Cars We Loved in the 1980s
Author | : Giles Chapman |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 2016-09-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780750980647 |
ISBN-13 | : 0750980648 |
Rating | : 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: It was brash and it was loud – the 1980s put paid to the glumness of the '70s and nowhere was that more obvious than in the cars we drove, which took a quantum leap in durability, performance, equipment and style. They had to: Japanese quality and European design were luring away ever more customers. Features such as fuel injection, turbochargers, computer-controlled systems and four-wheel drive became commonplace. This was also the decade that brought us the people-carrier and the off-roader, new classes of car that radically reshaped family transport. Meanwhile, seatbelt-wearing became law, the M25 opened, speed cameras appeared and ram-raiding was the new motoring nemesis. Relive everything car-related in Britain in the 1980s with Giles Chapman.