Popular Cars In The 60s

Four of the most popular cars around the 1960s were the ford mustang the pontiac gto the chevrolet camaro and the corvette stingray.
Popular cars in the 60s. New models included the ford falcon the chevrolet corvair and the plymouth valiant. If there is a golden age of cars then its the 60s. Aston martin db5 made famous by james bond in the 007 film goldfinger the db5 was aston martins flagship gt car of the mid 1960s. Using an ac ace body and a ford sourced v8 shelby made one of the most legendary racestreet cars ever.
During the second world war auto manufacturers started funneling all their resources to the military. With henry ford innovating the way cars were mass produced the big three car companies ford general motors and chrysler were formed in the 20s. From the birth of muscle cars to the surge of sports cars from europe the 1960s are steeped in automotive lore. A list of the best cars from the 1960s.
A racecar driver by the name of carroll shelby wanted to make a powerful and lightweight sports car in the early 60s. This 1961 nash metropolitan belongs to steve and cathy robertson of lebanon ohio they named the car metilda also you will notice that the most popular cars of the fifties were prevalent during the 60s and i have included a few of the most popular ones that were being driven during the 60s. Midway through 1960 general motors announced that it would offer three smaller cars the buick special the oldsmobile f 85 and the pontiac tempest. Power comes so effortlessly that neither car nor driver is ever called upon to strain in the slightest 2 of 11 3 of 11.
Sporting a 40 liter inline six and some stunning looks its no wonder values have skyrocketed. Most cars having an excess of 400 hp are jerky neck snapping uncivilized and bull like but the corvettes controls are so well designed that utter novices can jump aboard and drive like veteransup to a point. The chassis was originally designed by gian paolo dallara who went on to form his own race car engineering company that still makes todays indycars.