It doesn’t help that they were built in the absolute worst period of Renault in terms of quality. Every single one of their cars of that era is absolute shit except maybe the then 10 years old Twingo. Lots of crappy brittle plastic that yellow over time, electronic gimmicks that always fail, sub par component, can’t…

I’m pretty sure rust is the main reason.
Japanese cars were particularly rust prone in the 70s (Italian cars as well). I mean, all cars were rust buckets in that period, but japanese ones seem to be extra crap. I’m restoring a 240Z, the sheet metal is extremely thin, and mostly unprotected on the inside. The one I’m…

They cared so little about the brand, they didn’t even rename the model, that’s so sad.

My parents had one exactly like the article picture. It looked good inside and out, but it was very underwhelming : very little cargo space, poor visibility, severly underpowered with the base engine, an engine that sounds the same at any rpm, and even a very sharp lower door corner. My mom sold it last month because…

Can we stop making shit mandatory or forbidden on cars? Aren’t there so much norms that cars all look the same?

Yeah I watched a few, he just makes all cars look more bland and doesn't even try to keep the design cues of their time. Lazy ideas. 

It is a pretty car, not many stood the test of time like the 3rd gen F-Bodies. They may not be the best built cars, but they do look great.

The second image is from a 1982 Firebird S/E.

They are made to the standard of affordable US cars of the time, so don’t expect a nice finish and quality materials.
But they’re pretty good cars, easy to maintain, parts are cheap and plentiful. Just avoid the base V8s which are underwhelming.

And then you turn the key on, and the magic happens.

205 for the 1984 models, then between 230 and 245 for the L98, and more for the later ones.

I have a 79 Mustang with the 2.3L (but a 4 speed and 3.08 rear end), it’s slow but sufficient I may say. I’m not driving too fast with it mainly because it has 25 years old TRX tires on it...but with new tires I would be more daring.

Pontiac had something to say about the Iron Duke

“The Porsche 924 turbo wasn’t a real Porsche since it was mostly built from the Audi parts bin.”

This myth has to stop, outside of the block and a few generic components, there’s not much Audi in it. Even the parts that looks identical to VW elements are actually specific and different enough to be incompatible.
It’s…

I need this, so bad.
My ‘79 Mustang has the worst door chime ever, ear piercing “BZZZRRRRRRREEEEEEE” noise of hell.

The problem isn’t really american, it’s in the way it’s made. These headliners use a foam backed fabric and the foam fails.
I don’t recall seeing many EU cars with plushy headliner fabric so that’s probably why it’s not as common on local cars.
But I own american cars only and yeah, they always fail. And not only that,…

SAE Gross was until 1971. And indeed, it’s a very different measure.

Pre-72 SAE Gross HP figures are generally vastly overrated compared to the way we counted HP from 72-on and nowadays. About 20 to 50% .

The Capri looks great, and it’s essentially the exact same thing except nose, hood, fender and quarter panels, tail lights and the “wood trim” uses a different printing. Pretty simple way to make a different model.
I have a 79 notch with a tired 2.3L. It’s slow, but I guess the 4 speed helps a little bit because it’s…

They are not easy to like, and in most cases, they don’t look good. The wheel choice was terrible outside of the 93 Cobra rims. The 87 redesign is a big miss I think, headlights out of proportions, gaudy body kit on the GT, weird small rear spoiler.The interior looks vastly better though.