The Ferrari Monza SP1 is the most beautiful car in the world, says science – Report Robb

The Gearheads have been arguing about the most beautiful car since the car was invented. Now they can finally have their answer.

After analyzing nearly 200 performance vehicles, Carwow named the Ferrari Monza SP1 2019 as the most beautiful car in the world. The determination was achieved not by voting by “experts” or other subjective criteria for that matter. Instead, the British car sales platform applied the Golden Ratio to the vehicle’s design, which found that the Italian brand’s futuristic retro speedster came closer to reaching “perfect proportions”.

Over 2,500 years old, the Golden Ratio is a mathematical equation used to determine ideal proportions. Artists and designers since Michelangelo have used proportion to adjust their work and make it more aesthetically pleasing.

For the study of the car’s website, 14 points were mapped in the front view of each car – including aspects such as headlights, windshield and side mirrors – measured the distance between each point and then entered these numbers into a computer. When all the results were tabulated, it was the Ferrari torpedo-like sports car that most closely followed the proportions of the Golden Ratio, with an alignment of 61.75 percent.

It is easy to see why computers were so influenced by Monza SP1. Combining elements from the 750 Monza, 250 Testarosa and 166 MM, the limited edition speedster is the rare vehicle that would not look out of place in the past or in the future. With flowing lines from front to back, it is clear that the open-top one-seater was designed for two things: go fast and turn heads.

Monza SP1 won a difficult field for its title. To determine the most beautiful performance car, Carwow analyzed 197 performance sports cars launched since 1950. Of these, the Monza was the only car in the last decade to break a top 10 dominated by vehicles from the 60s and 70s. Second was the 1964 Ford GT40 (61.64 percent aligned to the golden ratio), which was followed by the 1967 Ferrari 330 GTC Speciale (61.15 percent), the 1974 Lotus Elite (60.07 percent) and the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO (59 , 95 percent). The 1967 Ferrari 330 P4 (58.65 percent) also appeared in the top 10, bringing the carmaker’s number of entries to four. When it comes to beautiful car design, the Golden Ratio suggests that no one does it like the Prancing Horse. We certainly cannot argue.