Mullet haircut, oversized clothes, synthesizer-rich music…what was there to like about the ‘80s? Almost everything about the 80’s was wrong, except of course, the automotive industry.
Audi gave us the Quattro setting the benchmark for 4WD systems on passenger cars. Peugeot gave us the 205, a hatch so hot, the latest incarnation, the 206 fails to uplive the original. Lancia gave us the Delta Intergrale and became one of world’s rally icons. Ferrari gave us their most beautiful creation, the 288 GTO and their Testarossa took the world by storm.
Here in Malaysia, nobody drives the Quattro. The 205 is extremely rare. The Delta was never introduced to the Malaysian public. And the prancing horses were too astronomous in maintenance cost even by the standards of the Malaysian rich and famous.
But thanks to the Almighty, BMW created the E30. When it first came out in Malaysia, only lawyers and doctors could afford it. Now, almost everybody can own this adorable baby bimmer. This is my fourth E30, and it's a 325i, meaning it's got 2.5 litre of manhood proppelled by 6 smooth cylinders churning out 170 horses. And I am blogging it because the last time I checked, there’s no brand new car out there that is worth buying!
Audi gave us the Quattro setting the benchmark for 4WD systems on passenger cars. Peugeot gave us the 205, a hatch so hot, the latest incarnation, the 206 fails to uplive the original. Lancia gave us the Delta Intergrale and became one of world’s rally icons. Ferrari gave us their most beautiful creation, the 288 GTO and their Testarossa took the world by storm.
Here in Malaysia, nobody drives the Quattro. The 205 is extremely rare. The Delta was never introduced to the Malaysian public. And the prancing horses were too astronomous in maintenance cost even by the standards of the Malaysian rich and famous.
But thanks to the Almighty, BMW created the E30. When it first came out in Malaysia, only lawyers and doctors could afford it. Now, almost everybody can own this adorable baby bimmer. This is my fourth E30, and it's a 325i, meaning it's got 2.5 litre of manhood proppelled by 6 smooth cylinders churning out 170 horses. And I am blogging it because the last time I checked, there’s no brand new car out there that is worth buying!
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