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What car was launched the year you were born??

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31-05-2008 10:42am

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Gary ITR

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For me it was the Renault 25

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#2 31-05-2008 10:54am
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and the more modest

Mike.

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#3 31-05-2008 11:14am
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"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.

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#4 31-05-2008 11:20am
biko

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Aston Martin DBS

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#5 31-05-2008 11:38am
peasant

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1965 btw

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#6 31-05-2008 11:49am
Stephen

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Ford Sierra

E30 3 Series

Maserati Biturbo

Merc 190 W201

The year: 1982

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#7 31-05-2008 11:49am
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For me it would be actually the one I drive at present - the T-Model of the series 123:

Regards!

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#8 31-05-2008 11:50am
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A fine year for Stephen!

Mike.

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#9 31-05-2008 12:44pm
bbam

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A great year of course...

and

and even...

My favourite has to be this....

Excellant idea for a thread !!!

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#10 31-05-2008 12:53pm
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#11 31-05-2008 12:57pm
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1958 Pontiac Chieftan :cool:

>> THIS ONE <<

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#12 31-05-2008 1:19pm
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#13 31-05-2008 1:44pm
Rowley Birkin QC

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Giggidy.

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#15 31-05-2008 2:32pm
Eoin

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1978

BMW M1

Fiat Ritmo

Peugeot 305

Vauxhall Carlton

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#16 31-05-2008 2:43pm
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eoin_s wrote: »

1978

Peugeot 205

305 Maybe ?

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#17 31-05-2008 2:45pm
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305 was a great car, rode and handled like something much more expensive.

Mike.

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#18 31-05-2008 2:46pm
bazz26

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1974

VW Golf MkI:

Lambo Khamsin:

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#19 31-05-2008 3:00pm
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Fey! wrote: »

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

That shape Trabant was actually launched in 1964 !

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#20 31-05-2008 3:01pm
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Some old Vauxhall

and the Corvette

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#21 31-05-2008 4:12pm
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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.

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#22 31-05-2008 4:15pm
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Alfa Romeo 164
http://www.geocities.com/alfa_romeo_164_super_24v/Exterior7.JPG

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#23 31-05-2008 4:25pm
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A true British Classic

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

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#24 31-05-2008 5:19pm
Eoin

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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!

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#25 31-05-2008 5:27pm
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1961.

Chevy Corvette.

Ford Anglia.

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#26 31-05-2008 5:56pm
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bmw m1

Mercedes G-Class

saab 900

audi 200

nissan 280zx

mazda rx7

toyota celica gt

1979 was a great year!!

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#27 31-05-2008 6:04pm
spurious

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1963

Lamborghini 350GTV

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#28 31-05-2008 6:11pm
Gary ITR

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1984 wasn't a good year

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#29 31-05-2008 6:45pm
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Mercedes Benz 380sl

and

Ferrai 308 GTB

and

VW Golf GTi Mk1 Campaign 1983

Not a bad year at all

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#30 31-05-2008 7:08pm
Eoin

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markos79 wrote: »

bmw m1
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1979 was a great year!!

M1 was 1978 though!

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#31 31-05-2008 8:12pm
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Meh....

Some Website wrote:

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

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