Lutz on design

[Toronto Spider]

I was going to cut and paste a lecture here from Bob Lutz, but I decided against it because that would kill the hyperlinks. Instead, here's the link to the article itself. Bob has some interesting ideas about corporate culture and automotive design, and I'm sure everybody here will have at least a few comments about Bob's list of favourite automotive designs.
http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/archives...eech_on_2.html
--Toronto

[Stori]

Well the Alfa, corvette and E-type are ok but the Cadillac looks like an abomination form hell.

[Toronto Spider]

Since Bob didn't include a shot of the Lincoln -- gee, wonder why? -- I thought I'd round out the list.

Both the coupe and the convertible can be found here: http://www.lcoc.org/History/History1.htm

and there's a nice 41 coupe for sale here (and no I don't mean the field cars )
http://www.lzoc.org/classifieds/forsaleprewarcars.htm

Although it's not my favourite Lincoln, it does look better in real life than it does in photos.

As for the Caddy, what's not to like? Suicide doors, fins and bullets (although not on the lights), and a front end design that looks like it would come to life and eat any pedestrian that would dare get in its way -- it all sounds good to me.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/aucti....asp?id=157078
(awful colour that hurt the selling price compare to others sold by B-J)

http://www.supercars.net/cars/1957@$...Broughamx.html

I don't know that I agree with Bob that these are the five best automotive designs ever, although I think the Jag has to go on that list no matter who compiles it. The rest of the spots are up for debate.
--Toronto