Best looking car of the 1980's?

[Vinsanity]

At the risk of Wimmer threadjacking this into a crapfest, here goes...

[Raza]

928 over the 911 and 944?  Really!?

[Vinsanity]

928 over the 911 and 944?  Really!?

The 1980's 911 looked like a fancy old-school Beetle. With the exception of the Slant-nose Turbo, which looked like a fancy old-school Beetle with 1980's Michael Jackson's nose job and 1980's Arnold Schwarzenegger's steroid enhancements.

The 944 was...okay. I'd put it on the same footing as the 1980's Supra and Trans Am, looks-wise.

[shp4man]

Have to go with the T-bird.

[Raza]

The 1980's 911 looked like a fancy old-school Beetle. With the exception of the Slant-nose Turbo, which looked like a fancy old-school Beetle with 1980's Michael Jackson's nose job and 1980's Arnold Schwarzenegger's steroid enhancements.

The 944 was...okay. I'd put it on the same footing as the 1980's Supra and Trans Am, looks-wise.

Man, I love the 911SC.  I don't know what's wrong with you, but you should speak to a professional about it.

[SVT666]

The 80s only had one good looking car...The Buick Grand National.

[280Z Turbo]

The 80s only had one good looking car...The Buick Grand National.

The G body was one of the worst looking cars ever made. Painting everything black doesn't help that much.

[Secret Chimp]

Come on, that's classic. Beetle my ass.

[Laconian]

Pontiac Fiero was a really good looking car. The looks were a generation ahead of the MR2.

[Vinsanity]

Don't get me wrong, I do love the classic 911. But I wouldn't say it's one of the best looking, even in a decade full of shoeboxes on wheels.

[Cookie Monster]

How has this not been mentioned:



Yeah the 911 is nice, but come on.

[MexicoCityM3]

[Madman]

Maybe I'm just a little biased because I owned one, but I still think this is a great looking car.





Mine looked exactly like this one, too.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

C4 Corvette
1988 Grand Prix SE
1985 IROC Z
1987 GNX
1989 Mustang GT
1985 RX7 Turbo
1988 Porsche 959
1987 F40
1987 AMG Hammer
1988 M3
1989 SL 500

[GoCougs]

The G body was one of the worst looking cars ever made. Painting everything black doesn't help that much.

Black hides awfulness, just like when chicks like to wear black pants (and the G-body in any form absolutely typified the awfulness of '80s American styling).

[Speed_Racer]

M5


GTI


MR2 (biased)


Starion

[Raza]

Yup, great choice.  But I'd even say that the first M5 was even better looking than the M6. 

[Cookie Monster]

M5

GTI

MR2 (biased)

Starion

Yes to all these but the GTI. I love the GTI but it's not the best looking of the '80s IMO.

[Colin]

An awful lot of the cars in this thread were actually launched in the 1970s, even though they were still on sale for some part of the 1980s - Porsche 911 Turbo, 928, r107 Merc SL,  Jag XJS, E24 6 series, Aston V8 Vantage (goes back to the 60s in original DBS format).

I don't think I've ever seen anyone nominated the Mitsubishi Starion in a beauty contest before, and although I understand the nostalgic reason for selecting it, the "jelly mould" Sierra was just that. Not a pretty car, in the opinion of many people.

Where are all the genuinely good looking nominations? Think Alfa 164, Peugeot 205 and 405, the Calibra............ hmm, it's at this point that I realise that this was not exactly a decade of styling triumphs, was it? 

[Soup DeVille]

I missed a great deal on a white M6 last month by about 45 minutes. Would've been the best 7500 dollars I've ever spent.

Or the worst, who knows?

[2o6]

[Madman]

I would have bought one of these if the local VW dealer hadn't been such a dickhead.



I always thought this was a very good looking car, too.

[Laconian]

The Mk1 Scirocco is from the 70's.

[cawimmer430]

At the risk of Wimmer threadjacking this into a crapfest, here goes...

'70s DUDE, '70s! 



But here are my picks from the '80s.


Mercedes W126




Cadillac Deville




Cadillac Seville




Ford LTD




Chevrolet Caprice




Dodge Diplomat




BMW E30 3er




'85 Mitsubishi Galant looked pretty hot!




1980 Toyota Cressida - reminds me of my beloved Plymouth Volare. 

[280Z Turbo]

The Mk1 Scirocco is from the 70's.

It sure is. But he posted a Mk2.

[Vinsanity]

every time I look at this pic, I expect to see a young Michael Douglas dressed in an expensive suit to strut out the doors of the stock exchange while talking into his brick-phone.

[Colin]

That Toyota Cressida is from 1977.

[Madman]

The Mk1 Scirocco is from the 70's.

The photo I posted is of the MK II Scirocco, introduced in 1982.

[Madman]

Another handsome car from my youth! 

[Colin]

Ah yes...... the aptly named Fuego. Apt, as many of them did live up to their name and spontaneously combust. Shame, as it was a pretty car - though the Americanisation of it looks to be nearly as grim as what was depicted of the Golf to Rabbit transformation earlier in this thread. And the BMW M635CSI, to give it is proper name (it was never called an M6) did not pass the process unscathed either, sadly.