What's your favourite decade for cars?

[white_goodman]

I'm wondering whether this is something to do with my age at the time, (I was born in 1980) but most of the cars I really want to own were manufactured in the 80s and 90s. Most of them are relatively affordable and viable every day propositions in terms of reliability and useability etc but early enough not to be ruined by safety and emissions and excess size and weight. I can't decide which decade, so I'm going to cheat and go for '85-'95, which is early enough to include stuff like:

Capri 2.8i
S1 Escort RST
Sierra RS Cosworth (hatch)
E28 BMW M5

but late enough to include:

Audi Quattro 20V
Lancia Delta Integrale Evo
Fiat Coupe Turbo
Corrado VR6
Porsche 993

The two cars that I still really want to own from this era are the 205 GTi 1.9 and the big-bumper mk2 Golf GTi 16v. The Peugeot would be more exciting to drive no doubt and the Golf probably nicer to live with. If only I had room for both!

What is your favourite decade for cars and why?

[soad]

90's for me - Diablo, 355, 993.

[stephen300o]

60's. Cars peaked.

[AlexRS2782]

Also born in 1980 and personally for me, like you and although not really a decade, i'd have said between the mid '80's to mid '90's because of what it encompassed from everything from the 205 GTI / Golf GTI, etc, to the RS500 / BMW E30 M3, all the way through to supercars like the Ferrari F40.

Edited by AlexRS2782 on Tuesday 10th July 17:04

[Some Gump]

Countash. Testarossa. F40. Esprit turbo. 964 with a massive wing. dTM Pantera. Capri. 959. Groub b. Croup c. 333sp. Cossie vs m3 in the btcc. 85 to '96, thats the decade for me.

[crofty1984]

Can I have '75 to '85 please?
That's still 10 years.
Born '84.

[rudecherub]

It's the 60's

So many of the cars on the walls of kids in the following decades were designed or were modifications / derived directly from designs first drawn in the 60's.

[vixen1700]

1960s

Aston Martin
Maserati
Facel Vega
Ferrari
Jaguar
Bentley
Lamborghini

To name but a few, just look at the cars they produced in the 1960s.

[nagsheadwarrior]

I Was born in 1980 too but I'll second 1975-85, that gives you all the goodness of the 80-85 list above but you can throw in a late Lambo Muira, earlier Countach's and even an E Type (pushing it a bit but there might of been a few left on the forecourts in 75!

Edited to say,just realised I miss the Muira by 3 years, bks!

Edited by nagsheadwarrior on Tuesday 10th July 21:18

[The Wookie]

90's

McLaren F1
Ferrari 550 and 355
Porsche 993
TVR Griff, Chimaera and Tuscan (just)
Lambo Diablo
Jag XJ220
Honda NSX
Dodge Viper
Ford Escrote Cosworth
Pug 306 GTi-6
etc.

To be honest though, there's plenty of great, great cars from pretty much any era you can think of

[Captain Muppet]

white_goodman said:

'85-'95

I'm going to tweak that to '86-'96.

I then get the Elise, as well as the FC RX7, R32 Skyline, FD RX7, mk1 and mk2 CRX, NSX, Alfa SZ, mk1 and mk2 MR2, E30 M3, E34 M5, 635CSi, Sileighty, S12, S13 and S14 Silvias, all the group B rally cars (maybe squeaking in a 288 GTO) and pretty much everything I had on my massive car picture wall as a student.

[kambites]

I'll take the 60s, please.

I think every decade since then has been more depressing than the last.

[F1GTRUeno]

The 90's.

Born in 1990 so had the whole decade to grow up and see some amazing cars being made.

[PUA]

75-85, to include amongst others the countach and 288 GTO

[Riley Blue]

1930s without a doubt, I'd have loved to have raced at Brooklands.

[Vocal Minority]

1958 Jaguar XK150
1958 Ferrari 250 GT and all amazing derivations thereof start to emerge
1959 Austin Healey 3000
1961 Jaguar E Type
1961 AC Cobra
1963 Lotus Cortina
1963 Porsche 911
1964 Shelby Daytona Coupe
1964 Ford GT40
1967 Lamborghini Miura
1968 Ferrari Daytona
1968 Ford Escort (birth of a legend)

1958-68 - All manner of Lotuses
1958-1968 All manner of MGs - none spectacular, but what is more generic of its type than the MGB?

1958 - 1968: 10 years which saw the birth of a lot of amazing things.

Not just great cars, but cars whioh defined genres and became legends.

EFS

Edited by Vocal Minority on Tuesday 10th July 22:14

[rudecherub]

Vocal Minority said:

1958 Jaguar XK150
1958 Ferrari 250 GT and all amazing derivations thereof start to emerge
1959 Austin Healey 3000
1961 Jaguar E Type
1961 AC Cobra
1963 Lotus Cortina
1963 Porsche 911
1964 Shelby Daytona Coupe
1964 Ford GT40
1967 Lamborghini Miura
1968 Ferrari Daytona
1968 Ford Escort (birth of a legend)

1958-68 - All manor of Lotuses
1958-1968 All manor of MGs - none spectacular, but what is more generic of its type than the MGB?

1958 - 1968: 10 years which saw the birth of a lot of amazing things.

Not just great cars, but cars whioh defined genres and became legends.

+
Aston Martin DB4/5/6/DBS 1958 on
Jensen FF 1966

[Dalto123]

Gotta be the 60's. Some beauties from that era:

Ferrari 250 GTO
Ferrari 330
Ferrari Daytona
Ferrari 275
Lamborghini Miura
Aston Martin DB5
Jaguar E Type
Toyota 2000GT
Ford GT40

I'm not saying that other eras of car manufacture can't compare, but I doubt they'll throw us any cars as pretty as the above ones.

[Eighteeteewhy]

80s

[Johnboy Mac]

Without question the 70's & 80's. Picking one decade it would be the 80's for me.