Top 10: Survivors from the 1980s
The 1980s reversed the trend of falling sales that had dominated much of the previous decade, with new-car registrations rising from around 1.5 million in 1980 to more than two million ten years later. And it was during the ’80s that a number of crucial newcomers went on sale.
BL began its fight back from the brink with the new Austin Metro, Ford revolutionised its Escort with a switch to front-wheel drive, and crucial foreign newcomers like the MkII Golf and E30-generation 3-Series managed to increase market share. But which cars of the ’80s have survived in the biggest numbers? We’ve been number-crunching both taxed and SORN’d examples to bring you these official survival figures.
Ford Escort
13,331 still registered in the UK
Throughout the 1980s, the Escort was one of the best-selling cars in Britain, topping the sales charts on many an occasion. Private punters bought them in their droves, whilst hot hatch fans opted for the various XR and RS models that appeared; but it was in the crucial fleet market that the Escort was particularly successful.
This meant lots of Escorts being bought for a life of high-mileage hard work, which makes today’s total number of surviving Escorts from the ’80s (including those currently SORN’d) something of an achievement. The first of Ford’s front-wheel drive Escort models seemingly had staying power.
golf 3 lover on 1 August 2016
Hello all,you will not believe I am using this car even till now and I use to drive the car every day to office as far as 55 miles and is the best ever produce by VW because interestingly, I have to buy golf 3 for my wife and the money I have slept for maintainers is more than that golf 2 that I am using even more frequently.
The two major faulty I find in golf 2 is the head light that don't focus at night for good visibility and my gear box is given me issues too precisely the gear seal constantly get issue and that was due to lack of original spare part in the part of the world I am (Nigeria) which is making me to be thinking of trying Toyota produce for perfect solution.
Thanks.
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