World's Most Beautiful Autos named
As part of the 22nd Annual International Automobile Festival, a team of judges has chosen its Most Beautiful Automobiles of the World for 2007, and no, the U.S. did not come home with a trunk of gold medals in this competition. We Americans will just have to be content with our two silvers.
On the other hand, many of the pageant-winning cars can actually be found on these shores.
List of winners after the jump.
Correction: Looks like I got my international "Most Beautiful Automobiles of the World" contests mixed up. The cars listed on the jump were chosen at the 14th Annual "L'Automobile più Bella del Mondo" competition, Oct. 27th in Milan, Italy. The Annual International Automobile Festival is in France in January when their choice for most beautiful is announced. So it looks like I need someone to translate French and Italian for me cause Google ain't gettin' it. I'm chalking the Scania truck mixup to translation as well. Mulligan?
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City cars and compact cars
Mini Cooper
Second Place: Daihatsu Trevis
Mid-size hatchback
Volvo C30
Second Place: Nissan Note
Mid-size sedans
Volvo S80
Second Place: Chevrolet Epica
Limousine
Bentley Continental GTC
Second Place: Bentley Azure
Coupe
Mercedes CL
Second Place (Tie)
BMW 3 Series Coupe
Jaguar XKR Coupe
Maserati GranSport MC Victory
Coupe-cabriolet
Volkswagen Eos
Second Place: Jaguar XKR convertible
Spider
Alfa Romeo Spider
Second Place: None
Sportscar
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
Second Place: Porsche Cayman
Station wagon
Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon
Second Place: Skoda Roomster
MPV
Citroën C4 Picasso
Second Place: Ford Galaxy
Crossover
Audi Q7
Second Place: Mercedes GL
Special series
Studiotorino RK Coupé
Concept car
Renault Twingo Concept
And so you can argue the merits of the competition's judges, here they are:
Kenneth Noland, American artist
Heinz Mack, German artist
Vittorio Matino, Italian artist
Mario Bellini, Italian architect
Massimo Vignelli, Italian architect
Fiorucci Helium, fashion designer
Carl Rivetti, fashion designer
Tawny Sacco, car designer
Lorenzo Ramaciotti, car designer
Enrico Leonardo Fagone, car designer
Alexander Giudice. car designer
Antoine Prunet, author
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Christine 2:07PM (11/05/2006)
Coupe-cabriolet
Volkswagen Eos
Second Place: Jaguar XKR convertible
wow......
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Kevin 2:10PM (11/05/2006)
1. Coupe-cabriolet
Volkswagen Eos
Second Place: Jaguar XKR convertible
Yeah I can't say I agree with that choice. The VW Eos is not that nice (or at all imo).
I do love that Volvo C30 for some reason though, and I'm not a hatch fan.
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ruggels 2:13PM (11/05/2006)
ditto on the eos. My neighbor has an XKR, I hate that generic front end and hyundai rear end but it's a more attractive car then the eos without a doubt. though i'd take the new tt roadster over either :P
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Andre 2:45PM (11/05/2006)
Chevrolet Epica....yeah right...WTF!!!!????!!!!!
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auto specifications 2:41PM (11/05/2006)
I agree with most of the choices, but not with Coupe categorie where Mercedes CL is on the first place.
There are many other cars most beautifull
http://www.auto-power-girl.com/
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auto specifications 2:43PM (11/05/2006)
I agree with most of the choices, but not with Coupe
categorie where Mercedes CL is on the first place. There are many other cars more beautifull
http://www.auto-power-girl.com/
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stan 2:52PM (11/05/2006)
what about the malibu maxx????
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Rahul 2:54PM (11/05/2006)
Eos over an XKR?
I know some people say that the XKR has a generic front and rear end, but the total package has an undeniable presence, the kind of presence that a 6 series has except that the Jag looks elegant and the 6 looks "extravagant."
The Eos on the other hand has a Jetta front end and the proportions are messed up to make the hard-top cheaper.
And how does the Ferrari 599 win over an Aston Martin?
These awards are worthless.
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ruggels 3:00PM (11/05/2006)
have you stood next to 599 and a DB9 or the AMV8?
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Luis Martinez 3:02PM (11/05/2006)
The winners are all European. The only runner ups are European models as well (we don't get that Chevy). Not a single Japanese car wow. Seems a little biased.
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Nick R 3:04PM (11/05/2006)
the 599? are you kidding me? that would be the last exotic i'd spend my money on.
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Amit 3:05PM (11/05/2006)
Where is the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione?
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epp_b 3:15PM (11/05/2006)
["Chevrolet Epica....yeah right..."]
No kidding! Were they using their beer goggles? How did this earn *any* placement period?
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/chevrolet/chevrolet-epica-ar13746.html
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hmmm 3:22PM (11/05/2006)
After seeing this fuc*ed up list im quite surprised they left off the compass and the sebring !!!!
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Chris 3:27PM (11/05/2006)
Uh, haha what a European-centric list, chosen by, oh, white European designers (plus a token American). What a worthless load of crap this pageant is.
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dave 3:31PM (11/05/2006)
understand where the festival was at. france. these are the people that think hairy armpits and no deodorant is cool.
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a 3:30PM (11/05/2006)
whoever judged have no sense of beauty.
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J P 7:53PM (11/08/2006)
are you guys kidding?? there are NO silvers or any medal for the Americans whatsoever. the chevy Epica and the Ford Galaxy are cars NOT SOLD IN AMERICA and engineered by Germans and Koreans, respectively. They should be sold here, however, so we could get something beautiful to look at instead of our humdrum ford minivans and chevy midsize sedans.
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esem 3:54PM (11/05/2006)
This winners are from Italian competition that is not part of "22nd Annual International Automobile Festival". This festival will take place in Paris, France 15. november. It has his own "beauty" contest. The winners are not chosen/known yet. Jury is of course different.
Italian competition (above) took place in Milan, 27. oct., competitors should be in production yet and there were japanese and corean cars, too.
Quite a big error.
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jason 4:34PM (11/05/2006)
volkswagon eos?
no, just no.
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