Sinanation’s take on Classic Cars
Posted in Art, Cars on April 26th, 2008 by SinanYou can save time and care to these great masters only when you are done overdriving today’s engineering wonders. Here are my favorites:
Ferrari 250 California Spyder
One of Ferrari’s most beautiful cars. The Ferrari 250s were built between early 1950s and 1960s. This version of 250 was designed to be exported to the U.S., thus was given the name “California Spyder”. Only a little more than 45 California Spyders were built. In 2007 one was sold in Florida for USD 4.5m.
Porsche 550 Spyder
Built by Porsche in 1950s. It was designed as a racing car and thus was manufactured really close to the ground. Porsche 550 Spyder is also know as the car in which the famous actor James Dean died.
Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic
Unlike its famous younger brother Veyron, Type 57 was designed by Jean Bugatti himself, who died in one while test driving the car. Only two exist today and one is owned by Ralph Lauren. The other one belonged to the world-famous American Neurologist and avid car collector, Dr. Peter D. Williamson who passed away in 2008. His Bugatti was sold for a record of USD 30m at a classic car auction held in California on 8 May 2010. The record was previously held by a 1957 black one-seater Ferrari Testa Rossa sold for USD 12m in 2009.
Jaguar XK-E
XK-E was manufactured by Jaguar between 1961 and 1974. When it was first released Enzo Ferrari described it as “the most beautiful car ever made”.
1955 Chrysler Falcon
This two-seater concept car was designed by Chrysler in 1955 to compete with Corvette and Thunderbird. Only one was produced and it was eventually bought by a private investor. Falcon is Chrysler’s first model with exhaust pipes on the side.
