TOP 10 CARS OF 1983 - WHICH CAR SUCKED?
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- In 1983. The auto industry was all over the RENAULT ALLIANCE. They thought the combination of Renault and AMC was going to be the best thing since slice bread. Boy were they wrong.
Consumers were told to be enthusiastic about the car, and that the Alliance represented a blending of compact dimensions, surprising creature comforts, excellent fuel economy, good looks, and very pleasing over-the-road behavior that ought to have the various Japanese importers talking to themselves. Actually, the Japanese were laughing.
The base version of the Alliance came in at less than $6000 for 1983, and the leather-upholstered, stereo-equipped luxo model could be had for less than $9000. The car featured a host of ingenious touches- the pedestal seats, with their rocking-chair adjustments, and the combination of trailing arms and concentric torsion bars in the rear suspension were just a few.
Car and Driver magazine stated that if it were their choice to decide, they would make it the car of the year. Just for the record, the magazine admits they made a big mistake by listing the Allinance on their list in 1983. The Alliance has the arguable distinction of being the car that saved AMC, while at the same time the car possibly hastened the automaker's disappearance as an independent company. Production ended in 1987.
AT NUMBER 9 IS THE 1983 Pontiac 6000STE
If the downsized General Motors big cars of 1977 were the best American cars since the end of World War II, the 1983 General Motors A-bodies were the best since 1977, and the Pontiac 6000STE continued the tradition.
Exactly opposite the 1983 Firebird, the 6000STE was light and lively, featured the most up-to- date technology available from GM at the time, and came wrapped in sheetmetal that could only be described as controversial.
At number 8 1983 Toyota Celica Supra
Evolving from the first-generation model to the second-gen version was no easy task but for Toyota, the company recognized that keeping it relatively similar would just curtail the momentum the Supra had, So it did away with the open headlights from the first incarnation and opted for pop-up headlights. N
Coming in at number 7 was the 1983 Porsche 944
The Porsche 944 was the best news from Germany since the Porsche 911 in 1983.
The 928 was one of the all-time great GT machines, but its very high price kept it out of the hands of traditional Porsche buyers, and traditional Porsche buyers weren’t too sure about its styling or its front-mounted V-8 engine at the time.
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A friend of mine bought a brand new Renault Alliance. The loan lasted longer than the car did.
Lol!
Great video ! I owned a Chevrolet Caprice back in the day. The Caprice was a reliable and comfortable car to own and drive.
We owned the wagon. Loved the Impala!
I have been restoring / tweaking a '96 Caprice for almost 3 yrs ... it is the best riding car I have ever rode in, even better than the Rolls I rode in once ... it does not know it weighs 4000 lbs > and the 4.3L motor gets great mileage, while being quite peppy
@@ThisOldCarChannel My grandmother drove a 1977 Chevy Impala. According to her, it was one of her favourite cars.
My father had a Mazda RX-7 exactly like the one shown at 9:08!
In 1980 I remember going into a show room that had an Alliance on the floor. My friends and I walked up to it and tried to open the door. The handle came off in the show room of all places. Not long after that I bought the black RX-7 next to it. One of the best cars I ever had.
Loved the RX7!
My dad had a 84 caprice classic coupe and a few years later he bought a 86 Buick regal very nice cars but the Ohio weather ate them up .
it has done that to other cars as well.
I don't think any of the cars *"sucked".* I think the problem with cars like the Renault Alliance is that Renault never provided a good service network. Every car needs to be maintained if you want to continue driving it. What good is driving a car if you're not going to do what you can to keep it running?
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I had that 83 Renault Alliance in the early 90's as a used car just after college. It was hands down the biggest piece of crap car I have ever owned and I've owned a lot of vehicles. It was about 9 years old with less than 70k on the odo. I owned it for about 5 months and in that time it blew the head gasket, the catalytic converter went, as did the CV boots/joints. It was also very prone to electrical issues and had the alternator replaced twice. It was a horrible car.
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Friend of my brother had the Renault and I took it for a drive. Stick worked fine and I thought it was okay. Maybe long term sucked but it seemed okay really. I worked at a Honda dealer in '82 and any Honda was awesome all three models; Civic, Accord and Prelude. Back then 8 out of 10 Hondas sold at this Toronto dealer, Parkway Honda, were manuals! Now? Maybe one out of fifty?
I had a 1981 Honda Accord hatchback. It had a peppy engine mated to a 5-speed manual tranny that got great gas mileage. It was a very reliable small car. I would have kept it longer but it was totaled when a drunk guy in a Corvette decided to take it and four other cars out that were parked along a street. The car from the list I'd love to have now is the Fox Body Mustang GT. It still looks awesome even if the engine was lacking the horsepower we now expect out of our 5.0 engines.
I had a silver 1980 Civic 4 door. Loved the way that car looked. Trying to find one now but $$$$ !
