I think icons are different than great design. An icon can be anti-design. Like a 2CV or Chuck Taylors or the grain elevators of Montreal. I don’t think any of those things were designed, they were just made as efficiently as possible. However, each has come to represent so much more.
Yo: Jag XKE doesn’t get co-billing with the Stingray? I’m surprised! Actually, I’m surprised that we’ve gotten this far and no one has mentioned the XKE. It’s always listed as the greatest design ever!