Best Cars of the 70s

1971 Plymouth Cuda Convertible The Cuda is already an incredible car as is due to that massive powerhouse Hemi 426 ci V8 under the hood which while rated at just 426 horsepower had an actual power output of 500 horsepower. More comfortable and more fun.

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Although the 1970 Dodge Challenger wasnt overly popular when it debuted it is now considered a rare collectors carThe chiseled design of the Challenger was bold and eye-catching but the car wasnt cool just in the looks department.

. But with a classic Colombo V12 tucked under Pininfarina tin that looks more elegant by the day the last of the carb-fed cars seem conspicuously affordable next to any other classic Ferrari. In terms of performance looks and sheer driving experience the 1964 Pontiac GTO is and was the complete package. Porsche dominated Le Mans in the early 1970s with its 917 race car spawning different variants like the 91720 shown here.

We remember a lot of 1970s cars. The Blackhawk basically is the 1970s wrapped up in a single car. In 1971 Ford launched the car that was to represent the 1970s the Cortina Mk III.

By Austin Irwin. The Greatest Cars of All Time. It wasnt all doom and gloom for the 70s though some were leftovers from the muscle car golden age and others were unconventional cars that went against the grain in a time when innovation hit a rather low ebb.

Best Cars and Top 10 Lists. The modern ones should learn from its character. 3266 What started as a challenge to the Mustang and Camaro pony cars became one of the most classic muscle cars around.

Remember in the intro when I said the late 70s were awful for enthusiast cars. The first generation Chevy Nova was an econobox but there are performance variants of this unloved small car that are truly mind-blowing. Looking at some of the best-performing cars of the year 1970 the 1970 Buick Gran Sport 455 Stage I sits second at the top of the performance sheets.

Plus Ferrari and Porsche enter the chat. Essentially with the right engine then its a compact muscle car a sub-pony car that makes sense in the modern world. Road Track picked the 1971 SS350 as one of the 10 best cars in the world in August 1971.

It was one of Porsches most successful motorsport programs. Paring down our shortlist of the best 60s muscle cars and 70s muscle cars ever produced weve settled on the 1964 Pontiac GTO as our favorite of the bunch. Pontiac Firebird Trans Am The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am might have been the most famous muscle car of the 1970s simply because of its filmography.

It seems every new vehicle we drive is both more powerful and more fuel-efficient than its predecessor. One of the most iconic muscle cars ever. A decade later the RX-7 picked up that torch and ran with it.

It was arguably the. This vehicle defined what muscle car performance should look and feel like. Here are 10 great car chases from the 70s and 80s that have carried the torch lit by Bullitt.

They put the Range Rover in a museum but maybe its the Honda Accord that deserved framing. A decade later the RX-7 picked up that torch and ran with it. The 1972 model captured a solid 16 of the entire convertible market.

By KBB Editors 04132022 234pm. The oil crisis of 1973 temporarily ended the production of the Challenger along with a myriad of other muscle cars but the model returned in the late 70s and is still going strong today. In 1970 the Datsun Z-car demoted the traditional British sports car to second-class status.

Maranellos mid-70s three-box four-seaters are never going to feature in any list of the most desirable Ferraris. RS SS package was dropped in 1972 and reintroduced in 1996. What Was the Best Classic Muscle Car.

10 Best Car Chases Of The 2010s. One of the rarest and most important muscle cars of the 70s is the 1971 Plymouth HemiCuda Convertible a car that to this day remains as one of the most sought-after muscle cars in history. This Buick Riviera which was launched at the end of the 70s era was one of the most popular luxury cars of that time.

Like its vintage cousins the Eldorado and the Toronado the Riviera underwent a significant weight reduction in 1979 shading half a ton after just one model year. But those werent the only significant. 10 1973 AMC Javelin.

It cost slightly more than a Lamborghini Miura but. The Superbird has always been the more memorable car of the two aero cars however due to its slightly more attractive looks. BL made a series of mistakes the worst of which was to replace their best selling AustinMorris 11001300 range with the blob shaped Allegro.

A list of the best cars from the 1970s including the Land Rover Range Rover Volkswagen Golf Honda Accord and Toyota Pickup. The Cutlass was Oldsmobiles bestseller and the convertible in particular was a thing of beauty. The Porsche 928 was absolutely one exception.

Directors from William Friedkin to John Landis and films as varied as Smokey and the Bandit and Ronin have given cinema some of the most amazing car chases and stunts in cinema history. These are easily the best looking American made cars made in the 1970s. The AMC Pacer the Ford Mustang II and the Porsche 914 just to name a few with intriguing if not always happy stories.

1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Convertible. Ford won the sales war and the Cortina was the best selling car of the decade with the Escort in second place.

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