My parents had a Toyota Supra 82. It had the digital dash. And it was fast.
My brother in law had a 84 Toyota Supra - that baby did not allow any dust to settle - it was fast !!
VW GTI was a cool car, and that was a great presentation for it there. Toyota Supra, second best for that year…
Loved me some Toyota Supra!
The Honda Accord has been on Car and Driver's Top 10 List longer than any other model(34 times). Some people say the Accord is overrated but being one the Top 10 list that many times shows you what a great product the Accord is. I know, I used to own a 2007 Accord and it very solid.
My mom gave me her 1998 Honda Accord about 5 years ago. Sat for about 2 years because I had to replace the transmission then it sat for another year because I enjoyed driving my new 2019 Chevy Duramax Z-71 and my 93 Vette. With gas going up, I've parked the truck and vette and have been driving the Honda to work and back. Yes it is the ugly faded green but I love driving that car daily for the last 8 months now. Good cars! Thanks for watching!
16v GTIs continue to be my all time favorite cars. But the Rabbit started it all. I miss fun simple light cars.
GTI was one bad car!
I liked the Chrysler Convertibles. Lebaron and 400
There is a 400 for sale here in San Antonio. Really never heard of them. If I did, I must have forgot! Thanks for watching! My brother and I hope you enjoyed the video and subscribed to our channel to help us out.
Honda also makes jet engines for planes
I had a couple Supras, an 83 and the upgraded 84, they were awesome, a 79 280 ZX and an 84 GTI Rabbit which I wish I still had.
I wish I had the first gen RX7 and a 1980 280ZX with tops! Thanks for watching and sharing. We hope you're a subscriber.
@@ThisOldCarChannel I subscribed. I have a several classic German/Japanese/American car videos on my channel you might like, check it out if you have a chance.
Tastes change over time. A 21 year old me in 83 bought a Marquis Brougham. My dad and brothers saus fit and finish on GM's sucked. I always liked the looks of the Caprice Classic and would have preferred it. A 59 year old me having owned a Camaro Z28 would have snapped up the Mazda RX7 instead.
Although I was only 10 yrs old at the time, too young to drive at the time, I remember these cars. My oldest cousin had a 1977 Toyota Celica. My parents had a 1979 Celica. They were rather basic compared to the Supra L type in this video, but that made it no less fun or exciting. :)
Ahh the 1977 Celica. Our good friend had one. They were nice cars.
@@ThisOldCarChannel I've never driven one personally, but I know people who have. :)
The 1983 Trans Am was drop dead gorgeous
My Uncle Jack had a 1983 Chevrolet Impala sedan with a 305 V8 engine with 4 barrel carburetor similar to the Caprice Classic! It was an excellent full-size domestic car, attractive, reliable, and fast! My family still buys Chevrolets and I am a proud owner of a 2015 Camaro LS sport coupe with a 3.6 SFI V6 and 6 speed automatic transmission which is still attractive, reliable, and fast too! I love it! 😁😍
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The Rx was and still the best car of all time for a 2 seater fun car.
I was 18 and decided to stop and test out a 1981. WOW....It was a fun car. Couldn't afford anyhing like it but at least I can say I drove one lol. Thanks for watching and the comment Mike . Hope you're a subscriber to our channel.
The Isuzu Impulse was introduced in the USA in 1983. I bought it in 1985. I loved that car. I drove it to the moon, then to a junkyard when it blew the head gasket. From a practical standpoint, I should have traded up before wearing it out, but I identified with it.
Little-known fact: The Impulse was built on a GM “T” chassis, which was also used by the Chevette. Everything else was different, though.
I loved my Datsun Z car it was the best I also bought a Mazda RX 7 I used to like the tach it went up to 7,000 rpm before the red line.. Fun car to drive and dirt cheap..
I remember test driving the RX7 in my early 20's. Awesome drive! My buddy had a 77 280Z. That thing was fast! Thanks for watching.
I would include the Audi Quattro , and the Buick Regal to this list. Style and functionality is where these cars excel.
Buick Regal was awesome! Thanks Honest one! My brother and I hope you enjoyed the video and subscribed to our channel to help us out.
Datsun 280 ZX should have definitely been on that list
I had a 1983 Buick Regal Limited that I loved loved loved!!!
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Embarrassed to say I bought an 83 Alliance. Worst car that I ever owned. Constant mechanical problems and the transmission was shot at 30,000 miles when I traded it.
Has a school buddy who bought one used. POS! LOL Thanks for watching and sharing. We hope you're a subscriber.
Was it the 1983 Cadillac Eldorado that GM had to retrofit with an iron plate under the driver seat...because some genius in engineering forgot to balance the damn car out as it stood?
I'm guessing it is bean counters rather than engineers.
