(Photo: Ferrari)
The controversy ended in the pub: The most beautiful sports car since 1950 was elected. Not by a panel of automotive experts, but by science. So no discussion is possible.
Do you know the golden ratio? It looks like a bar, but it’s actually a mathematical formula that indicates perfect aesthetic proportions. Artists, designers, and fashion experts love it and use the golden ratio to bring beauty, balance, and harmony into their work. Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci was a big fan, for example.
Golden Ratio
But in reality, we are all watching it. according to Scientists We are more likely to fall for people with “perfect proportions”. The most beautiful in this regard is model Bella Hadid, who recently got a dress made of topless paint on the catwalk.
Does that mean we also prefer to drive cars that are designed according to the golden ratio? according to Karawu In any case.
The most beautiful sports cars according to science
Carwow tried to apply the golden ratio formula to the “faces” of nearly two hundred different sports cars. In total, the site compared the proportions of cars from fourteen different points in relation to each other. How do headlights relate to each other? side mirrors? straight ahead?
This data was then used to find out which sports car is closest to the golden ratio. No wonder: the lion’s share of the most beautiful sports cars go back to the 50s, 60s, and 70s, but which car would take the number one spot?
top ten
Each car has a percentage that indicates how far the dimensions follow the golden ratio. Weird but true: We can certainly agree with the results.
1. Ferrari Monza SP1 from 2019 (61.75%)
2. 1964 Ford GT40 (61.64%)
3. Ferrari 330 GTC Special from 1967 (61.15%)
4. Lotus Elite from 1974 (60.07%)
5. 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO (59.95%)
6. 1963 Chevrolet Corvette C2 Stingray (58.86%)
7. Ferrari 330 P4 from 1967 ((58.65%)
8. Alfa Romeo Vita from 1974 (58.53%)
9. Lamborghini Miura from 1966 (57.83%)
10. Maserati Indy 1969 (57.75%)
The 100 most beautiful sports cars?
Want to see more beautiful sports cars from the Carwow List? In total there A hundred cars arranged. As you noted above, Ferrari’s best representation is sixteen units. Lamborghini comes in second with 10 cars and Porsche completes the podium with 7 cars in total.
Max Verstappen’s Fleet and the Queen
Still can’t get enough of fast cars? Then check out Max Verstappen’s fleet of fast and very expensive sports cars. Find out here about the cars that King Charles inherited from Queen Elizabeth.
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