The ultimate 80's car

[Triumph Man]

Random thread I appreciate, but I wanted to garner your opinion on this. I was pondering the question myself, and couldn't come to a conclusion. I did however think of the BMW 635 CSi as one contender.

I now open the floor to your gentle insults and contributions.

[Johnny Drama]

911 Turbo in Guards Red.

[kambites]

959?
F40?

[Waugh-terfall]

Uhh Audi Quattro!! That or a Cosworth Mercedes 190E

[Urban Sports]

[Hugo a Gogo]

Johnny Drama said:

911 Turbo in Guards Red.

targa

[Agrilla]

[jbi]

[perdu]

Saab 900

simples!

[jbi]

[useyourdellusion]

Waugh-terfall said:

Uhh Audi Quattro!! That or a Cosworth Mercedes 190E

Oh yes!! (In hindsight).

Though I was thirteen in 1982 when the mk1 XR2 was launched. At the time, for me, there was no substitute!



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Edited by useyourdellusion on Thursday 10th June 20:19

[mat13]

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[akkord]

great scott! definate 80's icon

[dylan0451]

i still regard the late (s3?) countach as the pinnacle of supercar design. couldn't comment on driving, though i did sit on one once

sierra cossie for the chav option?!

[berry100]

Got to be the Cosworth surely??

[jbi]

yup the countach comes to mind for me as soon as you think of the 80's.

It's almost the decade personified.

[Alfanatic]

I'd say F40. Otherwise, either a white Countach 5000QV or Testarossa.

F40 was possibly the ultimate car of the decade performance wise and is the one most people seem to remember now. The Countach S and QV were possibly the most popular pinups at the time, but a Testarossa probably screams '80s louder than the Countach.

Or, looking at it from a different angle, how about the Ford Sierra?

[300bhp/ton]

Triumph Man said:

Random thread I appreciate, but I wanted to garner your opinion on this. I was pondering the question myself, and couldn't come to a conclusion. I did however think of the BMW 635 CSi as one contender.

I now open the floor to your gentle insults and contributions.

635 is nice, but more of a niche icon I suspect.

Personally quite like these:






Although if you are in the US then I guess a Corvette might well rank pretty high too.

[TVR Sagaris]

[stuckmojo]

for me at least. little rocket ship