The 50 Most Underappreciated Cars of All Time

[Atmo]

After encountering a vehicle disabling event in my RAV4 Prime today that couldn't be technologically possible last year, I'm longing for the good old days and ran into this article tonight that rubbed it in.

It isn't complete for some here like me (Lotus 7), but it's a trip through memory lane. I've owned 14 of those listed and have the best memories about the Avanti and Alfa. How about you?

https://www.insidehook.com/feature/5...-cars-all-time

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by Atmo

The 50 Most Underappreciated Cars of North America of All Time

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[Tcoat]

LOL Not to bad at a total of 5 I have only owned 10% of that list!

[Atmo]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Ftfy

Yeah, some of the best stuff didn't make the cut but counted at least 34 of the 50 that were sold outside North America.

I'd have added Holden Monaro sold here as Pontiac GTO.

[SP86]

Thanks for sharing.!
It always makes me second guess myself when I see these. My first car was an 86 Starion but I sold it to keep my Frs. Part of me wishes I kept her and swapped in a reliable motor with the money I would of got from the zn6 ^^;

[Sapphireho]

I've owned exactly none of them.

[bcj]

0% uptake here as well.

Gosh! the Corvette is sooo underappreciated they had to list it twice.
Underwhelmed!

[DarkPira7e]

I wonder if they realize they forgot the Mitsubishi Starion?! And the Celica AllTrac? Neither of these cars get attention. If you want to get technical, the Plymouth Laser sure didn't get any attention, only the Eagle and Mitsubishi offerings are well known

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

LOL Not to bad at a total of 5 I have only owned 10% of that list!

I've owned 4 and had access to 4 more I drove regularly in the family. There's a lot of cars on this list I would happily drive today.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I've owned 4 and had access to 4 more I drove regularly in the family. There's a lot of cars on this list I would happily drive today.

Had:
Chevrolet Corvair
Mercury Cougar
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
AMC Eagle (x 2)
Dodge D100


I would take any of the ones (well maybe not the truck) I had again since now they wouldn't be old beaters that I just kept going because they were dirt cheap. I would do them up right. There are many others on the list that I would take as a toy.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Had:
Chevrolet Corvair
Mercury Cougar
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
AMC Eagle (x 2)
Dodge D100.

Had:

Corvair (although technically my Grandmother's but it was my ride for several months so may be in the "access to" category)
Monte Carlo
Fiat X1/9
MR2

Had access to:

Ranchero
Cougar
Dodge D100
Prelude (multiple versions)

The Dodge truck attracted rust so I doubt many of them are still around. Of the others, I'd take one in good shape. Would love an old Cougar with the hideaway headlights. And of course, the MR2.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Had:

Corvair (although technically my Grandmother's but it was my ride for several months so may be in the "access to" category)
Monte Carlo
Fiat X1/9
MR2

Had access to:

Ranchero
Cougar
Dodge D100
Prelude (multiple versions)

The Dodge truck attracted rust so I doubt many of them are still around. Of the others, I'd take one in good shape. Would love an old Cougar with the hideaway headlights. And of course, the MR2.

Not exactly the same since it was a W200 but we used the military pattern Power Wagons a lot back in the 70s. I still see a bunch of them around (no longer military of course) so somehow they escaped the rust issues.

[wbradley]

I've had zero, but will gladly take an LC500 to make the list.

[The Red One]

How do Corvettes,MR2,CRX,Alfa’s ,Miata’s get on a list of Underappreciated cars?
They were pretty high on my appreciative list at the time!

I only managed to snag ONE on this list and Im still keeping it for a few more years. See sig… Exactly like in their picture.

It was one of my stranger car buying choices by far. Previously I had Preludes, Si, SIR
Had 3 decades of regular if not monthly Theft ,vadelism and Hit & run history with my cars as happens when you work shift & Overnight in the big Shitty. After 14 years it does not even have a major door ding yet. At the time I no longer believed I was allowed to have a nice vehicle. And this funny looking thing was parked in the corner of the Honda lot. The salesman gave me the keys to try it out solo… what a step down I thought as I sat in it, but quite liked the sound the 100 or so Hamsters made when stepped on and reminded me of my 89 SI in so many ways.

Unbelievably practical for the size. Cheap maintenance exept for my habit of Grenadeing pressure plates every 100K KM.(have a Stage 1 ready on standby got real cheap for the next time) and eats inside rear SDrives tires for some reason. Call it my secret sports car when Im in town. The best is it’s always in the same place I left it!

Cars not mainstream I always liked and appreciate seeing are Jensen Interceptors and Javelin’s…

Even if these lists are doomed to be flawed, It brings back memories of knowing someone who had one.