What car was launched the year you were born??

Gary ITR

For me it was the Renault 25

mike65

and the more modest




Mike.

Fey!

"This is the car that gave Communism a bad name. Powered by a two-stroke pollution generator that maxed out at an ear-splitting 18 hp, the Trabant was a hollow lie of a car constructed of recycled worthlessness (actually, the body was made of a fiberglass-like Duroplast, reinforced with recycled fibers like cotton and wood). A virtual antique when it was designed in the 1950s, the Trabant was East Germany's answer to the VW Beetle — a "people's car," as if the people didn't have enough to worry about. Trabants smoked like an Iraqi oil fire, when they ran at all, and often lacked even the most basic of amenities, like brake lights or turn signals. But history has been kind to the Trabi. Thousands of East Germans drove their Trabants over the border when the Wall fell, which made it a kind of automotive liberator. Once across the border, the none-too-sentimental Ostdeutschlanders immediately abandoned their cars. Ich bin Junk!"

From here: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1658533_1658030,00.html

So, and old crock, just like myself!

Also had the Triumph TR7, the Morgan Plus 8 Propane, and the Bricklin SV1.

biko

Aston Martin DBS

peasant

1965 btw

Stephen

Ford Sierra


E30 3 Series


Maserati Biturbo


Merc 190 W201



The year: 1982

Seweryn

For me it would be actually the one I drive at present - the T-Model of the series 123:

Regards!

mike65

A fine year for Stephen!

Mike.

bbam

A great year of course...



and



and even...



My favourite has to be this....





Excellant idea for a thread !!!

Mena

vectra

1958 Pontiac Chieftan :cool:

>> THIS ONE <<

Atomic Pineapple

Rowley Birkin QC

Giggidy.

andreas_220D

Eoin

1978

BMW M1


Fiat Ritmo


Peugeot 305


Vauxhall Carlton

vectra

eoin_s wrote: »

1978


Peugeot 205


305 Maybe ?

mike65

305 was a great car, rode and handled like something much more expensive.

Mike.

bazz26

1974

VW Golf MkI:


Lambo Khamsin:

peasant

Fey! wrote: »

Also had the Triumph TR7, the Morgan Plus 8 Propane, and the Bricklin SV1.

That shape Trabant was actually launched in 1964 !

joolsveer

Some old Vauxhall



and the Corvette

Fey!

peasant wrote: »

That shape Trabant was actually launched in 1964 !

I thought it was a bit older than me! Couldn't find anything good from '75.

Holsten

Alfa Romeo 164
http://www.geocities.com/alfa_romeo_164_super_24v/Exterior7.JPG

R.O.R

A true British Classic

Much like myself.........

Eoin

vectra wrote: »

305 Maybe ?

That was a typo.

mike65 wrote: »

305 was a great car, rode and handled like something much more expensive.

I'll swap for the Mustang in your year!

Run_to_da_hills

1961.

Chevy Corvette.



Ford Anglia.

markos79

bmw m1


Mercedes G-Class


saab 900




audi 200

nissan 280zx

mazda rx7


toyota celica gt


1979 was a great year!!

spurious

1963

Lamborghini 350GTV

Gary ITR

1984 wasn't a good year

kerry4sam

Mercedes Benz 380sl

and



Ferrai 308 GTB

and



VW Golf GTi Mk1 Campaign 1983

Not a bad year at all

Eoin

markos79 wrote: »

bmw m1
...
1979 was a great year!!

M1 was 1978 though!

crosstownk

Meh....

Some Website wrote:

1970
Triumph Stag launched
Range Rover launched
Morris Minor is killed off at long last
Aston Martin DBS V8 launched

L1011

I was born in a recession so there was very little activity from the big makers... Pug 405 was about it really!

markos79

eoin_s wrote: »

M1 was 1978 though!

this is a quote i found

Unfortunately, when the M1 finally launched in 1979, FIA had already revised the rules for Group 5: instead of requiring to complete 400 road cars in 24 months, now it required all these cars must be built before obtaining homologation. That was a massive blow to BMW because it would take 2 more years to do so. The M1 could only attend a few independent races under unfavourable classification. Admittedly, in these races the Group 5 M1 was proved to be unreliable and slower than the dominating Porsche 935.

link
http://www.autozine.org/Classiccar/html/BMW/M1.html

Max_Damage

Ford Escort MkIV:



Ford Transit Mk3:

kagni

Ford Capri


Aston Martin DB6 Mk II


Datsun 240Z

Wishbone Ash

W114



XJ6

Eoin

markos79 wrote: »

this is a quote i found

Unfortunately, when the M1 finally launched in 1979, FIA had already revised the rules for Group 5: instead of requiring to complete 400 road cars in 24 months, now it required all these cars must be built before obtaining homologation. That was a massive blow to BMW because it would take 2 more years to do so. The M1 could only attend a few independent races under unfavourable classification. Admittedly, in these races the Group 5 M1 was proved to be unreliable and slower than the dominating Porsche 935.

link
http://www.autozine.org/Classiccar/html/BMW/M1.html

Nearly positive it was 1978 as they did a concept this year to celebrate the 30th anniversary.

unkel

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

XJ6

Still looks fresh!

That's something that cannot normally be attributed to other 40 year old things like you or me!

Wishbone Ash

unkel wrote: »

Still looks fresh!

That's something that cannot normally be attributed to other 40 year old things like you or me!

I'd like to think that I'm still fairly fresh - Mrs Wishbone thinks so anyway!

I'll hit the big four zero in July! :eek:

unkel

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I'd like to think that I'm still fairly fresh

Denial. The second stage of old-age onset dementia. Get with it Wishbone Ash, the only way is down

Wishbone Ash

unkel wrote: »

Denial. The second stage of old-age onset dementia. Get with it Wishbone Ash, the only way is down

LOL

cormie

Onkle wrote: »

1984 wasn't a good year

Never knew we were the same age:eek:

rebel.ranter

1975
Jaguar XJS v12


BMW e21 3 series



Triumph TR-7

guano_jim

Pontiac Club de Mer.... .

patrickc

Stephen wrote: »

Ford Sierra


E30 3 Series


Maserati Biturbo


Merc 190 W201



The year: 1982

same as for me

zilog_jones

1985 - a kick-ass year for cars. Actually no it wasn't up to much:

Nissan Bluebird/Auster T12


Ford (Granada) Scorpio


Honda Accord Aerodeck


Mazda 323/Familia sixth gen (my dad had a '91 estate - the estate of this gen was carried on till '94)


Toyota Liteace (3rd gen)


Runners up (no pics for you):
- Autobianchi/Lancia Y10
- Renault 5 (2nd gen)
- Fiat Croma
- Peugeot 309
- Honda Civic Shuttle
- Everybody's favourite Malaysian car/Mitsubishi rehash, the Proton Saga

Be warned regarding the dates on Wikipedia pages - if they were written by yanks they use silly "model years", or they're just wrong anyway.

Bob the Builder

The Nissan Micra - The year - 1992

Gary ITR

cormie wrote: »

Never knew we were the same age:eek:

Why is that such a shock??!!

L1011

nevf wrote: »

The Nissan Micra - The year - 1992

The K12 Micra was definately not launched in 1992

K11 was, however...

Max_Damage

Found a few more from '86:

Rover 800 Series:



Toyota Celica:



Honda Accord (Introduced in the USA in 1986):

joolsveer

A couple more from 1953