Top Auto Designers Name Classic Citroën DS Most Beautiful Car of All Time

The Citroën DS is the most beautiful car of all time, according to the world's leading car designers. Assembled by UK-based Classic & Sports Car magazine, the 20 jury members placed the French sedan ahead of anything produced by Ferrari or Lamborghini.
Judges included Giorgetto Giugiaro, who was awarded Car Designer of the Century in 1999 and penned (among other vehicles) the Alfa Romeo 159, VW Golf, Maserati Bora and Mustang Giugiaro Concept; Gordon Murray, who created the iconic McLaren F1; and Ian Callum, who oversaw creation of the Jaguar XF along with the Aston Martin DB7 and DB9.Marcello Gandini, responsible for both the Lancia Stratos and Lamborghini Countach, said of the DS: “At the time I think it was complete folly, madness from a business and industrial point of view… but it was a really innovative car in 1955. A few people may have thought of all those beautiful ideas, but it was real bravery to implement all of them in one car.”

Giugiaro agreed, “The only example of a car really conceived ‘outside the box’. It is just impossible to imitate.”