The Beastie Boys, Darth Vader and a $200k Buick Regal

Car Design is a wicked beast. The purpose of design is to create both alluring and engaging combinations of mechanical and sculptural elements as a means to attracts buyers willing to pay money to possess such an object. But once the car is released, a whole new series of considerations changes what makes it beautiful, important, or desirable.

For the most part, cars are designed to transport you from one point to another. But this is just their functional purpose. Cars also have aesthetic, athletic, emotional, nostalgic, and visceral purposes that continually strike a chord with a large part of the population. No one knows what makes a car lasting or enduring, but certainly performance and beauty are two components that have proven key to the longevity and perceived value of a collectible vintage car.