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I can't think of any car designed after the 1980s that I like the looks of


And I can only think of two cars designed in the 1980s that look good: 3rd generation Pontiac Firebird and 4th generation Chevrolet Corvette, but even with those, earlier designs looked better, i.e., 2nd and 3rd generation Corvettes looked better than 4th generation ones, and 1st and 2nd generation Firebirds looked better than 3rd generation ones.

To make matters worse, in addition to being ugly as homemade shoes, new or fairly new cars/trucks are missing things that I want and saddled with things that I hate. I hate electric windows and door locks, touch screens, giant wheels with rubber band tires, and automatic transmissions.

My truck is a 2001; I bought it in 2011 and now it's almost old enough to be registered as an "antique auto" in my state. I don't like its body style of course, but I do like that it has normal gauges, manual windows and door locks, 15" wheels with 235/75 tires, and best of all, a 5-speed manual transmission.

I could make it last for the rest of my life if not for that downright evil force of nature known as "rust." I'm thinking about doing everything I can to preserve what's left of it this spring/summer, such as taking an angle grinder with a wire wheel to the frame and other steel structural members and then coating it all with POR-15.

The easy thing to do would be to buy a newer truck of course, but the thought of driving around in one of those clown mobiles is downright depressing.

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1990: Acura NSX
1991: Honda Beat
1992: Dodge Viper
1993: Lotus Esprit S4
1994: Mitsubishi 3000GT
1995: Ferrari F50
1996: Dodge Viper GTS
1997: Nissan R390 GT
1998: Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR
1999: Porsche 911 GT3
2000: Toyota MR2 Spyder
2001: BMW M3 GTR
2002: Pagani Zonda C12
2003: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
2004: Porsche Carrera GT
2005: Bugatti Veyron
2006: Ford Shelby GT500
2007: Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2008: Dodge Challenger SRT8
2009: Lamborghini Reventon
2010: Lexus LFA
2011: Lamborghini Aventador
2012: Maserati GranTurismo MC
2013: Porsche 918 Spyder
2014: BMW i8
2015: Alfa Romeo 4C
2016: Porsche Cayman GT4
2017: Ford GT
2018: Aston Martin Vanquish S Volante
2019: Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

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1991: Honda Beat - I wouldn't be caught dead in one of those. I'd rather drive a golf cart.

1992: Dodge Viper - That's the best looking design to come out of the 1990s, but like I said in another post, I think they pale in comparison to the car that inspired them (Shelby Cobra, especially the Daytona version).

1995: Ferrari F50 - Horrendous. The Ferrari F40 was WAY better looking. In fact, I'll go ahead and add the F40 to the list of '80s designs that I like the looks of, which makes 3 from that decade.

1999: Porsche 911 GT3 - Terrible. I hate the mid 1990s restyling of the 911. The original 1960s 911 body style was awesome though; and they kept it up until 1993 or so.

2006: Ford Shelby GT500 - Getting into the chunky era here. The 5th generation Mustang looked better than the 4th generation, because it was inspired by the 1st generation Mustang, but it still doesn't hold a candle to the original body style.

2008: Dodge Challenger SRT8 - Not a true 2008 body style, since it's a near copy of the original Dodge Challenger body style (1970-74), except, worse looking because it's chunky (vertically stretched).

2017: Ford GT - Wicked ugly; the same flavor of ugly that modern Lamborghinis and the C8 Corvette suffer from. The 2005 Ford GT wasn't a bad looking car, but again, it was a near copy of a much older body style (Ford GT40), which looks better.

2019: Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 - The C4 was the last generation that I liked the looks of. The only good thing I can say about a 2019 (C7) is that at least it's not as ugly as the latest generation (C8).

The ones I didn't comment on, I'm either indifferent toward or I think they're ugly.

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