Top 10 Most Gorgeous Car Models in NASCAR History 

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I'm sure many will disagree because of how relatively sedate this car was styled, but when I think of the best looking body style, I always think of the 1995-1999 Monte Carlo. Especially once they moved to have "real" headlight decals.

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That 86-89 Monte Carlo SS is always going to be #1 for me. It just LOOKED like a race car. Special shout out to the 86-87 Pontiac 2+2, they don't get a lot of love, but there's just something unique about those little ugly duckings that stick with me.

Gotta say, the 2000-2002 monte carlo is it for me. I loved the modern take on what made the aerocoupe so great. The curved bumpers, wedge nose and unique spoiler. Then the fact that aside from the airdam, the racing version was a 1 for 1 copy of the street model in an era that all the cars were pushing away from the street models.

My favorite will always be the 1989-1994 Chevy Lumina. It was so freaking awesome.

I absolutely love the old 70’s Buick lesabres, they’re so huge and ridiculous, I love them

I loved the 91 Oldsmobile cutlass that Harry Grant won 4 in a row with. Best looking car ever!

Nothing will ever top how the interstate batteries paint scheme in '02 looked on that Pontiac Grand Prix.

You and Brock have been keeping off season entertaining thanks for the content man.

The way Kasey Kahne's car looked in 2006 genuinely got me into watching NASCAR, as I was a Dodge fan but had never paid attention. I tuned into a SPEED replay of the 2006 Brickyard 400 before the Bristol weekend and was simply struck by the look of the #9. Been a fan ever since.

Great video S1ap, there were tons of great looking cars, it would be tough to make this list. Best bodystyles in my opinion Gen 1: '64-67 Plymouth Gen 2: '71-77 Charger, '78-80 Oldsmobile, '76 Mercury Gen 3: '83-88 Thunderbird, '86-89 Monte Carlo, '88-91 Regal, '89-94 Lumina Gen 4: '95-99 Monte Carlo, '89-97 Thunderbird, '01-04 Intrepid, '96-02 Grand Prix, '00-05 Taurus, and '00-07 Monte Carlo Gen 5: '11-12 Charger

My personal favorite is the 2000 Ford Tarus, especially with Dale Jarret's scheme. looks beautiful.

With a Bocephus sticker on his 442, he'd light 'em up just for fun... Absolutely the right call for #1.

My first car was an '01 Grand Prix, and I miss it. One of the best looking cars to be used in NASCAR since 1990.

I might be biased myself, in terms of one of the drivers who took it to championship success, but the generation of Ford Thunderbird that featured Alan Kulwicki's "Underbird" is my favourite. Whether it was Alan's Hooters sponsored #7, Mark Martin's Valvoline sponsored #6 or Rusty Wallace's Miller Genuine Draft #2, they all looked superb to me. That fact that that generation of Thunderbird featured in 4 of the 6 championship contenders going into Atlanta in 1992 only enhances my view of it (only Kyle Petty in a Pontiac and Harry Gant in an Oldsmobile were the only ones in the top six at least mathematically in contention that weren't in a Thunderbird)

Love the early '90s T-Birds. I'm in the minority here, I kinda like the '69 Torino Talladega that drivers like David Pearson, Richard Petty & the like drove. The Hudson Hornet was nice as well!

Love that 1986 Monte. It still looks good today.

I don’t think I’m the only one that would love to see you do a video like this for the truck series too!

2003 Pontiac will forever be my favorite. And early 2000s Pontiacs had a lot of amazing paint jobs

I agree with you so much on the 05-06 Dodge Charger. Honestly it deserves to be higher on a list like this. My next stop motion season will have 05-06 cars and so I've been looking at them a lot lately and they just look so good.

Overlooking the 1963.5 Ford Galaxie is unforgivable. That fastback roof made an already gorgeous car the sexiest thing on wheels

With the 57 Chevy, they were not all "Bel Airs" The was just a trim package level. The famous "Black Widows" were accurately a "150 Utility Sedan" or just "150" for short. They were the base models with no frills and the unique side trim was 150 spec only. Heck even Chevrolet put out a book on the car in 1957 and then every part you needed to make your own black widow and then showed all the steps to convert the car to an legal race car. Fireball Roberts 57 Chevy was a true Bel Air, it was hardtop body (not offered in a 150 trim level), but then also had the extra chrome Bel Air's carried. Paul Goldsmith's number 3 car was actually the middle model between a Bel Air and a 150, it was called the "210" They had a little more chrome than a 150, but alot less than a Bel Air.

