There are different types of beauty. Natalie Portman and Cate Blanchet are very different types, and they're both beautiful women. The Lotus 79 was know as black beauty in the English press when it was new, so many regarded it as beautiful. The 312T series F1 ferraris that feature in this thread are more of a muscular, functional type. They looked impressive on the move, for sure...
The later 126C cars are arguably better looking, certainly when parked next to the blunt nosed FW8 Williams they faced in 82/83.
And some turbo era cars are very pretty. The Gordon Murray designed Brabham BMW had a sort of practical handsomeness.