10 Best 1985 Performance Cars
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Published 2021-09-01
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Best bang for the buck, yes! That's why I bought my 87 Mustang LX 5.0 when I was 22. It was $251.75 a month, and had cheaper insurance than my former 81 Cutlass! Drove it 306k miles over the next 24 years, and it is now waiting for the new engine to be installed. Thanks for the video and the memories!
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Styling was especially important in an era when performance had been reduced. I had a red and Silver 86 Trans Am. Loved that car!
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Never clicked an Old Car Memories video faster after seeing the thumbnail of the 85 Trans Am!
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The Grand National just looked so completely badass too. Love those cars π€
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The 1985 Pontiac Trans am was my favorite car in this line up.
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Having been a teenager in the '80s, happily I got to experience all of these cars and I've owned a good chunk of them. Including two 5 L Mustangs. And having been there in the thick of it I can definitively say the Mustang was the king of the street especially given the price you can get one for. It's insane to think you can get a stripped 5 L Coupe that could run a very low 14 second quarter mile for close to $10,000. The engines were bulletproof, and the cars took a beating with little complaint which is why you'd see them at the drag strips in droves. Simply adding gears, subframe connectors, a proper shifter and them learning/ mastering the launch without going up in tire smoke! - these could easily dip into the 13s. Obviously not impressive today, but considering how abysmal the 70s were, these even made a lot of the legends of the '60s look slow!
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The 1985 Grand National was an amazing car. Personally it should have been higher up on the list.
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I never owned any of these cars, but eyed out all of them in real life or in car magazines.
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Thanks for real Grand National specs , people get it confused with the GNX thinking 0-60 in 4.8 for any GN
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Ohhhh that blue IROC Z looks so beautiful. If GM would have made the new camero look like the IROC in instead of the 60s Camero I would have bought one in a heart beat.
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The addition of "for the money" to the title would make this list a lot more palatable.
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Owned a new 1986 Chevy Z28 and a new 1987 IROC Z28 5.7 back then. Five years I sold a 1986 Trans Am trailer queen that I had and was only used for car shows. The 80's were a good time growing up in my 20's.
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This was a nice trip down memory lane. I subscribe to many channels but this is the only one I set up notifications for.
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Great video. Great list and brings back the memories. That Ferrari. π³ππ€―
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the '85 Mustang GT had a Lot more than it's rated 210HP. i should know. i am Not a ford fan, but back in the day, i took one out and Loved it. first year with the roller rocker cam as well.the IROC-Z & Trans-am didn't come with man. 5-speeds with the TPI 305. it may have been a different story if they had. if you wanted a 5-speed, you had to take the 305 L-69 H.O. 305 at 190HP. Loved that 288 GTO, one of my favorite Ferrari's.the 288 is Gorgeous. things changed for the Grand National in the next two years,1986 & 1987.. [email protected] 1/4 mile times in cold weather. this video was an absolute Gem.
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Dave came back to life when he finally got to #6! I had the mustang GT at the time and loved it. But more than a 911 or Lambo? Hardly, but Iβd take any of them today.
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All very nice cars great job in putting this together thanks my friend had a 85 GT and after he dumped the clutch and went through the gears I knew what car I wanted and loved the interior on the 85 and 86 cars as well and outside look I ended up with a 86 GT was some of the best times of my life at 17 years old
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Can't argue with the #1 choice.
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I used to visit the Buick dealership while in highschool , it was a few blocks away. I kept the sale's staff busy with questions about the grand national. Such a beautiful car ,
