Best looking car of the 1980's?

[veeman]

i think people are mixing up best car of the 1980s with best looking car of the 1980s.

people look fondly back at the 80s accords because those cars were so well built, especially with all the crap gm and ford put out there.  it's the reason why accords are worth so much on the used car market.  and camry's, while equally reliable, have no sporting pretensions and were therefore labeled boring unlike the accord.

that model accord is cool looking no doubt, especially for a mainstreamer.  those pop-up head lights were awesome.  but "best" looking car.  better than a saab 900 turbo for example?  Even a 1986 mercury sable is a pretty good looking car.  made not to last 80 thousand miles, but that's a different thread.

[CJ]

The Saab still looks really freaking good.

[Raza]

Yeah, I love that Saab.  Most Saabs, actually, up until the last model line before death, looked great. 

[CJ]

The new 9-5 looked wonderful.

[Raza]

The new 9-5 looked wonderful.

Ugh, it was gross. 

[Onslaught]

That Saab looked different. But I don't think it was good looking.

[MX793]

The new 9-5 looked wonderful.

No

[2o6]

No

I liked it from certain angles.

[Raza]

I liked it from certain angles.

While blindfolded, sure. 

[Speed_Racer]

The new 9-5 looked good in wagon form.

That old 9-3 is hawt!

[cawimmer430]

1980 Dodge Diplomat. Give me the sedan, wagon and coupe. 

[MX793]

I liked it from certain angles.

No

[Byteme]

1986 Lincoln LSC

[veeman]

1981 - 1983 ferrari 308 gtsi

christie brinkley is a bonerus

[J86]

ooooh good one.

[cawimmer430]

Early '80s Oldsmobile Delta 88. Hot.

[Secret Chimp]

stop. it.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Early '80s Oldsmobile Delta 88. Hot.

I always preferred (and owned) the smaller 4 door Cutlass to the Delta.

[Onslaught]

Early '80s Oldsmobile Delta 88. Hot.

POS and ugly.

[280Z Turbo]

stop. it.

He may have some kind of degenerative brain disease. I don't remember him acting this stupid at C&D.

[cawimmer430]

I always preferred (and owned) the smaller 4 door Cutlass to the Delta.

Was that car related to the Chevrolet Malibu of the same era?

[cawimmer430]

He may have some kind of degenerative brain disease. I don't remember him acting this stupid at C&D.

I'm not trying to be funny/piss people off. I genuinely think these cars look sexy. I "grew up with them" on the movie screen and I like boxy design. It's my opinion.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Was that car related to the Chevrolet Malibu of the same era?

Yep!

[Madman]

Was that car related to the Chevrolet Malibu of the same era?

The Class of 1983.



Chevrolet Malibu





Pontiac Bonneville





Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme





Buick Regal




Badge engineering?  What badge engineering? 

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

At least The Pontiac had those futuristic plastic bumpers!!! 

[MX793]

I'm not trying to be funny/piss people off. I genuinely think these cars look sexy. I "grew up with them" on the movie screen and I like boxy design. It's my opinion.

Funny, the people who truly grew up with them (had to see them, drive them, ride in them, etc...) almost universally loathe them.

[280Z Turbo]

At least The Pontiac had those futuristic plastic bumpers!!! 

Needs more cladding

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Needs more cladding

And hood scopes!

[cawimmer430]

The Class of 1983.

All of them gorgeous. I think the Buick and Oldsmobile look the best, though. 

[cawimmer430]

Funny, the people who truly grew up with them (had to see them, drive them, ride in them, etc...) almost universally loathe them.

They might have been POS cars, but to me they look awesome.