OK i had the best 1970s car thread, what about the best car from the 1980s?

i liked the 1989 Mercedes 500SL, my brother in law had one in 1992 and it was great, i also like the 1984 BMW M635i.

There is of course the Bentley Brooklands.....

My favourite car of the 1980s was really 1991/1992 but it was developed in the 1980s so it counts. Its the Vauxhall Lotus Carlton

OK i had the best 1970s car thread, what about the best car from the 1980s?

i liked the 1989 Mercedes 500SL, my brother in law had one in 1992 and it was great, i also like the 1984 BMW M635i.

There is of course the Bentley Brooklands.....

My favourite car of the 1980s was really 1991/1992 but it was developed in the 1980s so it counts. Its the Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
Oh snap ....ill be right back
thisll be a long one

Oh snap ....ill be right back
thisll be a long one

I also have the Cadillac Allante, Fleetwood Brougham, and Coupe Deville.

LOL im composing the rest of mine.

1987 GNX
1986 Corvette Vert
1989 ZR1 (well technicly was sold in 1990)
1988 Fiero GT
1984 Fiero Indy
1989 Trans Am Indy Pace car
1985.5 Mustang SVO
Delorean
1989 Reatta
1989 Allante
1989 Daytona Shebly
1988 GLHS

1987 GNX
1986 Corvette Vert
1989 ZR1 (well technicly was sold in 1990)
1988 Fiero GT
1984 Fiero Indy
1989 Trans Am Indy Pace car
1985.5 Mustang SVO
Delorean
1989 Reatta
1989 Allante
1989 Daytona Shebly
1988 GLHS

NICE!

Allante and Reatta, are they the same platform?

nope , diffrent platforms ....the reatta was 100% built in the US , hand built at the lansing craft center where they now put together the chevy SSR , and soon the g6 vert ...reatta was avaible as a convertible in 1990

I forget where final assembly of the allante occured , the body was done in italy and shipped back to the US for assembly somewhere

nope , diffrent platforms ....the reatta was 100% built in the US , hand built at the lansing craft center where they now put together the chevy SSR , and soon the g6 vert ...reatta was avaible as a convertible in 1990

I forget where final assembly of the allante occured , the body was done in italy and shipped back to the US for assembly somewhere

Ah, they just look about the same size and wheelbase

dimentionally there very similar ....i think reatta was more based off a short fwd lesabre chassis ....allante came from a reworked eldorado chassis

dimentionally there very similar ....i think reatta was more based off a short fwd lesabre chassis ....allante came from a reworked eldorado chassis

Oh i get it, theyre both nice looking cars. I really like the Allante, if i was going to get one it would be a 93 N* car.

I also like that 199X Buick Riviera going slightly off topic.

yes! Fiero GT for sure, and GNX, allante, GMC Cyclone(bad ass trucks) 89 eldorado...iam sure theres more....yes...Shelby Daytona turbo, i almost got one for my first car, red with leather, T-tops and 5 speed.

syclone didnt make it till 91 ....ever see the marlboro syclone ? it had T Tops

that 84 fiero i pass everyday for the past 3 years is still for sale .....i think im gonna stop by for a closer look next week

oh...oh well it was an 80 style S10 hehe, and bad ass. I heard of guys making 400+hp in those. And with the AWD its like an EVO truck

yup ....it was the result of bored GNX program engineers ...wonder when they will get bored again ....

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The 1989 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special

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THE Standard of the World ! (Which IMHO, was lost beginning in 1994).

By mistake I put this under SNOOP DOG.
I got so excited over Snoop dog I put the pictures there.
Please, no more talk about Snoop Dog. He X-cites me too much !! :D

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THE Standard of the World ! (Which IMHO, was lost beginning in 1994).

By mistake I put this under SNOOP DOG.
I got so excited over Snoop dog I put the pictures there.
Please, no more talk about Snopp Dog. He X-cites me too much !!


LOL i saw the pictures there. Did they make the Sixty in a Coupe body??

No they did not. They did however, make the Fleetwood Coupe WITH what had previously been the d' Elegance interior package as Standard Equipment.

I wish somebody with the POWER would delete that post from Snoop Dog topic. I cannot......NOW I DID IT !!

No they did not. They did however, make the Fleetwood Coupe WITH what had previously been the d' Elegance interior package as Standard Equipment.

Fully loaded? Cool, so that was the SDV/CDV body right? I prefer the Coupe of that era over the Sedan and i know why too. Its the styling, because the SDV was long, and the trunk is also long, the styling made it look as if the car was dragging all of that bodywork, as opposed to something like a Jaguar that has haunches to make it look as if the car is pushing the weight from behind, this, IMO, had less effect on the Coupe,

1980/'81 Turbo Trans Am

1985 Corvette (without the crappy crossfire fuel injection of 1984)

1987 GN

Any Lambo Countach

1980 Pontiac Phoenix coupe. :alchi:

I'm sure there's more...

Shazzam!!!
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Also the Fleetwood Brougham Coupe.

