Each month SCI looks for different perspectives on the same three questions. This time we asked Jack Juratovic, a onetime Ford stylist and owner of BORT, Inc., a private design firm. Jack isnow one of the country's leading automotive fine artists.

What's your all-time favorite sports car?

Let me go by era. From the `60s, I'd have to pick the 1961-64 XKE coupe - let's say with a 3.8 and synchro tranny, so late `64. From the 1940s and `50s, the XK120, C-Type and D-Type - all very beautiful to look at and drive. This leads to what, in my opinion, is the ultimate era, the `30s. Here, no car can come close to the Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A- and B-series, in coupe or open form. These 40 or so cars were simply the ultimate. Any one would be on my wish list, but especially a long-wheelbase Touring-body roadster.

What would you change about today's sports cars?

More attention to what sports cars are all about. Scale down a bit. Two people don't need that much space on the road. The Jag 220 is a perfect example - the car is stunning, but it's much too big.

Where are sports cars headed in the future?

It would be nice to see manu-facturers attempt to do what William Lyons did with the XKE. At its introduction, when asked what he was most proud of about the new model, he observed as how Jaguar was able to vastly improve (over the XK150) the product, while at the same time reducing manufacturing costs. Thereby it was possible to offer a superior car at a very affordable price. We certainly could use his likes again.