Maroon Velour, Coupes Galore, And An Important Four-Door for 1984

Haven’t you heard the exciting news? There’s a new Corvette out this year! Cadillac is building convertibles again! The VW Vanagon has a water-cooled engine! Oldsmobile is offering some kind of voice warning doohickey and the FIRENZA HAS NEW TRIM OPTIONS!1!!11! All with interest rates hovering just under 13%! It’s 1984, and I just can’t wait to check out the goods at the auto show.

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  • Analoggrotto Funny, Han Solo calls Luke this in Empire Strikes Back.
  • Analoggrotto Another brilliant decision from a company known for making brilliant decisions. In 5 years or less we will be reading about how they plan to fully refurbish the building (thanks tax payers) and move right back in. Hyundai should buy this building and use it as a Nexus of Affluence.
  • SCE to AUX Hmm, must be part of Detroit's ongoing renewal.
  • SCE to AUX Polls about electric cars are worthless, but the media loves them."35 percent saying they might consider one"... Ridiculously untrue, unless that fraction meant 'might' = 50% and 'consider' = 20%, so you get a more realistic 10%.Likewise, the variance in unreliable polls only makes things worse, so comparing this year's bad poll to last year's bad poll is just dumb.
  • Ras815 "Showroom quality"? Which showroom would that be - a rural small-town used car lot?