Learn About All The Forgotten Cars Of The 1980s This Weekend With Motorweek's '80s Retro Review Marathon

The early 1980s were nan tail-end of nan darkest property successful nan automotive industry: the Malaise Era. The clip erstwhile emissions regulations choked retired nan occurrence breathing big-block V8s of nan '60s and American cars were truthful neutered moreover nan awesome Corvette didn't travel modular pinch 200 horsepower. By nan mid-'80s, America was much accustomed to downsized unibody cars, but American car companies had a reliable clip competing pinch nan value and reliability of imported cars. There were respective celebrated American models that person since faded into nan ether, but if you want to grow your repertoire of obscure 1980s cars, MotorWeek has you covered.

MotorWeek's YouTube channel is hosting a Retro Review Marathon this weekend, and it's exclusively featuring nan show's reviews betwixt 1981 and 1990. If you're preparing for an quality connected Jeopardy, aliases for illustration maine you're simply excited to study astir aged cars, nan MotorWeek '80s Retro Marathon is streaming unrecorded now done Sunday evening.

When I first tuned in, I saw the MotorWeek team putting a 1982 Volkswagen Quantum wagon done its paces connected a cone course, a exemplary that I wasn't definite ever came to nan United States. If you deliberation you're already acquainted pinch each nan obscure and unremarkable '80s models that person faded from memory, nan aforesaid section that features nan VW Quantum discussed 2 cars that you'd beryllium hard-pressed to find experts on: nan Dodge 024 and nan Ford EXP. Again, models that galore group who weren't live to spot connected showroom floors apt don't cognize about.

If you consciousness that modern cars person mislaid nan plot, I implore you to springiness nan '80s Retro Review Marathon a watch. After a fewer roadworthy tests, you're apt to convey your fortunate stars that automotive exertion has precocious arsenic overmuch arsenic it has since then. Even immoderate of nan champion cars connected nan marketplace had double-digit 0-to-60 times, panic stops that move into uncontrollable skids, and those wretched sealed-beam headlights.

Whether you're learning astir these marvels of nan 1980s for nan first clip aliases you're taking a stroll down representation lane, tune successful to nan MotorWeek '80s Retro Review Marathon this play for immoderate nostalgic entertainment.