Gallery: Classic Cars That Still Look Cool Decades Later

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    Jaguar Land Rover
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    Jaguar's 1953 XK-120 came from a time before safety regulations had a major impact on design.
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    Jaguar Land Rover
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    The 2014 Jaguar F-Type Coupe successfully interprets the E-Type theme, but it draws from that car, and the XK-120 that came before it, without being derivative.
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    GM
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    In 1963, Chevy gave us the second generation of the Corvette, called the Sting Ray.
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    The current Corvette looks nothing like the first—or anything prior to the 1980s C4-chassis Vette—but if you stepped out of 1955 and into 2014, you'd immediately peg it as a Corvette without having seen anything that came between.
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    Nuerburgring 1967

    Specially built to wallop Ferrari, Ford's GT40 is the legend that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans four consecutive years.
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    Ford
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    In 2005, Ford gave us the GT, which strongly hints at Dearborn's 1960s GT40 Mk. IV. Like the Corvette, there's no mistaking its heritage.
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    1965 Mustang GT Fastback-gallery

    50 years ago, Ford introduced the Mustang, ushering in the age of the muscle car.
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    The All-new Shelby GT350 Mustang

    The 2015 version blends looks from the past: the proportions of a '65 fastback and the nose of a '69, the sleek roofline of the '70, the detailing of the late-2000s model. That the combination works and appears clean is incredible; that it's actually pretty is a damn miracle.
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    1965 Mini Cooper S Rally car, Beaulieu, Hampshire, 1983.

    In the 1960s, the Mini Cooper was a major success and even used for racing in rally events.
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    mini-2001-gallery

    The design was successfully revived in 2001 (shown here). But the brand's slacked since then—the current Mini is a sloppy mess with the same ideas.
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