What Car Looks Best After Sunset? [Question Of The Day]

Most attractive cars are designed to stand out in the brightness of day or under an array of flashbulbs and klieg lights, but there are a few that stand out when it gets darker. Sometimes it's intentional, like the way the headlights of an Audi creates a pleasant shape around the nose or the way a well-designed taillight highlights a car's shoulders. Sometimes it's the way a waxed car can pick up the bright neon lights of a commercial strip, reflecting the bright colors of an active society. But the best looking cars at night are the ones shaped in such a way that they shine in the absence of light. Just a hint of the yellow glow of sodium lights in a dark alley and the car explodes with shapes and meaning like the backdrop of a German Expressionist film from the 1920s. We love it and we suspect you do as well. What car looks best after sunset?

We're partial the site of a 1973 Lotus Europa as the sun goes down. The site of a shiny black European car bouncing back the last beams of another day in human history is a reminder we're meant for progress. The soft creases of the hood bend the sinking sun and the atmosphere provides enough illumination to provide a mirrored whisper of the surroundings.

Thanks to Dearthair for the suggestion

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