Automotive Designs of the 80’s

The American automobile takes on a different appearance

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Some manufacturers jumped on the bandwagon sooner than others, and some stuck with their old, outdated body shapes as long as they could. These are some of the highlights of various designs that came and went during the 1980s:

Cadillac Eldorado

Cadillac Eldorado

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Mercury Cougar

Mercury Cougar

Chrysler Cordoba

Chrysler Cordoba
This 1981 Chrysler Cordoba rode on the J-body platform, cousin car was the Dodge Mirada, and had a formal appearance with a single recessed grille.

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Pontiac Firebird

Pontiac's third-generation Firebird debuted in 1982 and it was high time to restyle, and rejuvenate the body shape. First thing was to give it a 62-degree windshield, that's about three degrees more sloped than anything GM ever produced before, and the use of a low-slung front end with hidden headlamps and flush mounted glass using all the tricks they learned in the wind-tunnel testing. A regular Firebird had a drag coefficient of 0.33, the skirting of the Trans-Am lowered it to 0.32.  

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