Every culture and subculture has symbols that can commonly be tied to ideas about quality, style, endurance, and beauty. One symbol that seems to transcend several boundaries within Western culture is the appreciation of fine craftsmanship when it comes to automobiles. Enthusiasts hail from many walks of life, but they all come together when it’s time to praise various makes and models or debate mechanical pulchritude.

Here are some of the most iconic lines crafted by automotive manufacturers. Through iteration and reinvention, these underlying design concepts have endured, and aged with grace.

34 Stylish Cars That Aged Like Fine Wine

1. 1954 Maserati A6G CS Berlinetta

Made from 1947 to 1956, the A6 offered two choices, both of which were straight-six, a 1.5-litre and a 2.0-litre engine. The model would eventually expand to a twelve 2.0-litre single seater with the help of Cioacchino Colombo and Medardo Fantuzzi producing the A6GCM. It would win the 1953 Italian Grand Prix with driver Guan Manuel Fangio.

2 Years later the A6 would undergo even more changes to take part of the World Sportscar Championship. In 1953 the new A6GCS/53 was released with 170 bhp and only 52 available. The final model would offer just 4 more at 60 total produced, and be sold with 20 less horsepower.

2. 1954 Talbot Lago

If a car could be said to give one a toothache, this might be one such. The company responsible for these monuments to automotive decadence and chic style was of Anglo-French descent.

From the diminutive Baby—after which most Pinewood Derby models seem to take—to the long-bonneted sinister sleekness of models produced in the 1930s, these cars seem to hark back to the earliest concepts of automotive grace. While they have largely become museum pieces, their bodylines are forever paired in our imaginations with early Bond movies and Hitchcock thrillers.