These Are Your Favorite Side-view Mirror Designs

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I emotion to nerd retired astir car design, particularly specifications that group mightiness place aliases not attraction connected enough, truthful earlier this week I asked nan Jalopnik assemblage to show maine astir their favourite side-view reflector designs. Ubiquitous for decades and federally required connected caller cars, these mirrors are nan uncommon information characteristic that still let for immoderate absorbing designs. Sadly not arsenic galore of you were fresh to nerd retired astir wing mirrors arsenic I was hoping for, but still, location are immoderate awesome answers here.

Like I said successful my initial question station astir of nan side-view reflector designs that group would astir apt instantly deliberation of are connected supercars aliases different flamboyant vehicles — my illustration was nan Spyker C8 — but y'all brought up a bunch of normal cars pinch awesome mirrors, too. Without further ado, support reference to spot what your chap Jalops picked arsenic their favourite side-view mirrors, and fto america cognize yours successful nan comments beneath if you missed our first question.

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Huayra. Hands down. It looks for illustration a falling leaf.

Submitted by: JohnnyWasASchoolBoy

People dislike these, and I've ne'er understood why. They're gorgeous.

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Early Testarossa "flying Mirror"

Loved nan asymmetry of nan original azygous sideview reflector for nan Ferrari Testarossa. They mounted it precocious pinch nan thought that a azygous reflector could springiness nan driver a complete unobstructed position of what is going connected down them.

Submitted by: Pabst302, Jerries Berries

It's for illustration a puppy pinch a floppy ear.

Mazda

Mazda Luce R130, A wankel-powered coupe pinch broadside mirrors connected nan fenders that someway make it nan bully benignant of eccentric.

Submitted by: potbellyjoe

A cleanable illustration of fender-mounted mirrors.

Fiat

I'm going to opportunity nan Fiat Coupe mirror. The 2 reside operation of colored reflector connected a achromatic support fits nan rad 90's artistic of these cars.

Submitted by: Giantsgiants

One of Chris Bangle's champion designs (the Coupe successful general, not nan reflector specifically).

Toyota

Toyota 2000GT has nan champion looking mirrors connected nan champion looking car ever made. 

Submitted by: half man half carnivore half pig

I don't respect nan sentiment of anyone who doesn't person nan 2000GT successful their apical 5 database of nan astir beautiful cars ever made.

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes Benz W123-124. The broadside position mirrors were modern and up of their time. Integrated into nan model framework positive nan rider broadside 1 wasn't symmetrical connected intent since it tilted towards nan driver. 

Submitted by: Merrill Frank

I'm ever a instrumentality of asymmetrical creation details.

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Lexus LFA – nan reflector was designed to transmission aerial to nan intake. I don' find galore mirrors to beryllium a existent creation spectacle, truthful nan ones that enactment retired of nan measurement and look really cool are my apical picks.

Shout retired to nan early Testarossa pinch nan disfigured mono reflector mounted up high.

Submitted by: cintocrunch1

Form and function.

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Alfa Romeo 155 (the roadworthy car, not nan BTCC aliases DTM variants), because it matched nan quadrate style of nan car, and erstwhile folded, it would rotate upwards, for illustration nan scissor-doors connected an exotic supercar.

Submitted by: Tiago Bastos

That is simply a beautiful awesome design.

Citroën

Got to spell pinch nan Citroen CX's broadside mirrors.

So good, they were utilized connected nan CX, aw good as:

Aston Martin DB7, Virage, Vantage V8

Jaguar XJ220

McLaren F1

Lotus Esprit, Excel

TVR Griffith, Chimera, S4

Submitted by: Dr.Xyster

Iconic!

Collecting Cars

Australian XY GT 'teardrop' mirror. Beautiful- ne'er been bettered.

put it connected immoderate car 

Submitted by: brett jackson

It's for illustration nan mini mirrors group put connected their Honda Civics and BMW M3s

Alfa Romeo

The Alfa Romeo 4C, they conscionable look good. They look for illustration they are farther down nan doorway that accustomed and conscionable ever stuck retired to me. 

Submitted by: RC350F

I emotion a bully door-mounted mirror.

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Technically this is simply a doorway mounted mirror... Isdera Commendatore 112i pinch nan periscope reflector mounted connected nan apical of nan gullwing opening doors.

Submitted by: Atomic2

I cognize nan proprietor of nan Commendatore and person gotten to beryllium successful it, nan periscope reflector is very cool. He says nan car's visibility is unthinkable successful wide and that it's easy to thrust astir LA.

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My favourite are nan streamlined mirrors connected nan 1950's Mercedes 300SL's. I'm not judge if it was strictly a Mercedes creation though, because I person seen it connected dozens of different 50's-60's sports cars too.

Submitted by: Packardbaker

Saving nan champion for last.