8 Forgotten American Sports Coupes Of The '80s 

"Lee IaCaCa?" I laughed so hard my head hurts

The McLaren mustang looks like a mercury Capri

1986 Lincoln Mark 7 and LSC Coupe. Ford Thunder Bird SC Coupe . Mercury Cougar XR7 , Capri GT

I almost got myself a 1990 Sunbird GT Turbo coupe as my first ever car...then the guy fired the car up, and it puffed smoke like crazy. But I still to this day love the look

There’s a reason these cars are forgotten

That Ford Escort GT Turbo and EXP Turbo are now somewhat collectable. Not because they were high performance machines but because they are so rare.

These cars were fun. I had a Daytona, my brother had a sunbird, my friend had the Buick. Nice list, brought back nice memories of driving these things for me.

My Friends Mother ( 93) still own her Beretta since 36 years.....the Car is a little bit run down, but gets new German TUV and apply for Historic license plate.............I try once to drive, and impressed me, runs smooth as silk.........

I loved my '86 laser! Wish I still had it. It was such a great car. Handled beautifully in the snow and the mpg's couldn't be beat! It was a great bargain sports car!

Zimmer Quicksilver is gorgeous.

A friend of mine had the Shelby turbo Charger 5 speed. Awsome car. Man it could smoke the tires. It had crazy sun visors mounted at the rear of the headliner. We called them Beer Visors. Gold and black.

Great video that is evidence of just how boring the 1980's were when it came to cars.

Awesome video. I had 2 of the cars on here and miss them

I miss both my EXP's, too!

OH THE 3000 SUX LOOKS GREAT!

Thanks!

The car in the thumbnail looks alot like the 6000 SUX from ROBOCOP

Thanks for the great video. Always liked the Reatta- see them here in Michigan, but never knew that so few were produced!

Long gone, and not missed.

Great vid!!!!

Reatta will always be my favorite Gm car of the 85-95 era. Test drove one but the smell of coolant scared me off, I’d had a 3.8 car before, but something was seriously wrong to blow a head gasket. Still, that drive was the most memorable of my life. It’s like Star Trek tng in car form

"0 to 60 in a neck breaking 9 seconds" 😂😂

These cars were so rare that you can't even find them in a rarities salvage yard. They were so bad, they were buried and hidden for the world would forget they were ever built.

At Ferndale High School in 1991 a classmate had the EXP fitted with 4 12" Orion XTR subs. Bangin'! RIP R. Natin.

The first three years of the 1980s were the Jimmy Carter hangover. 😊❤

There's a reason these cars were forgotten.

I had a friend who had a Shelby version of the Chrysler Laser. 0:57 Think it was a Daytona

All of these deserve to be forgotten.

I had a 70 Pontiac Tempest. My buddy's dad had a 74 Trans Am with a 455 and a 4 speed. He also had an LTD wagon with a 351 Cleveland with a Holley double pumper and headers with cutout pipes. Sleeper/grocery getter.

Had an EXP, was like a go cart! Fun little commuter car

Forgotten with good reason.

I wanted a Conquest so bad back then.

I like the Zimmer Quicksilver. ✌🏽❤️💛🖤🎶🇦🇺

The Zimmer Quicksilver on 24's would be really nice.

The only one I've heard of was the Buick Reatta, which I happened to own for about 15 years. It was a terrific car too.

Valeu pela História automotiva. Gostei muito.

The Sunbird 1st Gen was what my family had when I was a baby and until dad played chicken head-on with someone and we crashed. I didn't have a seatbelt on. I flew into the back of my dad's seat. Bam!

As an old school Detroit native, Every single one of these cars should NEVER be mentioned EVER again!!

These cars are forgotten for a reason. The Mustang II did have a 302 V8 option starting in 75.

Don't forget the Chevrolet X-11.

3:34 The Buick Reatta was a beautiful car.

The market was won by Camaro and Mustang. This was Chrysler's 15 years of denial about the popularity of ponycars.

In the mid 1980s I worked next door to the Zimmer assembly plant in Pompano Beach Florida. I wish that I'd had thought to take a photo of the finished products lined along their fence. (There would often be four of five of lined up in a row.)

i loved the look of the Mirada...

We need someone like that here in america

my bestie in high school had a later, Plymouth marked Laser. It was adorable, but not well taken car and never ran well or fast. It was beautiful in electric blue and had a TINY backseat. Also had the largest air filter I've ever seen in a production car,.

Had an '84 Chrysler Laser, '88 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z and a '92 Plymouth Laser.

I had a mirada cmx with a 318 when i was 17 was fun car

The only car in this lineup I found interesting was the Zimmer quicksilver. It's definitely unique but it's kinda cool looking, trick it out a bit and you might have something worthy.

