 | 6.26% |
8 | 1967 Alfa Romeo T33 Stradale | 1.727272727 | 6.75% |
9 | 1966 Ford GT40 | 1.727891156 | 6.79% |
10 | 1969 Ferrari Dino 246 GT | 1.497797357 | 7.43% |
11 | 1987 Ferrari F40 | 1.760176991 | 8.78% |
12 | 1974 Lamborghini Countach | 1.76635514 | 9.17% |
13 | 1961 Lincoln Continental | 1.468727005 | 9.23% |
14 | 2001 Aston Martin Vanquish | 1.459028832 | 9.83% |
15 | 2011 Lamborghini Aventador | 1.786971831 | 10.44% |
16 | 1963 Buick Riviera | 1.44576523 | 10.65% |
17 | 1968 Dodge Charger R/T | 1.440414508 | 10.98% |
18 | 2004 Aston Martin DB9 | 1.422610015 | 12.08% |
19 | 1968 Ferrari Daytona | 1.413654618 | 12.63% |
20 | 2007 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione | 1.413124534 | 12.66% |
The most beautiful car according to the golden ratio is the 1994 McLaren F1 as it earned the lowest percentage difference of 1.33 per cent. This supercar is not only acknowledged as well ahead of its time thanks to its design but it was also praised as the world’s fastest car during its launch and considered to be a technological masterpiece.
With a percentage difference of 1.94 per cent from the golden ratio, the 1970 Lamborghini Miura puts the Italian supercar in second place. The Miura was the fastest street sports car produced during its time and is still considered to be one of the most beautiful cars ever created more than 50 years since its production.
Following in third is the 1957 Ferrari TR250 with 2.36 percentage difference. The 250 Testa Rossa was designed for competing racers in response to the enforced maximum engine displacement of 3-litres on prototypes for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and World Sportscar Championship races, ultimately achieving multiple wins in the following years.
Overall, Ferrari proved to be the manufacturer that has makes the most beautiful cars with nine out of the top 50 displaying a prancing horse badge. Alfa Romeo and Aston Martin follow with five cars each, closely followed in third place by Jaguar with four models listed as most beautiful.
Cars produced before the millennium appear to be the most attractive with over 40 cars making the list compared to 10 models made after the 2000s.
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