This is my favourite generation for the Volkswagen Rabbit (Golf) GTI and the Porsche 944. Although I couldn't afford a Porsche at the time (I was still too young to drive), I still found the car quite attractive to look at.
Yeah we remember everyone talking about how fast that GTI was back in the day. Lover the 944. The 928 wasn't bad either. Funky flip up lights. lol
@@ThisOldCarChannel I also loved the 928. While not everyone liked that car, I found it the best looking car Porsche produced.
I got me 1985 rx7 gse le!!😍💯
PSYCHED! My car made the countdown at No. 2: No regrets with my 1983 Mazda RX-7! Loved the 5-speed manual transmission and the rotary engine. Great car and affordable too. I had 3 RX-7s from 1979-1992. Then when the sports car was redesigned again and far more expensive, I switched to the Mazda Miata. Big disappointment, though I drove it for nearly a decade. Then I switched to the Audi TT. Yeah, it cost more, but worth it, especially in power...
Renault is pronounced ren oh.
The white Honda Accord was an '84 or '85. I did a double-take because I owned one just like it, minus the pin stripes. Great reliable car with decent handling and pep. Of the seven Honda cars I have owned, five were Accords. 2 '81s, 2 '84s, and I still drive my '02 SE that I purchased new. My other Hondas? A '72 N600 and a '91 CRX Si. 😁🍀
I enjoy your videos @Boca Brothers!
I miss my AMC Spirit.
i had a 1982 rx7 maybe the best and fastest car i ever had.
Love the look of the first gen RX7!
AMC Renault...6000ste...FFS really? The Supra, superb, Owned a 944 s4, one of the best cars I've owned, Capric, yeah sure why not...5.0 litre fox awesome brought performance back, GTI awesome when 10 sec 0-60 and 17+sec 1/ mile times were acceptable... I guess. Both the Mustang and the 944 where waaaay quicker,. The Accord THE people mover. But the Honda commercial?Really? RX7 was the same money as a 944 btw. It's a Mercedes...Duh.
My personal favorite back then was the DODGE MIRADA, what a beautiful car to drive!!!
I owned a total of six 1st-gen series 2 and 3 RX7s, all with the GSL package and some of them simultaneously. Recirculating-ball-type steering boxes notwithstanding (thanks to Mazda's bean-counters), these were most excellent-handling cars, reasonably quick for the era and had that most intoxicatingly-high-revving 12A rotary engine. Fuel economy, while not great, was no worse than that of its closest competitors from Nissan and Toyota. With proper care and feeding these engines would last as long as most other engines of the day. Unfortunately, many were owned by college coeds, hairdressers, accountants and yuppies - the vast majority of whom did not know that oil changes every 3000 miles - and oil top-ups every 1000 miles - were a thing with the rotary. They paid dearly in out-of-warranty engine replacement costs.
85 RX7 GSL-SE. Bought it when my son was born, gave it to him for his high school graduation.
Wow! Awesome. Wish I had one. Thanks for watching!
I had an 1975 Renault R-12 (4 door sedan) in high school. Sneaky Dealership sent everyone with a registered Renault and $500 bonus trade in offer ..... I drove the Alliance.
I kept the R-12. That car lasted me another 15 years. Never a problem, and it was so ugly - nobody ever wanted to steal it or break in. Perfect college car.
Hate to say. The J6000 pretty much su ked. I LOVE Pontiac, but my Grandpa bought a 6000 new and it was.... not bad but plain Jane inside and I didn't like the front. Just a box on wheels unfortunately.
You forgot about scooter..i mean i have a 86 Honda Spree 50cc scooter that runs like a dream..Honda scooter company! haha fun video
My favorite car for 1983 out of the top 10 was the sport version Toyota Supra followed by the Datsun 280 ZX Turbo.
The Pontiac 6000 STE demo car that one of my friends drove, from his dad’s dealership, had a in-trunk air compressor/tire inflator
Sad not to see the 1983 Honda Prelude which had many advanced features as I owned a 1984 version. One of my favourites after all these years.
I think of all of these!!! The Honda Accord is still going strong!!! Some of the others don’t even exist anymore
I'll take the Supra and the Porsche from this lineup, those are both awesome looking cars!
If you're going to do a video about Renaults and Porsches, learn how to pronounce Renault and Porsche.
Your voice is very clear and strong in the mix. Stands out good video
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
It’s pronounced Porsha!
Right on!
Do you intentionally mispronounce the foreign car names to get comments? Well if so, the tactic works!
Camaro z28 should have made the list. It was motortrend car of the year in 82
I owned a 1983 Mazda RX-7 Limited Edition - absolutely loved it ...
Wish I had one now. Its the motor that I'm not so sure about.
@@ThisOldCarChannel I also wonder how well it would have aged - and - it was a gas-Hog, but a very fun one.
