Which car best sums up the 1980s?
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RobinBanks said:
soad said:
RobinBanks said:
Didn't the Jaguar XJ220 actually come out in about 1992 though?
Yes, I got ahead of myself there. In 1988 Jaguar showed the shape of things to come - concept car was unveiled to the public.
soad said:
RobinBanks said:
soad said:
RobinBanks said:
Didn't the Jaguar XJ220 actually come out in about 1992 though?
Yes, I got ahead of myself there. In 1988 Jaguar showed the shape of things to come - concept car was unveiled to the public.
But I think of them as a '90s car. A generation on from the F40 and 959 etc.
RobinBanks said:
soad said:
RobinBanks said:
Didn't the Jaguar XJ220 actually come out in about 1992 though?
Yes, I got ahead of myself there. In 1988 Jaguar showed the shape of things to come - concept car was unveiled to the public.
That pretty much sums up the 80's. People making massive business decisions based on gut feel.
Unfortunately it also sums up our politicians, who fked the country, based on their own beliefs and prejudices.
In 1982, John Gardner was asked to write updated 1980's James Bond novels. While a far cry from Bentleys and Astons of yore, the end result was very 80's:
http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/literature...
Not classical James Bond, but I think that's a very nice 80's set of wheels.
Of course, in 1988 I was lusting after another set of James Bond wheels (though they date from 80-81):
http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/literature...
Not classical James Bond, but I think that's a very nice 80's set of wheels.
Of course, in 1988 I was lusting after another set of James Bond wheels (though they date from 80-81):
oldnbold said:
cologne2792 said:
oldnbold said:
Here's two of mine from the early 80's. Suprised one hasn't popped up already.
Capri 1.6GL with expensive wheels that my Dad disaproved of
Capri 3.0S great car and very "interesting exiting roundabouts in the wet.
No sorry.Capri 1.6GL with expensive wheels that my Dad disaproved of
Capri 3.0S great car and very "interesting exiting roundabouts in the wet.
I'm a Capri nut - currently on my sixth - 84 2.8i
The Capri is of the sixties and seventies - the very nice mk2 in your picture is a mid 70's and the gorgeous 3.0S, still my all time favourite Capri, was born in 78 and onward.
That they carried on into the eighties was down to the 2.8i reinventing the brand but the 2.8i just isn't Capri enough when compared to the 3.0S.
Anyway what ever the year of manafacture they represent my memory of 80's cars because along with a 2.0S they were the cars that I owned and drove in the early 80's.
So let me get this right. This seems to be the general consensus. Like the Capri before it in the 1970s, this seems to be the car for the everyman/woman:
Did the XR3i outsell the XR2? We remember the 205 GTi/Golf GTi/5 GT Turbo more fondly now from that time for being better driver's cars but back in the day, these were much more popular yet you rarely see one now. I actually wouldn't mind one for the nostalgia in Mercury Grey please!
For the yuppy/city trader, a Guards Red Porsche:
944 Turbo?
or 911?
and for the seriously monied individual:
this?
or this?
I wonder which car will best sum up this decade?
This?
Diesel obviously. How depressing. Give me an XR3i and a pair of Aviators any day!
Did the XR3i outsell the XR2? We remember the 205 GTi/Golf GTi/5 GT Turbo more fondly now from that time for being better driver's cars but back in the day, these were much more popular yet you rarely see one now. I actually wouldn't mind one for the nostalgia in Mercury Grey please!
For the yuppy/city trader, a Guards Red Porsche:
944 Turbo?
or 911?
and for the seriously monied individual:
this?
or this?
I wonder which car will best sum up this decade?
This?
Diesel obviously. How depressing. Give me an XR3i and a pair of Aviators any day!
Edited by white_goodman on Thursday 23 October 17:27
It has to be a 3 door Cosworth in white. Always white in the 1980s. Loud, brash, inyerface, bold, confident and with traces of white powder that the owner seems incredibly eager to remove. Here is one in it's natural suburban habitat, complete with removed registration plate, about to have its identity changed and shipped off to the Middle East.
Of course we didn't actually see that many of them, XR3is were much more common, in several senses of the word.
Of course we didn't actually see that many of them, XR3is were much more common, in several senses of the word.
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