1980s
Remember the Buick Skylark? While the car certainly had its day in the pre-Reagan era, the 1980s and 90s did a lot of damage to the nameplate with models that were uninspired in every way (see above). ... Tags: gm, small cars, buick, saturn, suzuki, nameplate, daewoo, chevy cobalt, pontiac, badge engineering, pontiac g6, general motors, 1980s, suzuki forenza, delta, shanghai gm, buick skylark, saturn astra, daewoo lacetti, excelle
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Max Mosely and the FIA are looking at some radically different and more restrictive rules for the future of Formula One racing. For the past couple of years, they've talked about trying to make the ca ... Tags: ferrari, rpm, v6 engines, prototypes, real world, diesel, proposals, ecu, peugeot, 1980s, formula one racing, 2l, fia, monaco, rev limit, f1 cars, world cars, lemans, max mosely, restrictive rules
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"Bandit you're reckless and you live much too hard..." We feel a full-fledged late 1970s lovefest coming on soon. Not that it'd be any worse than the resurgence of 1980s pop culture among those that d ... Tags: 1970s, pop culture, 1980s, eye candy, bandit, resurgence, year one, buford t justice, day in the sun, sheriff buford t justice
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UPDATE: Our friends at Year One graciously hooked us up with the latest version of this video - embedded after the jump. "Bandit you're reckless and you live much too hard..." We feel a full-fledged l ... Tags: 1970s, pop culture, 1980s, eye candy, bandit, resurgence, year one, buford t justice, day in the sun, sheriff buford t justice
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TVR is the formerly Blackpool, England-based maker of fearsome coupes and roadsters not seen in this land (outside of movies like Swordfish) since the 1980s-era TVR Tasmin. Now TVR is owned by an Orla ... Tags: models, hp, coupes, 0l, italy, reliable cars, marque, brit, 1980s, bertone, tvr, final assembly, japanese domestic market, speed six, polk city florida, blackpool england, party planner, swordfish
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Autoblog China is keeping us up to date on the Beijing show. Its latest news is the unveiling of the Xingqing concept we told you about earlier. The renderings we had somewhat resembled the small Hond ... Tags: dashboard, autoblog, honda, photos, unveiling, grass, two doors, china, concept car, 1980s, floor mats, beijing, renderings, bamboo floor, crx
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Our autocross-themed RR of the Week has drawn to a close and now the polls have opened. The similarities between the contenders became more apparent as the week wore on, with lightweight, in-line four ... Tags: autoblog, suzuki, decade, rr, contenders, suzuki aerio, aerio, prelude, 1980s, poll, pool, affection, polls, art form, atari 2600, lightweight, cars of the 80s, kevin bacon, leg warmers, protege5
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Although Flickr member clauretano didn't provide us any information on what's going on with his Mazda Protege5, we couldn't help ourselves and decided that it was worth of our final autocross RR of th ... Tags: autoblog, decade, rims, photos, mazda, ecu, cams, cold air intake, carbon fiber hood, 1980s, pool, art form, photostream, atari 2600, cars of the 80s, kevin bacon, leg warmers, protege5, mazda protege5, underdrive pulley
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You can always find a little bit of everything on Craiglist. It's like the cool, hip, grassroots version of eBay. Jobs, cars, bands seeking musicians, that 1980s-style furniture that hasn't come back ... Tags: cars, bmw, mclaren f1, race car, ebay, v12, street legal, pleasure, little bit, craig, 1980s, mid engine, nelson piquet, vogue, lemans, gtr, bmw factory, exact specs, style furniture, musicians
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Hot Rod magazine is bemoaning the lack of interesting paint colors and schemes on today's street machines, and who can blame them? It was just last week that we had the same conversation with some loc ... Tags: bmw, roadster, automobile, paint scheme, hot rod magazine, new trend, custom vehicles, 1980s, character lines, 1960s, paint colors, gearheads, paint schemes, palate, hippie, joshua davis, sick fish cuda, joe rogan, contemporary times, boredom
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Peter Smith is a 20-year-old Brit who happens to be a big-time car enthusiast and an avid photochopper. His website, Digimods, is an online showcase of his work. Currently, he has 211 finished project ... Tags: lexus, nissan, gander, audi a6, showcase, modders, audi a6 avant, car enthusiast, vauxhall, brit, big time, 1980s, imagination, time car, fair game, labor of love, nissan march, choppers, digimods, peter smith
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If a Porsche 959 is just too commonplace or not quite raw enough to satisfy your primal rally-car lust, how about a Ford RS 200 Evolution? Where as the German vehicle was much like a well-dressed tria ... Tags: porsche, autoweek, cosworth, turbocharged, four banger, evolution models, rally car, weight distribution, personality, madness, bodywork, 1980s, strikes, parts bin, porsche 959, german vehicle, ghia, ford rs 200, triathlete, serial killer
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During the month of November Hyundai sold 14,216 Sonatas in the U.S. That's a 117-percent increase over the same month last year, which is enough to place the new sedan seventh on the list of best-sel ... Tags: hyundai, perspective, elantra, hyundai sonata, sonata, month of november, 1980s, 411, auto market, largest auto, 2006 sonata, sonatas, sonata hyundai, hyundai sales, rsquo, best selling cars, killer combination, ytd sales, data reveals that
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I've never been a fan of the Detroit Diesel 6.2L engine that was so popular in GM trucks from the 1980s, probably because the GMC C1500 that my dad had as a shop truck was about the slowest vehicle I' ... Tags: gm, lb ft, torque, hp, gmc, acceleration, dad, 1980s, cummins, tap, turbo system, gm trucks, banks, diesel power, detroit diesel, dyno graph, vintage engine, sundial, good measure, gmc c1500
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When I look at this picture of the new body kit from geigercars.de, two things come to mind; I'm thankful this is for the European market and it looks like one of those bad Greenwood body kits that 19 ... Tags: corvettes, vette, horsepower, body kits, body kit, c6, 1980s, eyesores, geigercars, white lion, mix tape
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Joystiq bring sus the U.S. Version of the GT4 opening cinematics that features some mellow orchestral music and a pan of the Ford GT that graces the game's cover. Then Van Halen comes in and kicks out ... Tags: ford, wheels, van halen, rally, mustangs, devil, ford gt, gran turismo 4, evos, 1980s, match made in heaven, intro scene, street vehicles, cinematics, orchestral music, gt racing, last game, fanaticism, graces, panama
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Often we're very calculated about what vehicle will be reviewed in the Autoblog Garage. At others we're more of the mind of what do you have that will get me through the snow the next seven days. In f ... Tags: sports car, awd vehicles, gmc, tailgate, suvs, gander, gmc envoy, cargo bed, envoy xuv, scales, chevy avalanche, gmc envoy xuv, electric glass, hand knowledge, pick up truck, glass window, revolt, partition, seven days, 1980s
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