Showing my age here, but the fronts of the 1966 Olds Toronado and the 1979 Dodge Magnum were an homage to the Cord.

Chaparral agrees.

I’ll be damned if I’ll let facts like a double-acting hull get in the way of a joke. So I’m plowing ahead.

How about an BMW M Roadster? fun, manual and convertible. A pretty great first date car I would think.

You want to impress without being flashy, masculine without being macho, and sporty without sacrificing comfort or making your lovely date expose anything she shouldn’t to the world getting in and out.