It’s good learning about the older models. I haven’t delved a lot into those. I have much nostalgia over the Monte Carlo models of the 2000’s, as well as the Taurus and Charger of that same decade. I always loved how the Thunderbird and late 80’s Monte Carlo looked

i dont care what anyone says, the interstate battery liveries looked beautiful, especially on Bobby Labontes 2002 grand prix

I just realized this is the only time I ever heard it referred to as a four-fourty-two. My dad had one of the early ones for the 60's and I grew up hearing four-four-two.

There might be a few complaints but tbh my #1 favourite NASCAR model is the 06-07 Monte Carlo SS. It just screams NASCAR looking at it's super slick design, intimidating headlights, and gorgeous paint schemes in a time where the NASCAR market had truly peaked and several great sponsors were even sponsoring winless teams. Jimmie Johnson drove this car to his first 2 of 7 championships and won the Daytona 500 in the SS. The SS won the 500 again in 07 in an iconic finish that almost deserves #1 as the greatest finish in NASCAR behind the 1979 Daytona 500. Dale JR, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Brian Vickers, Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, and even CASEY MEARS of all drivers won big in this car. It's safe to say that this badass car was unstoppable during its run time even if it was cut short.

My all time favorite is the '68 - '69 Ford Torinos and especially the '69 Torino Talladega which is still a dream car of mine.

Always a good day when S1ap uploads. I´m not really a NASCAR fan but I love the old american Muscle cars. Especially the ´69 Charger. Also I would love to see a video of, what you think are, the 10 best/worst liveries in NASCAR.

I always loved the Xfinity Series Challenger. Looks so dope!

Some mercury's definitely deserve an honorable mention

1963½ Ford Galaxie. The first car modified for NASCAR racing. I had one in high school, 390, 3 speed. Looking back, I should have kept that car but the color was Sahara Rose, it was just a bit too much pink for me back then.

Bought my 96 Tbird LX as my first new car. Always loved the look of them and the refresh made me make the move. It served me until late 2018 when too many things were failing and it was time to replace it. 22 years of service. I loved that car.

In my opinion the 1968 Mercury Cyclone is the best looking that fast back design is just gorgeous especially when sporting the gold 21 from wood brothers racing

Oldsmobile seems to get overlooked too often when people think of Nascar's history. Very cool to see two of them on your list. Kudos to you.

my favorite model was the 2010 dodge charger from the Nationwide series. Specifically Brad Keselowski's #22. The combination of the sleek Charger grill and the white, red, and black on Keselowski's car was absolutely BEAUTIFUL

Any black Chevy with Dale Sr is great...lumina especially

I honestly think that the 2019-21 Cup Ford Mustang as well as the next gen mustang are beautiful cars. This is coming from a diehard Hendrick Motorsports fan.

I've always had a special love for the early '90s T-Bird, especially when Davey Allison was driving that car. There's just something iconic about that all black 28 Texaco T-Bird. Another personal favorite is the '86, '87 Monte Carlo SS. Of course the Wrangler colors looked really good on Dale's car, but for the small amount of time that he ran the all black Goodwrench car, that thing was a sick looking machine. I actually kind of like the 2005 to 2007 Monte Carlo SS as well.

I personally always loved the 2001-2003 Dodge Intrepids. I always thought they looked mean and unique; plus my mother had one at the time, so nostalgia is high with this one

honorable mention: 2000 - 2002 Chevy Monte Carlos. Those things make me feel a certain way.

