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[Azulsky]

The '89 911 Turbo looks pretty glorious imo

 

[MrAstronaut]

That mustang was my first car. I loved that thing :[

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

God, was it this bad? All of those look like POS. Sometimes, it's good to be a Millennium kid lol.

 

[Funky Papa]

You know someone's going to make this exact thread about today's cars in 2039, right?

While OP is batshit crazy for picking on VW and BMW (heck, even Audi), the 70's, 80's, 90's and early 00's were objetively shit when it came to American car design and quality.

 

[The Boat]

is it bad I actually really like this one

I love it, I think it's a really nice design.

 

[bjork]

The 70's, 80's, 90's and early 00's were objetively shit when they came to American car design and quality.

Hey hey, 70-72 was not bad.

 

[Icyflamez96]

So that's the year? Ugh yeah I always noticed cars with that look were just hideously bland/boring/ugly. Glad I know the time frame now.

 

[Android18a]

Yep, those are definitely 80s cars. It amazes me how sleek most cars look now.

 

[Data West]

While OP is batshit crazy for picking on VW and BMW (heck, even Audi), the 70's objetively shit when it came to American car design and quality.

Literally the worst post on the internet.

 

[Cooter]

89' Honda CRX Si looks pretty good IMO.

 

[plainr_]

Nah. That bimmer and VW is hot.

Also, 89 had this beast:

Still the best 4runner.

 

[Funky Papa]

Literally the worst post on the internet.

Put aside a couple of icons (which prolly still sucked when it came to quality) and you are left with a gazillion of ugly ass rust buckets.

Come at me.

 

[Henchmen21]

I disagree, I prefer the look of a lot of late 80 early 90s car designs. Cars today all look the same and boring

This. I'm not a car enthusiast but damn you could at least tell cars apart back then.

 

[Faddy]

You don't like the Honda CRX?

Might be wrong but is this the car the Blista Compact from GTA Vice City.

 

[butalala]

The Hondas and the Beemers are beautiful.

 

[blame space]

just look at this fucking car

 

[Tugatrix]

you are suggesting the classic Golf GTI is ugly? are you alright?

 

[RevDM]

You don't like the Honda CRX?

The only reason people (from my generation) might like this car is because street racing was big when I was in high school and you could mod this car for cheap.

It's ugly as fuck though.

 

[RoboPlato]

Most things from 1989 look like shit.

Spoiler

I was born in 1989

 

[Marion Cobretti]

OP has bad taste. 89 had more than enough lovely cars to go around.

 

[Funky Papa]

Fuck you Papa.Tom Selleck trump card. That's right. I played it.

Those years belong to America.
The Viper was Europeans get outta here.

Sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of body and dashboard panels rattling.

The only reason people (from my generation) might like this car is because street racing was big when I was in high school and you could mod this car for cheap.

It's ugly as fuck though.

Ok, time to call the buff guys with the funny, long sleeved shirts.

 

[Fritz]

I've actually been contemplating on getting this

 

[Haloid1177]

Not every car.

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

Put aside a couple of icons (which prolly still sucked when it came to quality) and you are left with a gazillion of ugly ass rust buckets.

Come at me.

Dat Viper Papa.

You're the worst. I'm so angry right now.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

edit; oh ffs, twice in like 10 minutes

 

[DonasaurusRex]

Um

Trans Am exist outside time tho, thats why the chicken never burns up

 

[Bobby Roberts]

'89 Caprice Classic

Isn't that just the slightly cheaper version of the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Brougham?

Which itself just the slightly cheaper version of the Cadillac El-Dorado Biarritz?

I'm a sucker for these old-ass grampa cars. Always was.

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

Excuse me? The OP is considering that generation of BMW 'shit'?

INVALIDATED!

 

[bjork]

Most things from 1989 look like shit.

Spoiler

I was born in 1989

Every set of baseball cards except for Bowman and possibly Fleer, that's for sure. So much time spent sorting cards, they're burned into my memory.

 

[blame space]

remember these Starcraft conversions? these things fucking own

talk about a fuckwagon

 

[Mistel]

The only Mustangs that look half decent are from the late 60's. All the rest are garbage imo.

I thing after 70's styling it went to the 71-73 which look awful.

 

[Volcane]

I like the look of these ones. And also:-

 

[NotBacon]

The only Mustangs that look half decent are from the late 60's. All the rest are garbage imo.

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[Woody Invincible]

ewwww, that looks like a Tiburon.

The 89' Supra was all class.

 

[blame space]

Cadillac El-Dorado Biarritz?

😭

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

Hey Papa. Get some of that famous Euro sleep and get back to us on this one tomorrow.

 

[Acidote]

I like the look of many of those cars OP. I like the third toyota you posted, I like both BMWs and how can you not like the VW Golf MKII?

 

[MechDX]

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That thing is not a Mustang. Its a bloated Toyota Supra

 

[whatsinaname]

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Always nice to have pictoral evidence to support his point.

 

[kharma45]

is it bad I actually really like this one

No, the MK2 still looks good.

 

[Pifje]

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That's one good-looking Mazda.

 

[OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather]

The American and Japanese cars, yeah. The European cars look dope as fuck.

 

[Ban Puncher]

The Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R went into production in 1989.

Your thread looks like shit. But don't worry because Godzilla is here to save it.

 

[Aesius]

80s design in general is fucking depressing.

 

[Bodacious]

I agree with you generally OP, but the '89 Prelude and Supra should be in your 'exceptions' ... those models looked good, were built as well as ANYTHING being made at the time, and handled very nicely too. Underpowered would be a valid criticism, but practically everything was then.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

The Volkswagens are pretty charming to me.

 

[akira28]

oh rev.

anyway you have to remember the context of the age. the cars before that also "looked like shit".

some of those cars looked sweet for the time though. Performance cars always look classic.

edit: also consider the times, what they were moving away from, trying to incorporate more angles into the design, and also generally not caring what common passenger cars looked like because consumers are necessarily idiots and won't buy anything really creative.(which is unfortunate and true.) and then the "cab forward" boom.

 

[Ra\/en]

generally cars of the late 80s do look questionable and boxy, but I do think that the clear winner is the Ford Taurus of the 2nd half of the 90s.

AHHH

 

[Lum1n3s]

I actually liked a lot of the late 80's/early 90's cars! That Ford Mustang is hella sexy but the Honda Civic 89 hatchback will always be my personal favorite.

The car was so roomy and it fit in just about any parking spot I could find. Loved it to death when I had mine.

 

[Mechanized]

I love the boxy look of some 80s cars. Everything is so smooth and rounded these days.