Beauty & The Beast: Bertone

Happy Monday Car Throttlers, and welcome to the ultimate edition of Beauty & The Beast. This week Bertone finds itself under the spotlight...

In case you’d forgotten, Beauty & The Beast celebrates Italian design houses and the contribution they’ve made to automotive design as a whole by looking at some of their most beautiful creations. But that’s not all. No designer can boast a complete range of flawless designs, so we’ll also be checking out the ugly ducklings.

Last week we named the Lancia Ypsilon and Zagato Zele as Zagato's beasts, while the Aston V12 and Alfa TZ3 took top honours. Scroll down to find out which monstrosities have taken this week’s honours, and remember to let us know what you think in the comments, or on Twitter or Facebook.

Before we dive in, a quick reminder of the rules: one-offs and concept cars aren’t eligible, and for once, a car’s dynamic ability doesn’t matter. For the purposes of Beauty & The Beast, we’re only going skin deep...

Beauty: Lamborghini Miura

With today’s cars taking hundred-strong teams years to design and engineer, it seems hard to believe that something as gorgeous as the Miura could’ve been created by three young blokes working after hours. Most beautiful car ever made? Quite possibly...

Image: some rights reserved, 246-You

Beauty: Lamborghini Countach LP400

I know, I know. It’s another Lambo. The Countach was designed by the same, inexperienced lad who did the Miura. He didn’t understand the complexities of ergonomics, and was therefore unhindered by such trivialities as say, making a cabin large enough for a driver to fit. The result? Something quite outrageous...

Image: some rights reserved CountachInfo

Beast: Chevrolet Niva

Thankfully, Chevy’s Niva isn’t sold here, saving thousands from permanent ocular damage...

Beast: NSU Sport Prinz

There are no words...