Always loved the late 90’s-early 00’s Pontiac Grandprix mainly because my mom had a 99 GTP and my favorite drivers (Tony Stewart and Bobby Labonte) drove them.

the 2007 Chevys at Michigan were definitely the best looking cup car in existence… no sarcasm… 💀

New S1ap upload means its gonna be a good day

A very good list but a couple of honorable mentions for odd but nice cars that raced would be the "Tucker Torpedo" that participated in the May, 30th 1950 race at Canfield fairgrounds (but was taken out early due to a broken axle) and the VW beetle which was in a few races in 1953

Love when S1ap uploads on my lunch break! Gen 4 & 6 cars look the best to me ngl

The 96-02 Grand Prix was definitely a car that I absolutely loved seeing on the track. Loved it so much that I was excited to have one when I became an adult.

That Regal was sick!!!!! Loved that car and didn't understand why they didn't keep it the original design and just advance it better as tine went on.

Thank you for the offseason content S1ap! January’s rough when college ball ends lol

I think an argument could be made for this past year’s s Mustang Next Gen car. That Pennzoil car at Vegas was stunning to look at.

My all time favorite car in nascar was the Dodge Challenger which was ran in the Xfinity series from 2010-2014. That body design with the challenger grill just looked so good and I loved it when I was watching nascar at the time. If I was going for exact car, the discount tire #22 or #26 dodge Challenger looked so good!

Mark Martin's late 90s #6. the one with the round headlights and that splatter paint livery.

Bill's '85 Coors Melling Thunderbird. Looked fast....was fast. Making up 1-3/4 laps under green is still unbelievable. If not on film, people would certainly believe it was an exaggerated story. Also a special mention for Cale's T-bird in '85, it looked great too.

wow look at all those ads plastered over every square inch possible. This is an art.

Just looking at these classic cars is so satisfying.

Oh man, Bobby Labonte's Pontiac Grand Prix lives rent free in my head. Such a good looking race car.

Awesomes List! I love the Hudson Hornet myself.

JD McDuffie drove a 68-69 Buick Skylark a handful of times between his 67 Buick and a Ford Torino, that takes the cake for me.

Great video Slap.

My dad's first car was an early 70s 442. It's sad that the 442 seems to be almost forgotten when it comes to muscle cars of the past even though it could proudly drive with the best of them.

I'm glad the 1997-2003 Grand Prix was included. I daily drive a 99' Grand Prix GTP Coupe because I grew up watching them in NASCAR. Even though its an okay late 90s GM Car, I still smile to myself thinking of the low slung NASCAR body whenever Im cruising. I know it's not, But I can dream ☺️

Excellent video , thanks 👍😊

I love the chevy Lumina that was used in 1994. For some reason I just love the look of the boxy era of nascar

My all time favorite is the 2010-2012 Chevy Impala. The design just really blended nicely with the big boxy CoT body.

Can't argue with this list. I love all these cars. My personal favorite is the Black Widow followed up by the Monte Carlos (even the 2000s ones look awesome to me).

S1ap video on my 22nd birthday?!? A true blessing!

I'm partial to the '88-on Oldsmobiles and Buicks, as well as the Monte Carlo Aerocoupe and first Lumina.

I'm so happy with your #1 pick, as, in my opinion, Buddy Baker's 1980 Daytona 500 winning #28 Oldsmobile is one of the coolest NASCAR stock cars to ever hit the track.

This video was so pleasing to my eyes. I agree with you 100% on this.

How... just... How... HOW is the 1971 Mercury Cyclone not in the top 10, or AT LEAST grabbing an Honorable Mention?!?

Wooo, Slap is here again

Seeing the 442 at the top of the list makes me happy. Those cars looked so good and I kind of wish we could race one in one of the racing sims.

All never to be seen again on the tracks! Great video!

Would love to see a top 10 worst NASCAr wrecks from you. I'm sure that list would be amazing

Sir this is an excellent list. I may have put a few in slightly different order but those are tiny quibbles and you nailed number 1. My favorite car ever is the black and silver Oldsmobile #28 of Buddy Baker. WELL DONE!!!!

I’m a Mopar guy through and through and through and that 2012 chargervti ne us gorgeous especially that blue looked gorgeous in victory lane

I liked the '03 Gran Prix more than the '98-'02. I personally think that is the best looking gen 4 next to the '06 Charger.

Buck Baker's '57 Chevy wasn't a Bel Air; it was a '57 150 as it had the "older style" two-tone trim, similar to the '56 Chevy.

