Popular Cars In 1982

Now cue up some new wave crack open a bartles jaymes and scroll through this gathering of the coolest cars from the 1980s.
Popular cars in 1982. What happened in 1982 major news stories include michael jackson releases thriller album first cd player sold in japan dutch elm disease destorys millions of elm trees tylenol capsules laced with potassium cyanide kill 7 in chicago. Take a nostalgic trip through 30 of the coolest cars of the 1980s. The 1980s was a great decade for prominent groundbreaking cars. Best selling car of 1986.
This list may not reflect recent changes. Daimler benz ag mazda motor corporation and nissan motor company each accounted for one of the best cars of 1982. The end of 1982 also saw the end of austin allegro production after a decade. It darts ahead of the 2 ranked 1982 pontiac grand prix nascar by 01 seconds and the 3 ranked 1982 lamborghini countach by 06 seconds.
It was replaced by the maestro which did not go on sale until march 1983. Cars introduced in 1982 36 p l railway locomotives introduced in 1982 17 p m motorcycles introduced in 1982 18 p s 1982 ships 104 p pages in category vehicles introduced in 1982 the following 11 pages are in this category out of 11 total. After 20 years on sale for most of which it was the best selling car in britain the ford cortina ceased production. Japanese built cars accounted for 9 of 1982s best cars.
German built cars accounted for the remaining 1. Chevrolet hit another home run the following year with the chevy celebrity. Whereas for the last 11 years the best selling model in argentina was either the ford falcon fiat 128 or renault 12 in 1982 the ford taunus tops the countrys sales charts for the first and the last. The celebrity was a mid size car that hit its peak in popularity in 1986 with 404883 units sold.
Sports cars with this rate of acceleration are generally classified as fast cars. But a few machines have somehow faded from our collective consciousness. What happened in 1982 important news and events key technology and popular culture. Here are the top 10 forgotten cars from the 1980s.