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1980s

1988: GMC Sierra AR400

December 21st, 2020 | by BajaBusta

Ever since General Motors acquired a controlling interest in Group Lotus, its divisions experimented with active suspension. GMC applied this technology to

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1989: Two US Fun-mobiles

November 2nd, 2020 | by BajaBusta

Though it looked like a moon buggy from an old science fiction movie, remember this: in 1987, Pontiac showed the

1980s

1983: Jetta Wagon for the 80s?

April 20th, 2020 | by BajaBusta

Volkswagen would correct an important flaw in the MK1 Jetta by adding some length to the wheelbase for 1984. The result

1980s

1984: Pantera Revival

March 16th, 2020 | by BajaBusta

The word on the street for years was that Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca wanted a performance sports car to carry the

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1988: New Olds Shape from Toronado Alley for 1989

March 9th, 2020 | by BajaBusta

Oldsmobile, then considered GM’s upper crust performance-car division, was seeking to differentiate its front-drive, personal-luxury Toronado from the other slow-selling

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1988: Saturn Comes Into Focus

March 2nd, 2020 | by BajaBusta

Three years after the brands announcement and two years before job one, this rendering with artfully deleted camouflaging, closely resembled

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1987: Was There a Saab Planned Too?

February 17th, 2020 | by BajaBusta

Alfa Romeo asked the Pininfarina styling house to shape a convertible and a 2-door coupe version of its 164 luxury sedan.

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1981: The Car BMW Incubated But Never Hatched.

February 10th, 2020 | by BajaBusta

BMW wanted to enter the front-wheel-drive arena in the 1984 time frame with this small hatchback, code named 313. The

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1983: Chevrolet’s Ferrari 400i Automatic?

February 3rd, 2020 | by BajaBusta

Chevrolet Design Studio 3 (where the Camaro and Corvette were conceived) was working on the new Beretta II. It was

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1981: Checker Enters the 1980’s

November 25th, 2019 | by BajaBusta

After nearly 6 years of studies Checker Motors was ready to shed its fifties image and go after what can

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