Readers seemed to agree that the Saab 9-5 had wonderful and timeless design, as well as other models from the late Swedish carmaker. But it’s clear that Volvo was the darling of the timeless design awards, with many Volvos making it onto this list. It’s fitting that the relatively unpopular Volvo C30 — at the time of its release, anyway — got a shout-out. Truly, the Volvo C30 is one of the greats of the last few decades whose design has held up in the ensuing years.
We asked readers what other car designs have unexpectedly held up to the passage of time, and while some readers disagreed over what was or wasn’t unexpected, readers made good arguments for either case. But Jalopnik, and certainly QOTD, is all about the demos, so here are just some of the cars with design that our readers say have surprisingly stood the test of time:
