1950s Chevy convertible
80ies and up, I’d say …
I always check on your avg. movie what cars can be seen in the background (e.g. city-scenes) … and its really interesting to see the difference of movies from the 70ies, 80,90ies … and today a carpark in the USA looks pretty generic with a similar mix of european, corean, japanese and american cars.
probably the biggest give-away: pick-ups and oversized SUVs
Early 80s anyway. Peak malaise. Performance began a resurgence in '83 or so.
what happened then?
US carmakers embracing EFI or so?
I still have the 90ies as cr@p period in my memory and blame it on the Chevy Cavalier, Chrysler Neon and Ford Probe
also, weren’t the 70ies peak-crap with the need to move from 7m land-yachts to 4m gremlins (while keeping the same V8 engine facepalm)
Yes, EFI and closed-loop computer control allowed cars to meet emissions standards without the ridiculous power-sucking plumbing that carbureted engines required.
Seen on the Northway, a 64? Falcon Ranchero.
Yes, this. Too square to be a Nova, which was much more sloped at the rear.
I often have to remind my dad that when he mentions a Thunderbird like it’s some amazing muscle car, this is what I’m picturing:
I heard from a fellow Porsche fan that Porsche will be releasing the 357. It’s an homage to the 356, their first car.
He’s probably thinking ~10 years earlier.
Saw a Lambo sandwiched in between two Porsche Carreras at a local coffee shop. I was impressed by the amount of debt people can run up.
do people really finance Lambos? … I always tend to think of those as a tech-bro or lucky-bitcoin-bastard whith some stupid play-money to live the dreams of his college-dorm-wall …
I drove behind a mystery car that I passed to get a closer look. A McLaren, something I’ve never seen in Rochester where the ritziest car dealership is a Maserati.
From behind, the curves are amazing. I thought it looked like a scoop of purple ice cream molded into a car shape.
If he’s talking about a Thunderbird it’s somewhere between this
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and this:
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Meanwhile, I’m picturing something shaped like a Ford Taurus.
I was out for a walk earlier and a VW eGolf drove by. I consider that mildly interesting, since VW’s first attempt at an EV wasn’t really a big seller. I kept walking, and not more than 30 seconds later another eGolf drove by. I mean, if if had been a common car like a Camry that wouldn’t have been a big seal, but what are the chances of seeing two examples of a relatively unpopular car like an eGolf in such short succession?
Spotted this gorgeous creature along the Hudson
Based on my conversations down here in socal, more of them are leased than you would guess. This is a gross generalization, but for the most part (IMO of course) really rich folks aren’t buying Lamborghinis, its people who want to appear to be really rich. The people I’ve talked to trend strongly toward, “I’m putting every single dollar I can spare into my lease payment.”
I saw a 1950s Chevy Bel Air hardtop driving through my neighborhood this afternoon. Probably a 1955-57, based on the body shape.
Taking one of my walks by the beach, I happened across a powder blue 1969 Karmann Ghia, with OEM window-mounted swamp cooler!
The Honda S2000 is getting less and less common. Manufactured 1999-2009, it was a bigger, stronger, and faster competitor to fellow roadster Mazda Miata which has been manufactured since 1989. When the S2000 was launched in 1999 it was as a celebration to Honda’s 50th anniversary. Its styling has held up well over the decades.
