If cars are your kind of art, Beautiful Machines: The Era of the Elegant Sports Car is a book worth flipping through. Published by Gestalten and written by Blake Rong and Jan Baedeker, it doesn’t just catalog cars — it celebrates more than 45 icons that shaped what we drive today. Think Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale, Maserati Ghibli, Porsche 918 Spyder, Iso Grifo, and, of course, the Lamborghini Miura — often called the most beautiful car ever built.
This isn’t just for hardcore gearheads, either. The 320-page hardcover stitches together full-color photography and thoughtful curation that even non-enthusiasts can appreciate. It’s as much about the design, romance, and sheer attitude of these machines as it is about performance stats.
At about $60, Beautiful Machines is the kind of book that earns its place on a coffee table, office shelf, or yes, even a man cave — less dust collector, more conversation starter.