That early 00's Grand Prix was so 🔥

1983-1987 thunderbirds are my Favorite,,, also the 1964 Galaxie 500. It should be on this list.

First! EDIT: Even if I'm not, that adrenaline rush helped me stay awake when I was writing an essay. So thanks S1apSh0es!

Daddy S1ap with the W. Great video as always 😌

Editing looks great

I'm Swedish and I haven't the first clue about this sport but something about it just attracts me. I love your videos. :)

At one of my local dirt tracks a street stock driver had to whip out his backup, it was a 57 Bel Air. I was in awe.

Those are all great. For me, I loved the Pontiac you mentioned and also the Monte Carlo from 2000-2002.

Gotta say, I cheered at your #10 pick. I'm right there with you dude - the 05-06 Dodge Charger was unique and badass. Helps that I've always liked Mopars, and my dad even owns a mid-2000s RAM truck with that distinctive grill style, but man the Chargers looked so cool - and some of my all-time favourite paintschemes, including Scott Riggs' 2006 #10 Valvoline car, were ran on that exact bodyshell.

The whole vid is a feast for the eyes!

Wicked happy the Grand Prix made it onto the list. I would think the only one I would’ve maybe gave a mention to is the 2017-2021 Chevy Camaro. Not much a bow tie guy BUT it looks damn sleek. May have to race it in my NR2003 “career” 😬, thanks for the upload. Always a wonderful day to see new content from you in my feed!

Agree with the 80s Monte Carlos, the later version of the T-birds, the early 70s Chargers, and that Buick. As for Dodge, I prefer the Intrepid body over the Charger body. It more closely resembles the street car. Honorable mention for the late 80s/early 90s Oldsmobiles, especially in the Skoal Bandit colors.

Its like you went in my brain and used my list. Only thing missing was the Laguna. Which looks a lot like the Olds 442.

I'm SO glad you put the Cutlass first. It is my all time favorite car and it's not close a close call. I love that body, and it will forever be the best looking stock car that ever ran .

I loved those late 90s Pontiacs. Classic charger always looked good.

Nothing beats those early 2000s Monte Carlos for me, but you’re one and two are my two and three respectively. Great list.

My Top Ten: 10. Hudson Hornet (Looks like a proper bullet on wheels) 9. 1985 Buick Regal (Classic GM mid 80's body style, but I like the nose of the Buick the most out of the 80's GM offerings) 8. 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (Harry Gant. Skoal Bandit. 'Nuff Said) 7. 1992 Pontiac Grand Prix (The Petty's cars were iconic, Mikey Waltrip's Pennzoil Bahari Racing car too) 6. 1995 Chevy Monte Carlo (The big switch to rounded body lines began here. Some iconic liveries too) 5. 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (GM ended up basing most of their 1980's body lines on this car, but they got it right here) 4. 1996 Ford Thunderbird (Mark Martin's plate track car was the nicest T-bird I've ever seen. They did something special w/ that body) 3. 1996-2002 Pontiac Grand Prix (For every single reason S1apSh0es said) 2. 1970 Plymouth Superbird/ Dodge Daytona ( BIG. ASS. WANG) 1. 1990-1994 Chevrolet Lumina (Because I saw Dale Earnhardt's show car in the show trailer with a fresh coat of wax and mirrors above and below the car like a cheap Pocono honeymoon suite complete with lighting. It was pure, unadulterated sex on wheels)

In my opinion, the best Pontiac schemes from the 2000’s were Tony Stewart’s 1999 Scheme, Bobby Labonte’s 2002 schemes, and my favorite, Ricky Craven’s 2003 Primary Scheme

That´s a pretty good list for sure. This can be odd but, I'd add the '89 - '94 Chevy Lumina as honorable mention.

Kahnes 04 and 06 dodge cars were easily some of the best ever imo. Damn fast too

Great video. 57 Chevy used in NASCAR was not a Bel Air but a 150. I liked the Chrysler Imperials Buddy Arrington fielded too.

There's something about the first generation trucks from the 1995 Craftsman Truck Series that I love so much. I'd be interested in your ranking, although it'll be a much shorter list to choose from.