What was the most popular car in 1970-1979?

1. What was the number one car in 1979?
2. What was the fastest muscle car in 1970?
3. What was a popular car in the 1970s?
4. What was the best-selling car in 1978?
5. What was the car of the year 1970?
6. What was the most popular car in 1971?
7. What was the most popular car 1977?
8. What car has the most horsepower in 1970?
9. What was the fastest 1/4 mile car in 1970?
10. What was the fastest production vehicle in 1979?

What was the number one car in 1979?

Note Car and Driver has the Oldsmobile Cutlass at #1 with 518,160 sales. The Chevrolet Chevette is the best-selling newcomer in the Top 10 this year, landing directly at #3 with over 375,000 sales. The Chevrolet Malibu stays 4th, down 8% and the Ford Fairmont is down 2 spots and 17% to #5.

What was the fastest muscle car in 1970?

Fastest Classic Muscle Car: 1970 Chevelle SS454

It rumbled with 500 pound-feet of torque and could translate most of that raw energy into impressive road performance.

What was a popular car in the 1970s?

We remember a lot of 1970s cars: the AMC Pacer, the Ford Mustang II, and the Porsche 914, just to name a few with intriguing, if not always happy, stories. But those weren't the only significant cars of the 1970s, an era when hard times gave rise to a love of funky rides, many of which history has mostly forgotten.

What was the best-selling car in 1978?

USA 1978: Chevrolet Impala/Caprice #1, Ford Fairmont best-selling new car ever introduced. Second year of reign for the Chevrolet Impala/Caprice, still at a very high level with over 620,000 units, down just 5%. The Oldsmobile Cutlass/Supreme drops by 1% and keeps the 2nd place at over 520,000 above the Ford Fairmont.

What was the car of the year 1970?

In 1970, the Ford Torino won the COTY while Motor Trend selected the Porsche 914 for its first Import COTY award.

What was the most popular car in 1971?

1971: Chrysler New Yorker.

What was the most popular car 1977?

USA 1977: Chevrolet Impala/Caprice takes the lead, Ford F-Series now best-selling truck. After two years of Oldsmobile domination, the Chevrolet Impala/Caprice takes advantage of its downsizing to become America's best-selling vehicle and passenger car with a whopping 657,151 sales, up 45% on 1976.

What car has the most horsepower in 1970?

1970 was arguably the pinnacle of the first muscle car era. For Chevy fans, the peak of performance is a Chevelle with the LS-6 454 V8. Check one box on the order from, and you could get an estimated 450 horsepower in a spankin' new box body that defined the muscle car era.

What was the fastest 1/4 mile car in 1970?

1970 Chevy Chevelle 454ci LS6: 5.4 seconds

By 1970 Chevy had punched out the big-block to 454ci with 450 hp and 500 lb-ft of torque. Real horsepower estimates come in a 500 hp. These Chevelles could blast through the quarter-mile in 13.8 seconds in factory stock form.

What was the fastest production vehicle in 1979?

Dodge 'Adult Toys' of the 1970's - The Little Red Express. Chrysler's Little Red Express pickup truck was designed to dance through a loophole in late 1970's emissions regulations. It worked so well the Express turned out to be the fastest American production vehicle of 1979 and the original muscle truck.