The Endearing Eighties
''Even with all their faults, cars of the ’80s make ideal ‘collector’ cars…'' Contrary to popular belief, there were many interesting and well-designed automobiles built during the 1980s. While they may not have been the best built cars, nor the most reliable at times, in many respects they were far superior to those cars that came before them. No, seriously, they were. Like the post-1972 cars of the ’70s, the cars of the ’80s era were in transition; a continuation of regulations kept throwing monkey wrenches at engineers, forcing them to make overnight changes with technology that hadn’t yet been perfected. It was this practice of in-process developments, which centered on lowering engine emissions, that was the cause of many mechanical issues, thus giving car owners recurring nightmares whenever cars…
