Style Investors - Future design classics » Uncategorized http://www.styleinvestors.com Top 100 investment pieces Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:49:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Citroën DS http://www.styleinvestors.com/citroen-ds/ http://www.styleinvestors.com/citroen-ds/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 18:50:49 +0000 Styleinvestor http://www.styleinvestors.com/?p=308

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Designer: Flaminio Bertoni

Designed: 1955 – 1976 (production)

The Citron DS (also known as Desse, or Goddess) was produced between 1955 and 1975. It is an executive car that was sold in 1.5 million D-series. It has a futuristic, aerodynamic body design and for the innovative technology. Its body design was created by Flaminio Bertoni, a famous Italian sculptor and the peak of the technology it incorporates, is represented by the self-leveling suspension system. The DS got the third place in the Car of the Century competition in 1999.

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Designer: Malcolm Sayer

Designed: 1961 – 1975 (production)

The Jaguar E-Type (UK) or XK-E (US) is a British automobile, manufactured by Jaguar between 1961 and 1974. This car was very successful, and during its lifespan Jaguar has produced over 70,000 pieces. Enzo Ferrari called it “The most beautiful car ever made”, in 1961 and later on, in 2008, it was ranked first in the top “100 most beautiful cars” ever produced. The first Jaguar E-Type had 2 seats and was a coup, a few years later, the 4 seats version was produced. The model had 3 mass-produced versions (Series 1, 2, and 3) and several other limited edition versions.
Life span:
# 1.1 Series 1 (1961-1967)
# 1.2 Series 2 (1968-1971)
# 1.3 Series 3 (1971-1975)
# 1.4 Low Drag Coup (1962)
# 1.5 Lightweight E-Type (1963-1964)

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