Start your engines for a grand tour of the most stylish grand motoring automobiles ever
created. Evoking an era when elegance romance and outright performance defined the
automobile-and the fascinating stories that made them icons of the road. From the
shark-inspired Maserati Ghibli to the fiery Lamborghini Miura from European elegance with
American firepower such as the Iso Grifo and Facel Vega to the groundbreaking designs of the
Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale and Renault Alpine and the advanced technology behind the Jensen FF
or Porsche 918 Spyder-these cars are less transportation and more testaments to beauty freedom
ambition innovation and speed. Beautiful Machines was conceived and edited by gestalten. The
stories are written by automobile expert Blake Z. Rong with a preface by Classic Driver's Jan
Baedeker and gestalten's Robert Klanten.
