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Automotive News & Views Inside Line Article Comments Edmunds turns 40 - guess the most significant car from each year!
349 messages, Last post on Feb 27, 2007 at 5:26 AM
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Edmunds Most Significant Vehicles, 1966-2006
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Replying to: Sylvia (Jul 19, 2006 9:20 pm) 1970- 240Z 1973- Civic 1987- GNX 1988- Civic 1989- 240SX 1990- 300ZX 1991- Explorer 1992- Camry 1994- Supra 1999- Escalade
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1986 should probably be Taurus (runner up E class), 1984 the minivans, 1980 (or 81, depending on how you see it) should be the S-class. There also needs to be a "North American Market" qualifier IMO |
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Ok, my nomination for 1968: the BMW 2002 And (what the heck) 1971: Mazda RX-2 james |
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Replying to: bumpy (Jul 20, 2006 5:40 am) 1997 - C5 Corvette 2005 - My $ would be on either the Chrysler 300C, or the Mustang GT. |
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No way! I'd pick the Oldsmobile Toronado. It was the first modern American front-wheel drive car, a portent of things to come. I know that the transverse engine layout, which would dominate, came from the original Mini, and the Toronado used a longitudinal layout. But GM deserves some credit for putting fwd in a large, V8-powered car. Besides, the Toronado had stunning styling, one of the pinnacles of the Bill Mitchell era. It started the long-running trend of having the C-pillars flow directly into the quarter panels of the car, with no break at the beltline. The prominent wheelwell bulges were great as well.
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Replying to: 210delray (Jul 20, 2006 8:38 am) Plus, the first-generation Charger isn't even the best one - the 1968-70 generation is far better looking, and drives just as well. If "significant" means "important," but not necessarily "great," then I'll go out on a limb and pick the Chevrolet Vega for 1971 (while ducking the rhetorical stones that will inevitably be thrown my way). Like it or not, the Vega was an important car, as it seemed as though everything started to go wrong for Detroit in general, and GM in particular, when it debuted. The Vega's problems symbolized what was wrong with Detroit (and GM). Initially the car did more for Toyota, Nissan and Honda than they did for themselves. |
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and made a few additions. 1968- 510 1970- 240Z 1973- Civic 1979- RX7 1980- Citation 1981- K-cars 1986- runner-up: Excel 1987- GNX 1988- Civic 1989- 240SX 1990- LS400 (Miata is a close second) 1991- Explorer 1992- Camry 1994- Mustang 1999- Escalade 1966 should have been the Bronco.
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Replying to: bumpy (Jul 20, 2006 1:53 pm)  james |
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