Coolest American car

[Ferrer]

So which is the coolest?

1966 Oldsmobile Toronado
1963 Buick Riviera
1961 Lincoln Continental
1957 Chrysler 300C
1953 Studebaker Commander Starliner
1948 Tucker Sedan "Torpedo"

[Rockefella]

5, 6, 4, 1, 2, 3

[Ferrer]

1934 Chrysler Airflow
1936 Cord 810
1935 Auburn 851 Boattail Speedster

I'm also open to suggestions, but please don't say "teh ZR1 OMG!!!!one!!111!eleven..." it just isn't in the same league.

[fisetdavid26]

The Ford Edsel, because it was a phenomenal failure and it's got a vagina-shaped grill.

[cargirl1990]

The Ford Edsel, because it was a phenomenal failure and it's got a vagina-shaped grill.

Oh crap LOl XD. I like the Oldsmobile Tornado. And the Oldsmobile Aurora from 2003.

[nota]

I'm also open to suggestions,

I like all your choices

'Coolness' is pretty subjective of course and also dependent on the era. For me the immediate pre & post-war era is hard to beat overall, paticularly Art Deco. Imho the '34 Desoto coupe just pips an Imperial Airflow for cool, notwithstanding those wonderful triple-layer bumpers on the latter. Others I like include those initial, rakish (Lincoln) Continental 3-window coupes with the flawed V12, plus early-edition postwar 'Bathtub' Nash coupes with that free-standing 'pod' gauge cluster. Rating especially high .. if it qualifies within your provisos .. would be the totally funky Stout Scarab

But I voted along with Clutch for the Tucker as having an overall depth of cool beyond even the Scarab, and to make up my trifecta why not throw in pics of the exhuberantly comical 'Spirit of Motion' Graham sharknose model (Mickey Mouse style) .. factory-Supercharged of course!

[Revo]

I'm also open to suggestions....

Some more choices then.

It's hard to beat early 1930s Packard when it comes to coolness. Also, 1960 Cadillac lineup hits a sweet spot for me, I'd almost call them elegant...

[Wouter Melissen]

Duesenberg J

[Street_Dreamer]

Duesenberg J

x 2.
Failing that, an old school pony car. Either Camaro (don't know which year) or the old school Charger

[debangshu24]

Duesenberg J

seconded

[Kitdy]

Ferrer, as we already have discussed, you have interesting taste, but in this case you are wrong.

The coolest American car is a Hemi or 383 R/T Charger.

EDIT: In black. Yeah fine, it ain't original, but it is sick.

[fisetdavid26]

Ferrer, as we already have discussed, you have interesting taste, but in this case you are wrong.

The coolest American car is a Hemi or 383 R/T Charger.

What year though?

1968 or 1969 > your face

[Kitdy]

What year though?

1968 or 1969 > your face

Yeah the other ones were trash, and I can't tell the difference between '68 and '69, so one of them.

I can tell you one thing though, whether you are cruising down the street in one of them in 1968 or 2008, you are the coolest person on the block, in the city, in the world.

[Rockefella]

Woops, I posted my reply before the poll.

[The_Canuck]

For me: