Introduction to cars of the 1980s

Welcome to my new blog all to the dedication to cars built in the 1980s. A thought came in my mind as I question myself whether these cars should be saved and kept as classic cars. The year now is 2014 and it will be 34 years since the first cars of the 80s left the production line. These kind of cars are the next game changers in the automotive history in many ways. They're

• More reliable
• More economical on fuel
• More safer
• More technically advanced
• More modern in appearance

After two oil crises in the 1970s, the automotive industry recovered. When old gas guzzlers are declining, more economical mobiles flourish and look at small cars for instance. The 80s are a big decade for trendy smaller cars. Think about Honda Civics, Toyota Corollas and Mazda 323s as examples. These game changers made us think that we can still drive cars throughout the future with fuel bills to bear in mind as these cars are more economical.

Not only cars at the time are more economical, they're more reliable. You may come across old modern-ish cars that keep on going despite some cosmetic flaws. Have a look at Volvos and Japanese cars. My family used to own a 1988 Nissan Pintara as I was growing up and it lived for 20 years until the harmonic balancer in the engine cracked ending its useful life. Yes you heard me. It's dead. Still, it comes to show how mechanically marvelous these 80s cars in terms of durability in the long run.

Well that's what I can see and what i've heard.

Now, we don't see much of these cars on the roads today. They may all be worn out, sent to various wreckers yards across the world rusting away, getting crushed and recycled into new steel. But just as bad as seeing sound 80s cars rotting away, they're falling victims towards P platers who have little money to spend on a car just to go from A to B. For those who have high incomes, the cars can be souped up and modified spoiling their originality. And then, driving them to their deaths. This I find is a sad reality because once they become defunct, they'll be gone forever.

And about treasuring these kind of cars, I even asked quite a few people to see whether 80s cars should be kept as classics and interestingly, the cars people say should be kept that way and safe from any crusher. Many people agreed that more 80s cars should be saved because otherwise, they disappear never to be seen again.

However, there could be an opportunity to save these treasures from the 1980s and let them live on.

Let's save them!