Porsche 911

  Another car featured in the MoMA Automania show.

The Porsche 911 (pronounced "nine eleven") was designed by Butzi Porsche, grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, who created the Volkswagen Beetle. Production of the Porsche 911 began in 1964 and continued through 1989. It was initially called the "Porsche 901" after its internal project number, but rival car-maker Peugeot claimed to have exclusive rights in France to car names formed by three numbers with a zero in the middle. That seems like a very specific right, but there you go.  

The April 1965 issue of Car and Driver raved:

No Contest. This is the Porsche to end all Porsches - or, rather, to start a whole new generation of Porsches. Porsche's new 911 model is unquestionably the finest Porsche ever built. More than that, it's one of the best Gran Turismo cars in the world, certainly among the top three or four.

Porsche enthusiasts used to insist that the 365 model was as nearly-perfect an automobile as had ever been designed, an immutable classic that couldn't be improved on. Oh, no? Put a familiar 356 up alongside a 911. Only yesterday, the 356 seemed ahead of its time. Today you realize its time has passed; the 356 leaves you utterly unimpressed and you can't keep your eyes off the 911. The 911 is a superior car in every respect ... the stuff legends are made of.