The 1980s was the decade of young, upwardly mobile professionals, or "yuppies," whose fun cars gave rise to a rich heritage of roadsters and coupes. Each had its own flavor at a time when, in retrospect, their manufacturers were generally untroubled by the demands of...
Planned US legislation threatened to outlaw convertibles—which meant almost all sports cars—but the expected new laws were never implemented. By the 1980s sports cars still in production were antiquated, but a few survived and adopted new engines and running gear to compete with a whole...
Toyota was at the forefront of the Japanese motor industry’s move into exports in the 1960s, establishing satellite plants around the world. It became a force in rallying but its foray into Formula 1 proved unsuccessful, and it has been rocked by quality scares in...