Lamborghini Miura
Very few cars are ever granted a level of patriarchal status frequently afforded to the Miura. Designed in the late 1960s, it owned the early ’70s as the unofficial car of the Rat Pack, not to mention as the car of choice for guys like Rod Stewart and Miles Davis. And of course, it was the star of one of the greatest openings in film history
AMC Gremlin
The number of options on a Gremlin was actually quite impressive. Buyers had a choice of two seats or four and whether to spring for the vinyl top. Ultimately, AMC ran into stiff competition from both the Ford Pinto and Chevy Vega — not just in terms of sales, but also in its reputation for overall awfulness. In truth, the Gremlin was what you’d expect an economy car to be, and wasn’t as bad as its reputation. Unless you fed it after midnight. Enjoy the review of the Gremlin below…
Maserati Merak
The Maserati Bora was one of the cooler cars of the 1970s, and Maserati’s attempt to capitalize on that resulted in one of those cars that just didn’t add up to the sum of its parts. The wild, open-flying buttresses in the back are no doubt cool, but underneath the skin, the four-seat Merak was comprised of equal parts Bora and repurposed components, including the modified V6 engine.
Ferrari/Dino 308 GT4
The luxurious Ferrari, the grand touring Ferrari is probably the one that looks the least like a Ferrari. And in fact, it wasn’t technically a Ferrari at first, produced under the Dino name that Ferrari assigned to his smaller-engined cars, named after his dead son. Regardless, it’s a car that’s really practical for what it is, and at the same time, a bit of a stylistic enigma. That’s kinda the 1970s in a nutshell when you really think about it.
BMW 2002 Turbo
As the ultimate incarnation of BMW’s “New Class” vehicles, the 2002 Turbo was the first European turbocharged passenger car. It beat the Porsche 911 Turbo to the market by a year, and though it wasn’t the first turbocharged car in the world (the Oldsmobile Jetfire and Corvair Monza briefly ran them in the early ’60s), it kicked open the door to the turbo world, and helped transform the word into a euphemism for performance.
What iconic cars do you remember from the 70s? Did you have any of these? Share your comments in the comment section below…
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