DarthBalls
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Top 5 80s carsAnother drunken post from me so I may change my mind when I sober up: 
Ferrari Testarossa - surely the most 80s of all cars?
Mazda MX5
Porsche 959
Ferrari F40
Toyota MR2
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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When it came to car styling, the 80s was the decade that taste forgot - colour coded bodykits being the order of the day. But these somehow shone out among all the white wheels and inappropriate boot spoilers
Vauxhall Astra Mk 2 GTE 16v
BMW E30 325i 2-door
Peugeot 205 (any model)
Peugeot 405 (ditto)
Porsche 964 Carrera
And the worst
Porsche 911 Turbo SE cabrio "flat nose"
Maserati Biturbo
Aston Martin Virage
VW Santana
Vauxhall Cavalier Calibre
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M.
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Fiat Uno
BMW 3 series of the era, usually white.
BMW 8 series
F40
Delorean
Also, as I spent most of my 80's in the US that list would include:
Corvette C4
Jeep Cherokee
Pontiac Firebird
Camaro
First gen Taurus
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Matt
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Astra GTE
Ferrari Testrossa
Ferrari F40
E30
E34
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D.
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Callaway Sledgehammer
AMG Hammer
Countach/Testarossa (I know there's two cars there)
Citroen CX
Any road version of a Group B rally car
I have disagree with Nick's choice of 911 flatnose as a worst car of the '80's. True it was total decadence and looked awful, but I sat in the coupe version at Porsche headquarters in Reading in 1986 and it was a moment I won't quickly forget, A year later I was taken out in one, the driver oversteered it around a tight bend with amazing control. We did Warwick to Stratford and back. In 1990 I got to drive a Testarossa, words can't describe how good that experience was.
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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The coupe was just about acceptable, though the faux Testarossa grilles on the wheelarches were dreadful, but the convertible was an abomination, with its Nazi staff car hood.
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Blarno
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Astra GTE
205 GTi
405
Sierra Cosworth
E30 M3
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Stuntman
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205, especially the GTI
E30 M3
F40
Sierra Cosworth
Audi Quattro
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Rodge
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| Stuntman wrote: | 205, especially the GTI
E30 M3
F40
Sierra Cosworth
Audi Quattro |
My list exactly, though I'd be tempted to try and fit a Porsche 959 in somewhere, It's deciding which one to drop is the problem. Maybe I'd list it in 6th place.
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BeN
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Lots and lots.
Ferrari Testarossa ranks up there, along with Porsche 959.
Among the others,
Audi Quattro
Peugeot 205
Peugeot 405
VW Golf MK II
Ford Sierra
Toyota MR2
Honda Accord circa 1982 (simply because my dad had one )
I think there are more. 
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kraftwerk
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| Dan wrote: | Callaway Sledgehammer
AMG Hammer
Countach/Testarossa (I know there's two cars there)
Citroen CX
Any road version of a Group B rally car
I have disagree with Nick's choice of 911 flatnose as a worst car of the '80's. True it was total decadence and looked awful, but I sat in the coupe version at Porsche headquarters in Reading in 1986 and it was a moment I won't quickly forget, A year later I was taken out in one, the driver oversteered it around a tight bend with amazing control. We did Warwick to Stratford and back. In 1990 I got to drive a Testarossa, words can't describe how good that experience was. |
CX is from the 70s.
I saw a Flatnose 911 at the end of my road today. 'R' reg - 1976.
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Racing
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Lots.
Ferrari 288GTO
Volkswagen Golf Mk2 GTI 16v
BMW E34 M5
BMW Z1
Porsche 959...
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D.
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| kraftwerk wrote: | | Dan wrote: | Callaway Sledgehammer
AMG Hammer
Countach/Testarossa (I know there's two cars there)
Citroen CX
Any road version of a Group B rally car
I have disagree with Nick's choice of 911 flatnose as a worst car of the '80's. True it was total decadence and looked awful, but I sat in the coupe version at Porsche headquarters in Reading in 1986 and it was a moment I won't quickly forget, A year later I was taken out in one, the driver oversteered it around a tight bend with amazing control. We did Warwick to Stratford and back. In 1990 I got to drive a Testarossa, words can't describe how good that experience was. |
CX is from the 70s.
I saw a Flatnose 911 at the end of my road today. 'R' reg - 1976. |
My parents had 2 CX's in the '80's, that's why they are in my list. The flatnose came out in '85-'86.
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TimR
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Ferrari F40
MG Maestro EFI
Audi Quattro Pug 205
Lancia Delta in all its turbo forms.
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scamper
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No Clio Williams from anyone? Oh, please.
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Blarno
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| scamper wrote: | | No Clio Williams from anyone? Oh, please. |
The Clio Williams came out in 1993!
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scamper
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| Blarno wrote: | | scamper wrote: | | No Clio Williams from anyone? Oh, please. |
The Clio Williams came out in 1993! |
oops. sorry, i thought i was on the top 5 90's cars 
.........and only you sir have listed it there!
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Nice Guy Eddie
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Ferrari F40
BMW E30 M3
Porsche 944
Golf Gti 16v
Alfa GTV6
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Turbonutter
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Sierra Cosworth
E30 M3
Astra GTE 16v
Porsche 944
205 GTi
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