Had a couple of roommates in late 80’s in Orlando Fl. Britain's most common cars of the 70s and 80s are now some of the most endangered models on the road ... Brown with rally-ready spotlamps - this 1982 Renault 5 is … Get your Le Bids in now! And with it, Chrysler owned Jeep. No one would ever look at a standard Renault 5 American Motors became the Jeep/Eagle division of Chrysler. The 1980s was a great decade for prominent, groundbreaking cars. Thought these looked good, but never even saw one in the flesh. A period review of the Dauphine by Road & Track magazine found that the Dauphine took 32 seconds to accelerate to 60 MPH from a standstill. At December 14, 1987 the last AMC, an Eagle Wagon, rolled off the assembly line. 10 Great '80s Cars That Time Forgot. Some just didn't make the There's no denying it, a lot of 80s cars were weird cars - and here are some of our favorite weird 80s automobiles for you to gawk at. This Renault Turbo is known as one of the most dangerously exciting cars to drive, born from the days when manufacturers pushed to beat the rest and build the best! But a few machines have somehow faded … Here’s something you don’t see every day. The purchase cost Chrysler a cool $1.1 billion. Motoring's worst decade's worst cars. Dutton Garage for the 1st time, is very proud to present this stunning 1986 Renault 5 Turbo 2, finished in rare Noir Black, with Tan Interior, and Matching Carpets. who bought cars at auction that needed fixing up, and “flipped them” The majority of cars they acquired where Renault/AMC Alliance”franken-cars” Sad little crap boxes! In September all AMC and Renault cars were renamed "Eagle". Volkswagen and even Japanese automakers were struggling to sell cars in the US. Never picked up a Fuego though. Renault removed itself from the American market. Some pretty bad cars have been made throughout the years, and most of them seem to have been the result of the questionable engineering and design of the '80s. Even back in the 1970s and ’80s they weren’t too thick, at least in the US. Back in the 80s you could have the GM T Body, known as the Chevrolet Chevette stateside, in a lot of flavors: as an Opel Kadett, a Holden Gemini, a Vauxhall Chevette, an Isuzu Gemini, a … In a bold move, Chrysler purchased one of the largest and oldest auto manufacturer in the United States: AMC. This 1982 Renault 5-Door Le Car is in Bothell, Washington, halfway between Bellevue and Everett, and it’s on eBay with a current bid price of $102.50; but the reserve isn’t met. Chrysler was obliged to buy parts from Renault for a couple of years and make cars out of them. The 80s was a time of transition, between American cars of the 60s & 70s to more modern designs influenced by European cars. Cars in 1987. While the Renault Dauphine was a major sales success in Europe, where it is seen as one of the forerunners of the modern economy car, it received a very strong negative reception in the United States, largely for its poor performance and poor reliability.