QOTD: The Best Car, the Best Year?
Today’s QOTD is a bit of fun … if you’re willing to tell the truth about your age, that is.
The question is simple: what’s the best-looking car from the year you were born?
I’m a relatively young pup, although a quick survey of the TTAC masthead reveals I am squarely in the older half of our group. As the calendar year 1980 marks the beginning of my trips around the sun, I’ll focus my efforts there.
The BMW 6 Series was then, as now, one of the greatest-looking coupes money could buy. Shark-nosed and sleek, this quad-eyed bullet was a scalpel for the road. This measure was not a stretch given 1980 was certainly in the depths of what is now known as the Malaise Era, but the straight-six produced near-as-makes-no-difference 200 horsepower and was hooked to a Getrag manual. The mighty M6 wouldn’t appear for another couple of years.
Your author has always been partial to big coupes, laying down his own money on a 1989 Lincoln Mark VII fifteen years ago. That car was a cherished part of the fleet for six wonderful years. I think I’d enjoy a 633CSi as well.
How about you? What car catches your eye from the year you were born?
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1962 Lincoln Town Car, sans roof.
1952 Lazzarino Roadster. Could not recall any from that year. Did an image search. This was the first one that truly appealed to me.
American: 1958 Desoto Adventurer Convertible Import: Ferrari 250GT
As has been mentioned, 1976 was an awful year for cars. I can only come up with three finalists: Pontiac Trans Am Jaguar E-Type Datsun 260Z I think I will settle on the Datsun.