'70s cars
It's often a much maligned time for design, but I think it was also an era of technical innovation and interesting vehicles. What noteworthy rides can you think of from that time?
I've always sort of liked the '76 Cobra II. There were a lot of reasons why it wasn't a 'good' car (sold well, though). I don't think it was particularly innovating, either. I think it looked nice. It had a nice sporty look to it.
The most noteworthy ride of the 1970's is the Lamborghini Countach
Introduced in the early 1970's
I've always been fond of the Bricklin, despite all of its shortcomings. There's at least one on the road locally that I see every now and then.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bricklin_SV-1
There can be only one...
The Morgan 
Okay, as someone who likes small cars and motorcycles, the Morgan three-wheeler is undoubtedly one of the desirable vehicles I've ever seen.
Thank you, Steven, I've found my dream car.
Hello Sreven,
if you are fan of the sound of the motor in your car you probably have never seen this:
http://www.myvideo.de/watch/5280496/Brutus_47000ccm_Motor
and text at wiki is here:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutus_%28Experimentalfahrzeug%29
....
i´m sorry that the text seems not to be availiable with english language -
but just two facts:
a BMW aeroplane motor with 47000 ccm (!)
in a carframe.... and the result was called BRUTUS ....
avarage need of fuel 1 liter per km.... but it would be a timeeating task to get such a car on the road....
anyhow it´s realy awesome !
anyhow.... if i would have the free choice ... mine would be this Duesenberg:
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/a-good-drive-spoiled/
driving a car like this isn´t the pure sound... but its a statement !
and a affordable car of the 70´s ? well then it would be the ´68 stingray....
or alternate: having a free "pass to enter and drive card" at Jay Leno´s car collection....
http://www.google.de/search?q=hispano-suiza&hl=de&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ubBaUJbWMcTasga_2oDgDA&sqi=2&ved=0CDYQsAQ&biw=1256&bih=775#hl=de&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Jay+Leno+cars&oq=Jay+Leno+cars&gs_l=img.12..0.73.8491.5.11457.14.12.0.2.2.0.340.2708.2-11j1.12.0...0.0...1c.1.649F_dOYMkA&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=b7977b397cf617af&biw=1256&bih=773
but i fear that sitting in front of those cars - i would loose confidence in my ability to make a choice....
and for a ride on the german autobahn in area without speedlimit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvYd_GrBMLU
the Bugatti Veyron or the Koenigsegg !
sincerely speedyG
Speedy,
The BRUTUS is bad-ass! LOL
eeun,
The Morgan three wheeler has been my favorite for many years.
It does not hurt that it's my last name either.
The '70s Firebirds had a lot of style, but the '6os cars had a lot of horsepower. It's a tough decision.
Unfortunately, the 70s Firebird/Trans-Am will always remind me of Smokey and the Bandit, which is not a good thing.
Smokey & The Bandit...A true classic...How could you not like that movie?
Just to be technical correct:
that motor was invented by a man named Felix Wankel and the motor was named after him as Wankelmotor....
and NSU AUDI ( that was before the company became only AUDI ) was the company that brought up this motor first in a series car as Ro80.....
and another ( but similar ) story from history of motorcycles:
in the same time in Germany a engineer ( Mr. Friedel Münch ) took a car motor from the NSU Prinz 1000 ( with little more than 1000 ccm and mounted it in a motorcycleframe and sold that as Münch Mammut motorcycle ... that was a legendary machine... later machines with 1200 ccm and 1300 ccm were built
Triumph tried to attempt the same thing and mounted the motor from the Triumph Spitfire ( 1300 ccm ) in a motorcycleframe but only a prototype series of 10 motorcycles was built... they didn´t dare to build that motorcycle with the argument: too much power, too heavy to handle ( more than 470 Kgs ) ....
if others would have trusted in this arguments the BOSS HOSS would have never been built.....
In early days I had a lot of money but no time - now I have no money but a lot of time....
the second part includes less friends but a lot more joy on life....