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forum_emoticons.html	[quote=02Silverado4x4,17722]Bravada; not all were aerodynamic. In America, aerodynamics were made popular by Ford with the 1986 Taurus, 1988 Tempo and their other models. Compare the 1984 Tempo to the 1983 Ford Fairmont. The Tempo; FWD, gas/diesel I4, in '87 AWD became available, fully independent rear suspension, very aerodynamically designed body (for its time). Fairmont; RWD, gas V8 engine, very 1970's boxy look. Likewise compare the 1986 LTD to the '86 Taurus, the '81 Escort to Pinto, the Pinto-Mustang to the Fox Body Mustang. Cars from the 1980's in America are excellent vehicles. It was a time when safety was becoming a good thing, cars were getting more miles per gallon then cars today (Tempo got 43MPG, Focus gets 35) and most of all it was a time when people realized they did not need a RWD V8 full size sedan to get around town. A FWD I4 compact would do the same, and perform better. Now I get where people don't [i]like[/i] the 1980's looks or cars in general. But you are comparing them to modern standards. Everything from several decades ago would be awful. The original Mustang or GTO by todays standards is slow, underpowered and in no way efficient. By todays standards the 1980's cars were not aerodynamic and were not safe, but for their time, they were.[/quote]
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cieraguy

Pretty much all of the econoboxes that were offered. But they werent really desgined to look attractive back then... just basic transportation.

Leoz

I nver really liked the Oldsmobile Cutlass. Sure, it's smaller than most american cars and with better handling (I hear) and I even pefer it to most modern cars, but it is my least favourite Olds, as it's just too plain.Yet, I do not like the '81 American Ford Escort either.Too plain, and that's a British name.

antp

Quote From: carobserver

* Saab 900 notchback

CrazyCars

Quote From: G-MANN

I don't like the overall look of the early 80s Cadillac Seville at all, it wouldn't be so bad if it had a more normal trunk instead of that weird rear end.

I agree, i do not see the point of doing that, ruins a perfectly good car

carobserver

First of all, I din´t find ugly the 80s Tempo, perhaps the interior are labelled as a rental-fleet car, but is not ugly

OK, my selection of ugly cars of the 80s are

* Saab 900 notchback
* Nissan Pulsar NX coupe
* 1983-88 Mercury Cougar
* Chrysler Lebaron convertible with woody trim
* 1980-82 Ford Thunderbid
*

G-MANN

I don't like the overall look of the early 80s Cadillac Seville at all, it wouldn't be so bad if it had a more normal trunk instead of that weird rear end.

Buc84

That Anadol (Turkish car,Right??)looks like something someone built with whatever leftover parts they had laying around from whichever bunch of cars they parted out?? That thing's hideous!

Buc84

"No car I can think of sold 500,000+ units in it's first year".....I can think of one....the Mustang!!!

58_Roadmaster

Early 1980s Cadillac Seville

That is a car I could choose to do without. I am inclined, however, toward late '80s GM coupes like the LeSabre. There was even a T-top model in one of those years.

ThatLeBaronGuy

The Ford Tempo was futuristic looking when it first came out in 1984.

In fact, they were used as Police cars of the future in the 1984 movie "Runaway" starring Tom Selleck.