The 100 Greatest Cars of All Time
10-01-12, 09:38 AM
#17
Lexus Champion
Greatness, for the reason of this list, is defined by a vehicle's direct, significant contribution to American automotive culture. That does not mean that a car had to actually have been sold in America, but that its legend changed how other cars are seen in its shadow. Some of the choices here are actually racecars.
10-01-12, 10:01 AM
#19
Lexus Fanatic
I admit I have to agree with those complaining about the Citroen DS 19/21 not being on the list. It had some truly revolutionary car features, along with the (usual for the time) French plushness in seating and ride-comfort. But, by American standards, it would have been seriously underpowered.
The Tucker Torpedo of 1947-48 would have been another good candidate....altough only 51 were actually built. Preston Tucker set out to produce what he termed the world's safest and most advanced car at the time.....something that the other American companies simply refused to build. His design included a perimiter-frame, roll-bar for the roof, seat belts, padded dash, disc brakes, a third Cyclops center-swiveling headlight that turned with the car's front wheels, shatter-resistant safety-glass, mechanical fuel-injection, a separate-locking anti-theft parking-brake, sub-frame for the rear-mounted engine-transaxle, and many others. If these innovations had been adopted by other companies at the time, a lot of accidents, injuries, and lives might have been saved in later years. The car, of course, was not perfect.....it was relatively expensive to produce, and the rear-mounted flat-six engine ran somewhat hot and made the handling tail-happy.
The Tucker Torpedo of 1947-48 would have been another good candidate....altough only 51 were actually built. Preston Tucker set out to produce what he termed the world's safest and most advanced car at the time.....something that the other American companies simply refused to build. His design included a perimiter-frame, roll-bar for the roof, seat belts, padded dash, disc brakes, a third Cyclops center-swiveling headlight that turned with the car's front wheels, shatter-resistant safety-glass, mechanical fuel-injection, a separate-locking anti-theft parking-brake, sub-frame for the rear-mounted engine-transaxle, and many others. If these innovations had been adopted by other companies at the time, a lot of accidents, injuries, and lives might have been saved in later years. The car, of course, was not perfect.....it was relatively expensive to produce, and the rear-mounted flat-six engine ran somewhat hot and made the handling tail-happy.
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