Jaguar E-Type

Jaguar E-Type, shaped by Malcolm Sayer, 1961 The long hood and tight tail were not drawn by a stylist in the usual sense. Malcolm Sayer was an aerodynamic engineer who worked the curves out with slide rules and log tables, which is why the shape feels inevitable rather than decorated. Jaguar built it from 1961 to 1974, and in 1996 it became only the third automobile placed on permanent exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, which holds an E-Type roadster. Choose it as the proof that a mathematically derived form can still be the most sensual thing in the room.