In 2021, I am what you would consider an older . I have no recollection of what cars in the ’80s were like, having been born at the end of that decade and growing up around machines mostly from the early to mid-90s.

By the time I was old enough to start choosing my favorites out on the road, the cars of the were less prevalent and the rounder designs of the Clinton years were beginning to take over. I know that many early ’90s cars were holdovers from the ’80s, designs that carried over from the middle and tail end of those years and were still stomping around when I fell in love with cars.

But I don’t have anywhere close to a full purview of that decade. I need help from you readers, the folks who have firsthand knowledge and a fierce opinion of which car was truly the most ’80s car around.

Is it something like the Buick Grand National , which I am partial to despite not really being a big fan of American muscle cars? I just love the Buick’s headlights and wide grille. Its blacked-out visage reads like a warning not to tussle with that forced-induction V6 under the hood.

Or is it something more German and colorful like the ? That beloved car had awesome factory paint and the neat accordion section on its bumper. Of course, it could be something even more opulent than that, a car that represents even more prosperity than a Porsche 911 and more vehicular excess than the Buick GNX.

Is it something like the cars from Miami Vice? Which is a show I’ve only ever known about from references to Don Johnson and his . That old show featured a white , which I know next to nothing about other than maybe it’s the car that refers to when he sings about a white Ferrari.

I don’t know! I have no idea what I’m missing here. So, I’m turning it over to you: What car is the most ’80s car?