Fox News - 5 Most Elegant Cars

[sals54]

63 Riviera 56 Lincoln 53 Studebaker 75 Seville 56 Chrysler 300

[Sdude]

OK, but not necessarily in that order.

[63t-cab]

I wood go with 4 out of 5.

[kurtruk]

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/10/24/5-most-elegant-american-cars/

[sweetolbob]

1975 Seville, MEH!!!



Try this one in it's place or it's 4-door brother, the Eldorado Brougham.



Bob

[EssexExport]

Not bad considering how many times so-called car writers get it all wrong.

[handworn]

And they called that Starliner a Starlight. But, oh well, at least they had the taste to include it.

[JBOYLE]

Please note that to the writer, elegant is different from "Flashy"...which is why no finned monsters of the 50s-60s are included.

The idea is to be understated....something many U.S. car firms (yes, GM, I'm looking at you) have had trouble with.
And sometimes they still do. Compare a new Corvette to a new Ferrari. Count the vents (which contrast from body color). The new Corvette makes an international joke about American styling and tastes.
The 75 Seville was a nice car and was one of the few Cadillacs to be genuinely admired in Europe.

And Fox haters please note: the story is from Hagerty insurance.

[Deaf Mute]

I would have placed the Avanti above the Cadillac Seville....... but what do I know...

[Commander Eddie]

I note the Studebaker is the oldest car in that group.

[JBOYLE]

I would have put the Avanti in place of either the Saville or the 53 (ducking for cover).

[sweetolbob]

It's pretty obvious my view of ELEGANT differs from Fox and Hagerty. I'd like to see those cars put in order of "Elegance" by a vote, something tells me the Seville would finish sixth out of the five.

My thoughts remain - MEH!!! on the Seville.

[Scott]

If you count the 1954 same as 1953 my father owns two on this list (the other being a beautiful 1956 Lincoln).
When I was a kid we had a 1976(?) Seville. I always liked the style,. but the build quality was POOR. The door panels were coming off and it was less than a few years old. I don't remember much else.

[BobPalma]

When I was a kid we had a 1976(?) Seville. I always liked the style, but the build quality was POOR. The door panels were coming off and it was less than a few years old. I don't remember much else.

Don't you remember when it quit running, Scott, as they were prone to do with that early fuel injection? <GGG> BP

[Scott]

Don't you remember when it quit running, Scott, as they were prone to do with that early fuel injection? <GGG> BP

I guess I'd have to ask my dad about that one, Bob. It was by no means the worst car we owned in the 1970s (a Ford LTD wagon and a 1965 Mustang convertible with a gas leak come to mind).