Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertibles, Coupes, Economy, Minivans/MPVs, Sports/GTs, Wagons/Estates, Contests, Etc., Hatchbacks, Supercars, Bentley, BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Jaguar, Mercedes Benz, MINI, Nissan, Porsche, Volkswagen, Volvo, Ferrari As part of the 22nd Annual International Automobile Festival, a team of judges has chosen its Most Beautiful Automobiles of the World for 2007, and no, the U.S. did not come home with a trunk of gold medals in this competition. We Americans will just have to be content with our two silvers. On the other hand, many of the pageant-winning cars can actually be found on these shores. Though the awards won't actually be presented until March, the list of winners is after the jump. [Source: Virtual Car via Carbody Design] City cars and compact cars Mini Cooper Second Place: Daihatsu Trevis Mid-size hatchback Volvo C30 Second Place: Nissan Note Mid-size sedans Volvo S80 Second Place: Chevrolet Epica Limousine Bentley Continental GTC Second Place: Bentley Azure Coupe Mercedes CL Second Place (Tie) BMW 3 Series Coupe Jaguar XKR Coupe Maserati GranSport MC Victory Coupe-cabriolet Volkswagen Eos Second Place: Jaguar XKR convertible Spider Alfa Romeo Spider Second Place: None Sportscar Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Second Place: Porsche Cayman Station wagon Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon Second Place: Skoda Roomster MPV Citroën C4 Picasso Second Place: Ford Galaxy Crossover Audi Q7 Second Place: Mercedes GL Special series Studiotorino RK Coupé Concept car Renault Twingo Concept Most Beautiul Engine Scania R 620 And so you can argue the merits of the competition's judges, here they are: Kenneth Noland, American artist Heinz Mack, German artist Vittorio Matino, Italian artist Mario Bellini, Italian architect Massimo Vignelli, Italian architect Fiorucci Helium, fashion designer Carl Rivetti, fashion designer Tawny Sacco, car designer Lorenzo Ramaciotti, car designer Enrico Leonardo Fagone, car designer Alexander Giudice. car designer Antoine Prunet, author Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time
hmmm...that Studiotorino(lil red thing)....thats kinda cool!!! ...as for the rest...not even if i won the lottery
