Dino 246

Soundtrack: Rolling Stone's Gimme Shelter

As the age of the gas powered supercar winds down, I think it is only fitting that we look back on some of this age's finer moments. Case in point, the most beautiful car ever made: the Dino 246. While its sibling, the Dino 206, has the smoother lines and artistry of a light speed sculpture, the 246 was its automotively refined successor. Followed by the angular designs of the 80s, this car has been recently revisited as a design paradigm for current Ferrari creations. Unfortunately none of these modern callbacks match the inspired design and risks taken with the 246.
The Buggatti Veyron provides the perfect bookend to the era of the gas powered car. Like the Concord, Titanic and the Hindenberg before it, the Buggatti represents the ludicrous ultimate end of an enterprise gone wild before it comes crashing down (or people realize how ridiculous that end actually is). Not that gas powered cars won't continue to crowd our streets, the gas engine will simply be slowly phased out in favor of more efficient energy systems (as soon as someone perfects them, I still believe that the current options need refining).