Taken from The Daily Telegraph 15 March 2008.
'When we asked Telegraph Motoring readers to nominate the most beautiful cars of all time the response was as substantial as it was diverse. Hundreds of you argued and voted for 367 models, although no points were awarded if you simply wrote 'any 1950s Ferrari' or nominated the Vincent Black Shadow (only cars were eligible). Some nominations were very specific (and possibly mischievous – 'Austin Allegro, but only in beige') but most revealed the breadth and depth of your passion for all things automotive.

After many hours spent sifting through the stats we can now reveal the top 100, a remarkably varied collection of curves and straight lines, old and new. If classic cars predominate, it is probably because, like great art, it takes time for a design to escape the influence of fashion and be fairly judges on its own merits; it also explains why many modern cars take older models as their inspiration. Of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and this is a never-ending debate.

1 – Jaguar E-TYPE
Received almost four times as many votes as any other car. Also name-checked by quite a few who didn't choose it, as in: "I would have picked the E-type but the narrow track ruins its proportions." A minority view, it seems.

2 - Citroën DS
Timeless poise and style, as favoured by getaway drivers in all black-and-white French gangster movies. Did we expect to find a family saloon breaking the sports car stranglehold at the top of the list? None bar this.

3 - Jaguar XK120/140/150
Lumped together because they look the same – and this list is all about aesthetics, not power output or fractional adjustments to front and rear track. Optimism made metal in immediate postwar Britain.

4 - Ferrari Dino 206/246 GT
Pretty Pininfarina-styled sports car named after Enzo Farrari's son. Launched in 1967, it was never actually marketed as a Ferrari but became the company's first significant seller when engine was uprated to 2.4 litres two years later.

5 - Lamborghini Miura
As befitting a car with eyelashes around the headlamps, it was astonishingly seductive when new in 1966. The same holds true 42 years later.

6 - Aston Martin DB4/5/6
Could have become a cult car without Bond, but the ejector seat, machine guns, tyre shredders, rotating number plates and so on probably helped.

7 - Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato
A lighter, curvier version of its progenitor, with a (claimed) extra 74bhp. You might pick up a nice DB4 for £80,000 today. In the 1990s, one Zagato went for £1.54m.

8 - Aston Martin DB9
Many cars at the top of this list look contemporary. Uniquely, this one actually is.

9 - Lotus Esprit
Forget the patchwork switchgear, poached from Triumph, Hillman and elsewhere. Savour the shape and the chassis… then keep your fingers crossed that nothing breaks.

10 - Ferrari 250 GTO
A paragon of balance, on road or track. The downside? Ferrari built just 36 of them.

11 - Jaguar D-type/XK-SS
Three-times a Le Mans winner in the 1950s. Jaguar had built only 16 examples of the road-going XK-SS version when the moulds were destroyed in a factory fire.

12 - Jaguar Mk2
Favoured by crims when up against the late John Thaw as The Sweeney's Jack Regan. Favoured by Thaw when he morphed into Morse. Unmistakably lovely.

13 - Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing
14 - Alfa Romeo P3 8C
15 - Chevrolet Corvette
16 - AC Cobra
17 - Austin Healey 3000
18 - Ferrari 250 GT SWB
19 - Bugatti Type 57
20 - Ferrari 288 GTO
21 - Alfa Romeo T33 Stradale
22 - Cord 810/812 Roadster
23 - Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
24 - Talbot-Lago T150C SS
25 - Ferrari 330 P4
26 - Iso Grifo

27 - Jaguar XJ6
In 1968, nothing else said "company director" quite so eloquently.

28 - Jensen Interceptor
29 - Lotus Elite
30 - MG T-series
31 - Morgan Plus 4/Plus 8
32 - VW Karmann Ghia
33 - Auburn Speedster
34 - Bentley Continental S2/S3
35 - Citroën SM
36 - Citroën Traction Avant
37 - Ferrari 275 GTB
38 - Ferrari 365
39 - Ford GT40
40 - Lancia Stratos
41 - Maserati Ghibli
42 - Porsche 356
43 - Aston Martin DB7
44 - Austin Healey 100
45 - Bentley R-type Continental
46 - Fiat 130 Coupé

47 - Jaguar XJ-S
Looked as though the design team ran out of ideas aft of the C-pillar, but still possesses a certain charm. Works particularly well as a cabriolet.

48 - Lancia Fulvia Coupé
49 - Mercedes-Benz SSK
50 - MGA
51 - Lincoln Continental
52 - Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT
53 - Alvis TD/E/F 21
54 - Bugatti T35
55 - Bugatti Veyron
56 - Duesenberg SJ
57 - Facel Vega II
58 - Ford Mustang
59 - Lamborghini Countach
60 - Lancia Delta integrale
61 - Mazda RX-7 FD
62 - McLaren F1
63 - NSU Ro80
64 - Porsche 911
65 - Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud
66 - Rover SD1
67 - SS100
68 - Sunbeam Talbot 90
69 - Alfa Romeo Carabo
70 - Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider
71 - Alfa Romeo Montreal
72 - Audi Quattro 
73 - Audi R8
74 - BMW 507
75 - Cadillac Eldorado
76 - Chevrolet Bel Air
77 - Ferrari 250 GT California
78 - Ford Granada Mk1
79 - Hispano-Suiza H6

80 - Jaguar XJ220
Some customers tried to get their money back because of specification changes (it had a V6 turbo, rather than the V12 they anticipated), a price hike and the availability of the even-more-exclusive XJR-15. They lost.

81 - Jaguar XK
In the absence of an F-type, the closest thing you can get to an E-type for the 21st century.

82 - Lagonda Rapide
83 - Lamborghini Espada
84 - Lancia Aurelia B20
85 - Land Rover Defender
86 - Lotus Europa
87 - Maserati 250F
88 - Maserati 3500 GT
89 - Mercedes-Benz 500K/540K
90 - Mercedes-Benz Pagoda (W113)
91 - Mini
92 - Nissan 300ZX
93 - Peugeot 406
94 - Peugeot 504 Coupé
95 - Toyota 2000 GT
96 - Triumph Spitfire
97 - Triumph Stag
98 - Triumph TR4/5
99 - Triumph TR6
100 - Volvo P1800