1987 Grand National
1989 Sedan Deville/60 Special
1987 Monte Carlo LS
1989 Fleetwood RWD
1985 Riviera
1989 Trans Am GTA
1985 Eldorado
1985 Monte Carlo SS
1980 Monte Carlo
1989 Bonneville SSE
1989 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas??
1989 Mercedes 190 and above

My original rwd G-body Pontiac Grand AM that I bought new and now has 48000 miles.

I'm not as big a fan of 80's cars as I am 70's cars.

I had a 1985 Delta 88 that I'm still very fond of.

Also had a 1983 Mustang convertible I liked a lot.

I wasn't a big fan of the FWD Cadillacs, but they were extremely comfortable.

My favorites:

-1983 Eldorado Biarritz
-1980 Seville Elegante
-1987 Brougham D'Elegance
-1983 Coupe Deville
-1989 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
-1989 Trans Am GTA
-1987 GNX
-1987 300ZX Turbo
-80-85 Riviera
-80-85 Toronado
-1983-87 442 & 442 Hurst/Olds
-1989 Ninety Eight Touring Sedan

84 Buick Park Avenue
88 Camaro IROC Z
88 Chevrolet Silverado.

1984 Cadillac Coupe Deville

1984 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham

1989 Cadillac Brougham

1989 Cadillac Sedan Deville

1989 Cadillac Coupe Deville

1985 Lincoln Town Car

1985 Lincoln Continental

ah, life dont get no better.

The 80s were wack. I am the only good thing to come out of the 80s. :p

I guess I don't mind the GN and Allante, and I can stand the 2.2 turbo cars from Chrysler.

88 Chevrolet Silverado.

Good call. That reminds me.

I'm gonna show some love for the '87 Suburban. All of the GM trucks were good in the late-80's.

syclone didn't make it till 91 ....ever see the Marlboro syclone ? it had T Tops

that 84 Fiero i pass everyday for the past 3 years is still for sale .....i think I'm gonna stop by for a closer look next week

Ya know the Caddy 4.X motors have the same bell housing pattern as the Fiero 2.5 and 2.8. Pretty much a drop in engine swap. Been told that when you clean off all the extra junk from the motor, you have more room to work on it in a Fiero than when it was in the Caddy.

Oh Fav 80's car. 85 Pontiac Fiero GT now with Caddy Power. 4.9 from 93 Elderado.

I guess I don't mind the GN and Allante, and I can stand the 2.2 turbo cars from Chrysler.

oh i forgot about those two, thanks Dave.

Gnx

Early 80's droptop Eldo, Toronado, or Rivi on swangs and vogues...

Good call. That reminds me.

I'm gonna show some love for the '87 Suburban. All of the GM trucks were good in the late-80's.
They are definatly "The most dependable, longest lasting trucks on the road". My first car was an 88 Silverado that was fully customized. I got it when it had 250,000 miles on it and I drove it to 310,000 miles. In 3 years I put $500 bucks into it and that was IT. One one the best trucks I have ever driven. But the 95 Seville did a pretty good job of replacing it :).

Ya know the Caddy 4.X motors have the same bell housing pattern as the Fiero 2.5 and 2.8. Pretty much a drop in engine swap. Been told that when you clean off all the extra junk from the motor, you have more room to work on it in a Fiero than when it was in the Caddy.

Oh Fav 80's car. 85 Pontiac Fiero GT now with Caddy Power. 4.9 from 93 Elderado.
where do you think the engine from my caddy is going after i put the engine im getting ready to build in the caddy ?

mwahahahahaha....

acutally im condering a quad 4 for a fiero too ....but if igure ill have an extra 4.9 laying around when im done ...why not put it to good use?

I also have to credit the 1981 Seville. I still love that bodystalye no matter what anyone else says!

86-92 Supra Turbo
87-93 Mustang 5.0

Not a whole lot of cars from the 1980's did much for me. Of the cars that spark my interest, the Buick Grand National or the 1980 big block 368 (not the 8-6-4 version) Cadillac Eldorado would be the top choices. Cars from the '70's really do the trick for me.

80s cars...hmmm...

86 BMW 6 Series (Maddie Hays' car on Moonlighting)
85 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
89 Honda Accord coupe
86 Honda Prelude Si
83 Buick Regal T-Type
85 Buick Riviera T-Type
85 Toyota Supra
86 Toyota Celica GT-S
87 Acura Legend coupe

May add some more later

where do you think the engine from my caddy is going after i put the engine im getting ready to build in the caddy ?

mwahahahahaha....

acutally im condering a quad 4 for a fiero too ....but if igure ill have an extra 4.9 laying around when im done ...why not put it to good use?

The torque of the 4.9 is a wonderfull thing in a Fiero. Idle around town at 1500rpms, or drop 2 gears and walk away from most anything on the road. You got to realize that when you remove all the extra junk from a 4.9 and ditch the Stock Caddy Exhaust it gains extra power just buy installing it into the Fiero. Plus near 30mpg on the highway. You do loose the comfort of the Caddy, my car rides like a buckboard.