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Do you love midcentury automobiles? Learn about some of the most gorgeous cars in the world from a former contributing editor at Road & Track.
Beginning with the Mercedes 300SL in the mid 1950s, automobile companies began pushing the envelope to build cars that were both beautiful and technologically advanced. These cars were all influenced by racing technology (most were street versions or successful racing cars). Also, every one of these cars are now multi-million collectables with the value of the Ferrari pushing $100 million. Today's super cars can all trace their lineage back to one of these iconic models.
1955 Mercedes 300SL
1962 Ferrari GTO
1964 Shelby Cobra
1968 Lamborghini Miuira
Allen St. John is a New York Times bestselling author and a former contributing editor at Road & Track who has written about cars for outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Maxim, Forbes, Consumer Reports, and Men's Journal.
