I agree the Mercedes-Benz 540K Spezial-Roadster should be on the list. Too bad you didn't include a photo of one. The photo used is a 540K Cabriolet B - a VERY different body style.

Scott, I would have thought that the Chevy Corvette would have made the list somewhere along the line? Great article! JBN

This may be boo hooed but I think at least one Studebaker should have been included. Some are still considered one of the most aerodynamic cars ever built and certainly so for it's time. Throw in Paxton supercharged engines and styling/engineering so different from the typical American cars of their time and I think the argument can be made for them being somewhere on the list.
These were real production cars not one offs or 2 rare examples.
The other miss was the VW Type 1 or as most people know it the "Beetle". How can the Fiat be on this list and not the VeeDub? This car had far more impact on the world that the silly Fix It Again Tony! This was the car that REALLY made small cars acceptable from one end of the planet to the other and had a production run far longer than any other car. MISS!

That is a 1958 Eldorado.

No AC Cobra ?

great list.. and no studebakers, cobras or corvettes don't belong on this list... these all have class.

....What? No German insect vehicles....?

Thanks for providing arguably the ugliest photo ever taken of arguably the prettiest car ever built.

You showed an ugly Fiat but left out what I consider the most beautiful affordable road car of its time: the Fiat 124 Spyder from the early 1970's.

Eurocentric much. I think the Alfa Tipo 33 wins this particular beauty contest. But there's some candidates missing like the Pininfarina-designed Honda NSX with its VTEC system, and the McLaren F1, arguably the best naturally aspirated supercar ever. I like the Giugiaro-designed Lotus Esprit too. Quite advanced for its time.