@@ThisOldCarChannel I had an 85 with the larger 15B engine. It lasted until my son wrecked it in 2005.
@@TooLooze 15b?lol ok
@@reifonseca5767 I think they called the EFI version of the motor 15b, I may be wrong.
Owned a car lot for many decades, without a doubt, the Renault was one of the worst cars I ever had on my lot
I test drove an Alliance. 😑
I test drove an 1980 RX7 while in High school. lol Thanks for watching Gregory and we hope you're a subscriber.
The Pontiac 6000 was alright for what it was at the time I drove it in high school was a good first car
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Caprice
Honda builds the best cars still today?
Maybe, but nobody cares now.
I had the little brother to the Supra - Celica GT-S in white.The driver's seat was way head of it's time and best for many years. The side bolsters, thigh support, and the 3 airbags for the back support fantastic seat. Had a brown 79 Honda Accord LX hatchback (actually that's the only style before they came out with the sedan) with upgraded seat covering in velour. Had an 81 Buick Regal Limited. Loved the look of both Regal and Riviera from that era. I also had an black 85 Golf GTI Mk. II. That's the year the GTI was car of the year; can you say
"Fahrvergnügen"? And sadly, the 1st generation, extremely underpowered Toyota minivan. Heh, it had a refrigerator.
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Someone needs to be a cop here,
"Move along....move along... nothing to look at here."
'83 Rx7 GSL. 7000 rpm redline, stupid light, and of course pop up headlights. Just a stupid fun car at the time. Anyone else wire up a toggle switch to one headlight motor to make her wink?
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You totally missed the Thunderbird of that year.
Which one sucked?
The Supra!
Datson blue bird 1980
The Renault Alliance was just like every other French car marketed for the US - junk!
Plate C
In 1983, AMC has created Cherokee, Grand Cherokee and Wagoneer models as best -selling SUV models.
Really good video TH-cam needs to get you out front more so people can see this
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Yep,all these cars on this list were awesome except the Alliance which indeed sucked!
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My first car was an 83 Supra. Anytime someone rode with me, they were surprised how fast it got off the block.
Mid 80s Mercury Capri
My favorite automobiles of the 1980s was the Chevy Corvette, Chevy Camaro, Pontiac Firebird, Ford Thunderbird, Ford Escort, Chevy Chevette and the Ford, Chevy, GMC, and Dodge Full-sized Vans and Pickup Trucks😊❤👍
The absolute worst car of those years was the Renault 18 i
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2nd gen Supra was a good looking car
Good looking indeed! Thanks for watching and the comment Slowstang88!
spent '89-'05 in the new and used car business. I don't remember ever driving a Renault alliance. I remember the car being one to avoid. the accord was a well made little thing but wasn't even in the same galaxy as a Benz.
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When the RX7 first came out, I went right down to by one. Unfortunately the dealership had a long waiting list, so I waited.
Finally I got a call saying my number came up. Back down to the dealership I went. Such a beautiful car, that is until I
looked inside. What's with the black and white, checker board upholstery? They said it was the only upholstery choice. I was
not going to fork out that much money, on my first new car, and get seats that looked like a board game. Later, I was so glad
that I did not buy the RX7, once the major engine problems became known and the cost to repair was astronomical.
I test drove a 1980 while I was in high school. Trying to figure out why they would let a 17 year old and his girlfriend test drive the car. It could have been used and we were in our 20's. I can't remember. lol.... None-the-less, it was an awesome car. We couldn't afford one but loved the way they look! Thanks for watching! Subscribe!
The limited Edition had burgandy Velour interior ...
Good stuff
Missing the AMC Matador.
Patrick Dawson wasn't around in 1983!!!
280 ZX
RX 7 is always the best 👌
I would LOVE an early RX7. Something about them. My brother test drove one when they first came out.
Japanese car’s the the best…..Toyota’s.
The woke up the U.S. manufactures and made them step up their game. Thanks for watching!
I remember when the RX7 Mazda came out.. one of the coolest looking cars on the road Mazda had finally got all the bugs out of the rotary engine.. these rx-7s were fast.. and I see many of them still on the road today in 2021!
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My dad owned a 1983 Mustang until 1994, and put over 300,000 miles on it during that time, as he crisscrossed the Northeastern U.S. as a field service engineer for plastics molding machines.
WOW!!!! 300K? That's impressive.
Learn how to pronounce Renault and Porsche properly...
Picky...picky...picky. lol Thanks for watching.
William Egler < How do you pronounce these car names in your momma’s basement?
Porshhh OR Por-shuh can both be acceptable, depending on local German dialects.
THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of European family surnames have different pronunciations - oftentimes within the very same family.
STOP BEING A PRONUNCIATION NAZI!!
(No pun intended)
Which ever is comfortable with you William. lol
This list is plagiarized from Car & Driver magazine Dec 31, 1982.... verbatim!