Mostly the state of the art back then for American manufacturers. Thankfully, things have improved and today's cars are nicer to drive, safer and much more reliable than those 1970's vehicles. Unfortunately, it comes at a cost which seems to be pushing 50k for the average priced new vehicle that folks are buying these days.Click bait. Ads loading. Page crashing. This site is about as reliable as the cars from the 1970s…
I lucked out for being a Chrysler product. I put 123000 on it before I traded it in and nothing major went wrong with it...My mom had a 1975 with the 400 and Firestone 500 radials.
That car about bankrupted her.
Yet it holds a special place in my heart as it was the first car I ever did an oil change on.
To me the Opel GT was the working mans Corevette.The Opel GT and BMW in that list look pretty gorgeous to me...
She had electronic ignition and carburetor problems.I lucked out for being a Chrysler product. I put 123000 on it before I traded it in and nothing major went wrong with it...
did you have that Lean Burn set up??? A lot of issues with that...She had electronic ignition and carburetor problems.
I think it did more miles up and down the Dodge Boys lift than it did on the road
No all were bad. My family had V8 Impala,Caprice,LTD,GTO and a couple of Caddies. All were trouble free. The a/c in them would cool off a 7 room house. All went on long trips with no issues whatsoever. Dealer service was actually excellent for the most part. We all had long commutes to work.So much junk in the 70’s. The sounds of pinging and dieseling are still vivid in my memories. The loud hissing and squealing of power steering systems, horns that got stuck, bumper jacks, you name it.
It was a decade to forget.
And using less fuel. The fuel efficiency opened the door for the Japanese car invasion. And then the VW Beetle sold very well in the 70's.The imports were junk during this period as well, they just had the good fortune of selling less.
I think Lean Burn was introduced in 1976.did you have that Lean Burn set up??? A lot of issues with that...
I had a 1973 Bavaria(AKA 3.0) back in the '80s- no FI but it did have 2 Weber 32/36 DGAV carburetors. It would cruise at 100 mph for hours on end(thank you Cobra CB and CM Escort).The Opel GT and BMW in that list look pretty gorgeous to me...
They may have been small and they did use "oxygen blown steel (or whatever it was....changed in 1996 as I recall) but they functioned. Possibly not as well as the continually refined VW Beetle but well enough. They were easier to work on.The imports were junk during this period as well, they just had the good fortune of selling less.
We had a 79 Pinto. Had ice cold A/C. Extremely reliable vehicle.Mom had a 1980 Pinto, red with black vinyl interior. Riding around in the summer heat of Yakima Wa (The "Palm Springs" of Wa) back in the day with no AC. Dad always said it was a pretty reliable car in it's day despite the bad press.