Dodge Mirada was nice car

Awe$ome

1988 Turbo T-bird Coupe? 4 cylinders of turbocharged fury, with a nice 5-speed gearbox

4:41 Wish I had a Sunbird GT instead of the base model Sunbird long ago. The base version was terrible

Ummmm, I’d hardly call the Mirada a sports coupe, use in nascar aside. It was a personal luxury car.

❤️💯💯🏆

Asuna sunfire, Ford Merkur XR4Ti

As stated in ads from 1978: “There are four turbocharged cars sold in the US; two of them are Buicks”.

The Buick Century was the best car of this list.

You know about Cord and said laser was first American front wheel drive sports car.

Loved my exp

Knew someone with a twin turbo V6 Sunfire

I remember all these cars, is there something wrong with me?

I had a Lazer turbo❤

Best forgotten.

I’m buying a Mirada

Nice video, but first, second and third should be Zimmer Quicksilver, Buick Reatta (not Riata☺) and Chrysler Laser - just for their looks alone!..

If you got rid of that chrome mess on the nose of the Quicksilver you'd have a pretty fantastic looking car.

1990-93 Grand Prix Turbo 3.1v6. T-Bird Turbo Coupes & Fox body Mustang,s early to mid 1980,s, all have the 2.3L with Turbo.

I owned 1984 Pontiac Sunbird convertible

Laser would be cool if not for the front wheel drive.

The Zimmer isn’t forgotten. Few knew it existed.

1:00 Did you say the Plymouth Laser was later replaced by the Plymouth Laser?

Best forgotten

Squeezed and pulled and hurt my neck in 1988...

The Chrysler Conquest TSI was a better car because it was a rear wheel drive.

The Chrysler Laser was HARDLY a sports car.

The mid 80's Chrysler/Maserati TC should have been in this Video.

The Laser was a POS with horrible torque steer. Especially with the turbo and associated turbo lag!

I have been trying to remember Lee iacocas brother now I no his name this ai had it all the time

Narrated by Randall from Clerks

“Jag wire” . 😂

oh my god! i had the number one car. well, my older sister did then she gave it my mom... i remember my mom was going to gift it to me but i kinda did not want it, it was around the time i turned 18 in 1998 just got my DL.. i wonder what happened to that car?

You forgot the 85/86 Shelby Duster.

There is a reason why they are forgotten.

If you can mention them, then they’re not forgotten. It’s not possible to make a list of the forgotten cars

Had a Mirada. Was bigger than midsize. Mine had a 225 6 cyl. Slow as shit!!!! Had a Cordoba also at least a 318!!

I would not call them forgotten i would classify them as forgettable.

The beginning of the video was so dramatic

The first few were actual cars not just special trim levels/packages like the Mustang/McLaren. The Quicksilver was a kit car so it doesn't really belong in here. And the Reatta was never a sports car; it was marketed as a personal luxury coupe in the same vein as the original T-Bird. Yes, yhe 3.8 could do wonders (Grand National anyone?) buy not the detuned version in the Reatta

I sat in the back seat of a laser once. I literally had to bend forward and lock my arms under my knees. No room at all back there. I saw a Zimmer Quicksilver at a car show once and immediately wanted one.

Ahh yess, when shitty underpowered North American made cars received sporty cosmetics, front-wheel drive and 4-cyclinder (alleged) turbo engines. They were over-priced for the time yet everybody wanted one for the hip-factor 'you were successful' in whatever you were doing. The Ford EXP and the 2-door Escort were affordable for those just out of College with your first job in the early 80s. My favourite was the Dodge Omni .024 coupe. The Pontiac Fiero was a massive seller with its mid-engine novelty, I can't remember seeing any Fiero's on the road after the early 90s.

Some of those are better off forgotten.

Lou Rawls owned a few Zimmers - junk, but interesting.

Mooi spul veel nog nooit gezien. Ik gok gewn van allen ooit in Europa verkocht

I owned a Dodge Daytona turbo z that thing was fun it got stolen and never found it I

They all stink if we're honest, but I do miss the 80s!

The Ford M81 was named after the infamous explosive device M80…it was one better.

I went to jail riding around in yuppyville saint clair shores michigan when I left detroit's protection of lawlessness nature to drive with no license. LOL. The police man said I was swerving lane to lane which is not even close to believable since I was on pot and paranoid driving my first stick shift. The Laser. It was a lot of fun obviously to drive that it got me pulled over. It was my friend's mother's car. He was originally the driver but ditched me for a date with some nookie in the movie theater. So i went driving with friend phat roc bumpin' the newest release from Esham. Helter Skkelter. Sorry Phat Roc. he got held up cuz he too had no license and had to walk from there back to wherever he was going to go when I disappear. LOLOL. Pseer!! Pszoom! Pszoom! Laser!

A lot of these cars are coupes. Calling them sport coupes is a stretch

Reeata not Rayata. Lol.