Mirror Mirror…

…Who’s the prettiest of them all? No seriously. I saw a DBS today and its still bloody gorgeous but a little bit ‘creaky’- old fashioned. There’s a problem here too because, and I’m almost ashamed to say this, I’m not much of an Aston fan. I prefer cars that are a little more hard edged. There is a point here. What’ the best looking car on sale today?

Let’s disregard the retro stuff here. Whilst car design is clearly on the recovery, I still think that, lets say, an F40 stomps, for example, a LaFerrari in terms of looks.

I do, however, think that both the F12 and the 458 (less so the Speciale) are outright stunners. Seriously. I don’t think that there’s been a prancing-horse this pleasing since at least the 355. They are a bit fussy though- a lot of angles. I think we can do better.

On a similarly Italian (and probably red) note:

Alfa Romeo. More specifically the soon to be 4C spider *jaw hits floor*. Those revised lights really made the car. So much so, infact, that Alfa now offers them as an option on the coupe. Its a chunky little thing, isn’t it. Purposeful. Much better looking, I think, than the 8C and the 8C based Disco Volante.But the style obsessed Italians shouldn’t get all the glory here.
What about the Germans? Well Audi’s are quite pretty now aren’t they? There RS cars are certainly some of the meanest looking machines we’ve ever seen (cue terrifyingly imposing RS7). BMW’s are nice too but a little bit dull for my tastes in terms of shape. And Mercedes? Well they’re definitely pretty but I don’t they’ve realised that there is such a thing as too much bling. Dull VW’s aside, we’re left with Porsche.To my eye, the 991 is stunning. So… fluid. Elegant. In GT3 form its transformed. So much presence! Obvious fire problems aside, I want one. And the 918 is just fantastically good-looking. The most contemporary car on sale today bar none.

The Mclaren P1 is the 918 Spyder’s main rival. Personally, I think that it’s not only one of the fastest, but one of the best shapes we’ve ever seen. That arse, in particular. Just wow. I love how they’ve left it exposed and raw. Most of all I love the fact that every component of the car looks as if it were designed to be a thing of beauty and perfect precision.Batman should have one.

God its nice.