My affection for the headlight housing on the Tipo 33 borders on lust and I'm not ashamed to admit it. What follows below is a list of, obejectively, the 11 sexiest car headlights of all time. I am not wrong.
1) The Saab Sonnet III
Blinking lights have gone out of fashion for some reason, probably because they are unreliable and a gigantic pain in the arse, but when they work...
2) Toyota 2000 GT
The blinking headlights on the Toyota 2000 GT, somehow still sexy when not in use.
3) BMW 8 Series
You're spotting a theme emerge, aren't you.
4) Alfa Romeo Brera
Alfo Romeo don't do dull. The Brera is a modern masterpiece of front end design.
5) Ferrari Dino 246 GT
Ah, the Dino 246 GT. Once you realise the front bumper looks like Salvador Dali's moustache, you can never unsee it.
6) Alfa Romeo Tipo 33
Not a million miles away from the Dino, but with a beautiful teardrop detail that pulls attention to *that* badge.
7) Mini Cooper
Any mid-60s Mini Cooper does the job, but when you attach 1000 round lamps to the front of the car like it's Blackpool Illuminations on wheels, it forms one of the most iconic aesthetics in motorsport history.
8) Porsche 911
The design has changed throughout the years, including the shape of those iconic curvacious headlights. But iconic they remain.
9) Lamborghini Aventador
Never has a car looked so much like it's about to ingest and digest you, and it's those eyes... bearing down on you, narrowing in on you. If you see this in your rear view mirror, you pull over, let it past, and hope it let's you live.
10) Citroen DS
Oh mercy. Ohhh mercy. How can a car look so adorable yet so... mean.
11) Studebaker Daytona Convertible
For all their eventual woes, Studebaker left us with an iconic piece of American grit. If you look closely you can see a tear in the eye of the Daytona, greiving over the demise of the American manufacturing industry.
Feel free to tell me in the comments below that I'm wrong, a complete idiot, and that I've missed off your favourite car.
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Alfa Romeo Montreal
Lamborghini Aventador, please get serious... This car is an insult for the other 10 cars listed, unless you're a Kardashian. If it must be a Lambo, replace it with the Miura...
I agree.
Spot on
Surely you can't forget about this
IAlfa Brera / 159 is a good shout, but the SZ / RZ did it earlier and better.
Pop up headlamps = awesome. Quad headlamps = shut up and take my money.
Dyam!