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kanaric
kanaric Dork
5/18/13 4:57 a.m.

I saw some pictures of an old 80s Mitsubishi today and it's got me thinking. What is the most 80s dated looking car?

Here is my submission: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/12/junkyard-find-1983-mitsubishi-cordia/

Complete with ridiculous 80s digital dash

Reminds me of this BAT entry a while back. http://bringatrailer.com/2012/10/10/80s-flashback-1988-mitsubishi-galant-sigma/ Seems like nobody did 80s better (worse?) than Mitsubishi.

Basil Exposition
Basil Exposition HalfDork
5/18/13 5:19 a.m.

My first thought was, yes, another Mitsubishi, the Starion:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Early_Mitsubishi_Starion_Turbo.jpg

Came across this rather interesting story about the name that I hadn't heard before:

http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/starion.asp

My first new car was a 1982 Toyota Celica with the notchback and the headlights that stared at the trees when they weren't on.

http://www.toyoland.com/cars/celica.html

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/18/13 5:56 a.m.

Easy, Subaru XT:

kanaric
kanaric New Reader
5/18/13 6:02 a.m.

lol always forget about the XT. The wedge that time forgot.

akamcfly
akamcfly HalfDork
5/18/13 6:21 a.m.

My first thought before I opened this thread was Starion too.

Fueled by Caffeine
Fueled by Caffeine MegaDork
5/18/13 6:47 a.m.

My friend had an ct in high school. He called it the " space car".

Feedyurhed
Feedyurhed SuperDork
5/18/13 7:15 a.m.

Wow, both good calls but I think the Subie gets the title by just an edge. Nobody was more 80s than the Japanese. Of course they did the late 70s pretty well too. Anybody remember the late 70s Datsun 200SX?

kanaric
kanaric New Reader
5/18/13 7:16 a.m.
Feedyurhed wrote: Wow, both good calls but I think the Subie gets the title by just an edge. Nobody was more 80s than the Japanese. Of course they did the late 70s pretty well too. Anybody remember the late 70s Datsun 200SX?

lol my friend had one of those. My god was that a gross looking car.

Slippery
Slippery GRM+ Memberand Reader
5/18/13 7:20 a.m.

Another vote for Starion

White_and_Nerdy
White_and_Nerdy HalfDork
5/18/13 7:56 a.m.

The first car that came to my mind was the AW11 MR2. But the Subie XT gets additional weirdness points.

Jerry
Jerry HalfDork
5/18/13 8:13 a.m.

Is that a pistol??

DirtyBird222
DirtyBird222 UltraDork
5/18/13 8:53 a.m.

when I think 80s I feel from the JDM y0 side the late 80s prelude fits this description.

From 'Merica it's all about the IROC-Z28 or Foxbody with window louvers.

European: E30 or 300D

Sonic
Sonic SuperDork
5/18/13 9:02 a.m.

redhookfern
redhookfern New Reader
5/18/13 9:05 a.m.

I had that prelude! Till an oak tree flattened it back into the earth (see garage).

Anyway, I'd vote the Z31 300zx's (1983-1989) and also K cars.

Rupert
Rupert Reader
5/18/13 9:09 a.m.

Wow! Great picture of the IROC Camaro. It seems to be exactly the theme for the rear end of the new C-7!

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
5/18/13 9:26 a.m.

Wait when did rear louvers become un cool?.

oldeskewltoy
oldeskewltoy SuperDork
5/18/13 10:04 a.m.

Fuego

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson UltraDork
5/18/13 10:17 a.m.
Sonic wrote:

I loved the Testarossa as a teen when it came out, through the 90's and 00's I thought it was dreadful, now I think it's way cool again. Time for my cotton pants, deck shoes with no socks an aviators

impulsive
impulsive Reader
5/18/13 10:19 a.m.

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt UberDork
5/18/13 10:40 a.m.
impulsive wrote:

Lately I've been wanting to find a first generation Impulse, put an LS1 in it, and call it the Eight of Clubs, after the Ace of Clubs concept car that inspired it.

I don't think this quite out-'80s a Subaru XT, but it's the most '80s thing that Europe or the US could come up with:

ShadowSix
ShadowSix HalfDork
5/18/13 10:47 a.m.
White_and_Nerdy wrote: The first car that came to my mind was the AW11 MR2. But the Subie XT gets additional weirdness points.

Ha, I came here to say "AW11" as well, then saw the Subie and was, "how can I be so wrong!?!" Glad I wasn't the only one!

novaderrik
novaderrik UltimaDork
5/18/13 11:05 a.m.

it would almost be impossible to get more "80's" than this pic..

Ranger50
Ranger50 PowerDork
5/18/13 11:15 a.m.

Nothing more 80's then ProStreeters.

MA$$hole
MA$$hole HalfDork
5/18/13 11:31 a.m.

In reply to novaderrik:

I had that entire Exotic Dreams card set when I was younger. It now resides with Silverfleet.

novaderrik
novaderrik UltimaDork
5/18/13 11:43 a.m.
Ranger50 wrote: Nothing more 80's then ProStreeters.

Scott Sullivan's "Cheese Wiz" '55 at least got driven across the country with no support vehicles for a story in Hot Rod, so it wasn't totally useless from a functional standpoint...

but since you went there:

it has 2 turbos, 2 superchargers, about a billion stages of nitrous, a polished stainless tube frame chassis, and a valve spring for a rear "suspension"..

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