Can we call the new eighth-generation Corvette beautiful? Perhaps – but it’s got its work cut out compared to these cars
Published on Aug 12, 2019 03:59:00 PM
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Now the model has undergone a startling transformation, from classic front-engine, rear drive V8 sports car to mid-engine, all-American V8 Ferrari challenger.
Is the 2020 Corvette a beautiful car? It’s too soon to say as knee-jerk reactions to anything are unwise. Need it be beautiful? Maybe not. Not all American cars of today or the past can be so described, but many have proportion, presence and punch in their design, and plenty are pleasingly handsome.
Jojn us, then, for Autocar’s first-ever roundup of what we reckon are the most beautiful American cars
A Hummer in a beauty parade? This is beauty of a different, chunkily robust sort, in the mould of an item rationally designed for heavy-duty use.
Stare at an H3 for long enough and you realize how finely proportioned it is, and how well the shapes of its shallow windows complement its rugged all-terrain mission. H3s are already on the edge of being collectable.
Launched at 1930 New York Auto Show five months after the 1929 stock market crash, Cadillac’s 185bhp V-16 was designed to compete with the very best. Strong early sales soon soon fell away, but Cadillac persisted.
The 452 was offered with limousine, two-seat roadster and four-seat cabriolet body styles, and it’s the roadster, of which just 10 are said to remain, that’s the most stylish.
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