The always interesting Hemmings Daily blog runs a regular feature titled as Lost Cars of the 1980s. Usually, it talks about at least somewhat unloved cars like the Cadillac Cimarron. This week, one of the cars written about was the 1987 Buick GNX. Many comments on the blog post mentioned that the GNX wasn’t really lost—that it was much loved and that the prices were holding up just fine, thank you.
This particular post got me thinking. What are the “not lost” cars of the 1980s? I started a list of cars that retain significant portions of their original value and interest (in alphabetical order with years listed where it matters):
- Audi Quattro Coupe
- Bentley Mulsanne Turbo
- BMW M3
- 1987 Buick GNX
- 1982 Chevrolet Corvette Collector Edition
- DeLorean DMC-12
- Ferrari 288 GTO
- 1980 – 1985 Ferrari 308
- 1986 – 1989 Ferrari 328
- Ferrari F40 (of course!)
- Ferrari Testarossa
- Ford Mustang SVO
- Lamborghini Countach
- 1989 20th Anniversary Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans Am
- Porsche 911 (especially the 930 variant)
- Porsche 928
- Toyota MR2
- Volkswagen GTI
What do you think? I’ve got many of what I think are the marginal “not lost” cars: any C4 Corvette, the Fiero GT, the IROC-Z, and the 944 Turbo. What cars am I missing?
Eighties Cars 