
If you were looking for a diverse collection of affordable sporty cars, you’d probably want to set the time-machine dial for 1984. You would be hard pressed to find a broader collection of fun-to-drive rides at any time other than the mid Eighties.
Among just the cars depicted below you will find:
- Front-engine and mid-engine configurations
- Two- and four-seat models
- Four-, six-, and eight-cylinder engines
- Carbureted and fuel-injected engines
- Turbocharged and twin-spark-plug engines
- Two- and four-valve engines
- American, French, German, and Japanese cars
- Metric TRX wheels
- Plastic body panels
- Hurst- and Shelby-tuned models
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If you’ve ever owned or spent time with one of these now-classic rides, please tell us about it. The place to leave comments is down below.
Sporty Car Ads from 1984
Chevrolet Camaro Z28

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Chevrolet Corvette

1986: Year of Corvette Acronyms
Dodge Daytona

Consumer Guide Tests the Affordable Sporty Coupes of 1985
Dodge Shelby Charger

Cheap Wheels: 1988-89 Dodge Lancer Shelby
Ford EXP

5 Cheap Coupes You’ve Completely Forgotten
Ford Mustang

Pony-Car Madness! 10 Classic Mustang Ads
Mercury Capri

Quicksilver Madness! 15 Classic Mercury Ads
Nissan 200 SX

Oldsmobile Firenza GT

Rocket Madness! 10 Classic Oldsmobile Ads
Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds

Pontiac Fiero

Review Flashback! 1984 Pontiac Fiero
Renault Fuego

My name is Don Sikora, and I’m a recovering Renault Fuego owner.
Toyota Supra

Volkswagen GTI

Sporty Car Ads