What was your favorite 1980s subcompact?

[Thirty-Nine]

I got to thinking about some of the earlier subcompact offerings. Things like the Toyota Starlet and early Tercel; the old Suzuki Swifts; Subaru Justy; etc.

Let me know what you think:

http://www.subcompactculture.com/2009/04/pwhat-was-your-favorite-1980s.html

Personally, I'd love to have an early '80s Starlet (with a worked over 3TC); a Chevrolet Sprint Turbo (which was made by Suzuki, actually); or even a Mitsubishi Mirage Turbo ...

[IllusionX]

hyundai Pony - 1982 - RWD


i had a 93 swift GLX (1.6L engine 96HP) it had power windows, power door locks and powered side mirrors... very interesting for a Suzuki Swift.

[SilverBack]

'84 Chrysler Conquest (Mitsubishi Starion in Japan). Growing up my best friend's dad had one. There weren't too many running around locally for some reason.

[eTiMaGo]

you close-minded american :biggrin:

Renault 5 Turbooooo.... Peugeot 205 GTi!!!!

ahem.. sorry for that... but they rocked

[hatchbackkid82]

Mitsubishi Starion 190/HP and 230/lbs of TQ out of a 2.6L 4 cylinder. Love those cars:burnrubber: These things beat mustangs(not the new one's) with few modifications:eek:

[SilverBack]

Agree! That guy I was talking about did some stuff to his (remember hearing a whiny sound so I suspect a supercharger) and beat a 5.0 in 1/4 at the LA County Raceway (R.I.P.)

[BLAZINBLUEVITZ]

dodge omni GLH
http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:xZVDNdx1z0OUlM:http://www.allpar.com/images/dodge/omni-rampage/omni-glh.jpg

[KCALB SIRAY]

Escort

[hatchbackkid82]

DEFINITELY!!!!!!! so hard to find, don't laugh but the turbo Plymouth Voyagers minivans were nice, again hard to find but can defintely be a real sleeper

dodge omni GLH
http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:xZVDNdx1z0OUlM:http://www.allpar.com/images/dodge/omni-rampage/omni-glh.jpg

[Darb]

VW Corrado.

[SLIK4]

my mom had a tercel that she had for many years. had about 170k on it and still ran great. too bad some idiot hit her and had it totaled. she was fine though. she said she would still be driving it if she could. when i got my yaris it brought back memories of her little car and now she drives a new corolla. i really liked that car because i could see over the dash when i rode with her lol.

[hatchbackkid82]

Merkur XR4TI, RWD turbo....oh the turbo mustangs svo, and the turbo thunderbirds, all these car had the same motor, hp varied though

[hatchbackkid82]

corolle ae86 and the fx16 gts hatchback

[BLAZINBLUEVITZ]

my old chevy SPRINT TURBO surprised quite a few people back in the day
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/209/509893079_da5fd90c0a.jpg

[Mouse]

VW Rabbit
Ford Shogun(Fiesta)

[Deltasix]

VW Corrado.


If we're going to call the Corrado a sub-compact car, then my vote is for the Scirocco.

[Altitude]

Was the Starion a sub-compact???

I had a Dodge Colt aka Mitsubishi Mirage I think.

[SailDesign]

Merkur XR4TI, RWD turbo....oh the turbo mustangs svo, and the turbo thunderbirds, all these car had the same motor, hp varied though


None of those qualifies as a "subcompact"..... :smile:

[SailDesign]

you close-minded american :biggrin:

Renault 5 Turbooooo.... Peugeot 205 GTi!!!!

ahem.. sorry for that... but they rocked

+ a sh!t-load.... Esp. the Renault.

[tomato]

Without hesitation, the :bow: :bow: :respekt: Honda CRX. :wub: :headbang: :clap:

I had this one:

http://www.dragtimes.com/Honda-Civic-CRX-Timeslip-10203.html

the HF (fuel efficiency model) , 5 sp.

:cry: I wish Honda hadn't discontinued the CRX model. What a fun car that was. :cry:


By the way ...

:needpics:

Sorry, I've been dying to use that thing for a while ;)

[tomato]

^ well, you asked ! lol

BTW, I drove the Renault 5 (stock) a long time ago. She wasn't the sportiest but pretty responsive and fun to drive. Kind of like a first gen. Honda Civic (the little box).

[kargoboy]

I loved my little four-speed Nissan Sentra coupe-1983.
But it was hardly a performance car. Of those available in the
U.S. I'd have to pick the Nissan Z cars or the Mazda RX-7.

[SIPNGAS]

Gotta go with the CRX or the Rabbit (diesel), too!

[bobselectric]

you close-minded american :biggrin:

Renault 5 Turbooooo.... Peugeot 205 GTi!!!!

ahem.. sorry for that... but they rocked

Here in the States we had the Renault LeCar- Think the R5 with out the turbo and the body kit. The car would visibly rust at stop lights. With all the emission hardware, it made the fun to drive R5 slower than a yugo with 3 flats, although when you got up to speed, the wind would whistle "Vive le France" through the rust holes

[Black Yaris]

Rabbit diesel

[SIPNGAS]

Rabbit diesel

:wub:

[Black Yaris]

car weighed nothing, and with some minor mods was crazy fast and ride on rails... and still got 18754897624589763245789324 MPG

[jinxor]

starlet...love the starlet 1982

http://toyota-parts.uneedapart.com/images/toyota-starlet-parts.jpg

[yaris-me]

BMW 320i.??:wink::wink:

[33OH]

Dodge Colt Turbo

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3291007719_503fc662b8.jpg?v=0

[Gideon]

Forgot to post in this thread earlier, and I am surprised it was never mentioned by someone else!

Mazda 323 GTX/GTR

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c56/caloyski5/FR%2082/FR82008.jpg

[yarisugi]

The was my baby until I sold it. My personal fave sub-compact.

[jclo3313]

1973-1984 Starlet
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[Thirty-Nine]

^^^^^

Droooooool ....

[jclo3313]

1989 Ford SHOgun
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://media.motortopia.com/files/groups/42/482df973be484/tn_small_Picture_11.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.motortopia.com/videos/browse/t/group/p/cars/gid/42&usg=__6AmOa8ehxvUT1ppKiGE8ay0agTc=&h=90&w=123&sz=6&hl=en&start=11&um=1&tbnid=hZL6VDkgGaBeRM:&tbnh=65&tbnw=89&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dford%2Bshogun%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff% 26sa%3DG%26um%3D1
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[Bredayaris]

http://www.autoweek.nl/images/800/c/f6fec4e2f5ad493f3eeab4b9b0bf753c.jpg

The Toyota Corolla 1.6 GTi.

My parents did have a Toyota Corolla 1.3 though but what a smooth ride that was.
All those European shitty cars then (now too) were much slower.
A lot of VW Golfs and Opel Kadetts with much bigger engines were so slow that even my dad pulled the young car owners off at traffic lights.
The car had a much more modern styling and a way higher quality.
But thats nowadays an well known fact too :headbang:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

AE86 ftw!!!!!! hehehe.

http://www.driftingstreet.com/images/toyota-corolla-ae86.jpg

[anonymous user]

Yeah FX-16's were the shizz. I had an 85 crx, carb'd, it was a fun car.
But the VW rabbit's have got to be one of my faves in the 80's. I also vote for daihatsu charade.

[red_rims]

86 AE Trueno like in initial D. jk thats b 4 my time.