10 Best Car Designs of All Time

Saturday, September 3, 2011

10 Best Car Designs of All Time | Some of the vehicles since the beginning of creation, made ​​with a special innovation, so it becomes a tool of mass transport along fascinating. Here are some of the world's best cars.

Ford Model T, 1908

Starting from Henry Ford, Michigan crude oil farmers-Irish, who tired of their daily life as a farmer. The genius is fled to focus on the car. Ford himself obsessed with efficiency.

In 1914, the Model T could be made in 93 minutes. The advantages of the model T is, the auto parts catalog is available at all "Sears Roebuck".

Mini, 1959

This car is not the prettiest, but the most influential. Designer, Alec Issigonis, obsessed by the 'appearance' that the industry is defined as the efficient accommodation. Mini has an amazing innovation, with the later transverse engine and front wheel and 10-inch wheels.

Aesthetically and technically, this car is so radical, so difficult to categorize. This car also managed to become the first small car that has no social class.

Jeep, 1941

Jeep predecessor is actually a military version of the Model T. However, the government of the United States (U.S.) wanted a timeless design. The contract was eventually won the Willys Overland Company. 'Jeep' to say as a contraction of 'all-terrain vehicles'. Jeep itself is the most significant cars in military equipment of World War II.

Volkswagen Beetle, 1938

Based on the German Nazi Party's commitment to mobilizing citizens (volk), on the 1930s design of the Austro-Hungarian Bela Berenyi succeeded to the attention of the National Socialist. Dr. Ferdinand Porsche made ​​cars are made for Hitler and technically known as the Porsche Type 60. In 1936, Hitler decided the project will be funded by Kraft Durch Freude movement.

Since then, the car is known as Kraft Durch Freude Wagen. Because they do not have a future, car production was never started in 1945. Finally, Beetle production stopped in 1978 in Germany and in 2003 in Mexico.

'49 Ford, 1949

Rival General Motors makes cars flamboyant style. However, the '49 Ford was the one who helped the design of modern cars to American society. Ernest breech of Ford said, "I have a vision and will start from zero". The design that emerged from the competition between Ford and employees freelance designer has a simple yet revolutionary technology commercially.

Mercedes-Benz 300SL, 1961

This car is built Gieger and technicians Friedrich Karl Wilfert and Walter Hacker. This vehicle came as U.S. importers said it could sell a thousand versions of the car that won Le Mans 24 hour race in 1952.

Jaguar E-Type, 1961

Jaguar is a direct descendant dominate Le Mans in 1950. E-type is the most exciting cars ever mass produced. Moreover, there is no 'designer' specially engaged. This car is a product of the genius of Sir William Lyons founded the Jag and aerodynamic experts, Malcolm Sayer.

Fiat 500, 1957

Along the Vespa scooter, Nuoba Cinquecento is a favorite symbol of Italy in the 20th century. The smallest four-passenger cars are designed for skilled in the narrow streets of Italy. Dante Giacosa car design is very simple and economical. Nevertheless, it was produced only until 1975.

Citroen DS, 1955

For most people, this car is the greatest vehicle ever made with a blend of art and advanced technology. Car body is designed Flaminio Bertoni and the engine is directed Pierre Boulanger.

Smart, 1998

At this time, the car seemed to be a materials experiment that incessant and often appeared in German magazines. The car was originally a project Swatch, the development was initially carried out in California in Swatchmobile.

When the company joined Mercedes-Benz in 1994, this car's mission changed to address the pollution problem. Smart designers realize, small cars do not need mengekonomisasi pleasure.

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