Can You Identify These Unpopular Cars From the '80s?

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By: Jacqueline Samaroo

6 Min Quiz

Image: Jean Housen via Wiki Commons

About This Quiz

Start your engines!  We're going to look at the cars driven by the people wearing parachute pants, jelly shoes and Chess King fashions!

Absolutely no one can deny that the '80s still remains as one of the most iconic decades throughout the history of the automotive industry. However, it is obviously to be expected that this iconic status doesn't simply mean that everything was perfect and positive throughout this decade. Like the decades that came before it and the decades that followed to the present day, the automotive industry in the '80s had its fair share of negatives, failures, flops and closures. The North American automotive market was actually just recovering from the influx of imports from Europe and Asia.

In this retro automotive quiz, we've taken a look through the entire decade and selected some of the most unpopular cars that were available at that time. These are the financial failures, the negatively acclaimed, the under-performers, and the ones that caused their companies to go out of business! Are you ready to put your knowledge of automotive history to the ultimate test? Then let's get started right now!

This is a picture of which unpopular '80s car?

The Yugo 45 is widely recognized as being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It has become immortalized in the United States as one of the worst cars of the decade, with several publications even going as far as to call it the "worst car of the century".

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Which unpopular '80s car is showcased in this picture?

The Oldsmobile Delta 88 Diesel is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. The car’s inefficiency and poor reputation is partially responsible for the bias against diesel in America.

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This is an image of which unpopular '80s car?

The Geo Metro is widely recognized as being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It was notable for being a marketing and manufacturing variation of the Suzuki Cultus.

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Which unpopular '80s car is showcased in this photo?

The Chevrolet Cavalier is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. Its highest sales were recorded in 1984, but throughout its lifetime, it still garnered a poor reputation.

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What is the name of the unpopular '80s car in this photo?

The Cadillac Seville is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It holds the distinction of being one of the most visually unappealing Cadillac cars.

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Which unpopular '80s car is this?

The Ferrari Mondial 8 is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. Performance wise, it was one of the most underwhelming Ferraris.

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Can you identify the unpopular '80s car in this image?

The Kia Concord is widely recognized as being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. The only positive about the Concord was that it was cheap; however, it was still not worth the low price point.

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Which unpopular '80s car is in this picture?

The Maserati Biturbo is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. The significant drawback of this car was that it was oftentimes prone to overheating in a matter of minutes.

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Can you identify this unpopular '80s car?

The Buick Skylark is widely recognized as being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. Out of the six generations of this model, this is widely considered to be the worst.

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Do you know the name of the unpopular '80s car in this picture?

The Skoda Estelle is widely recognized as being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It was notably produced by Czechoslovakian car manufacturer AZNP.

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Which unpopular '80s car is in this photo?

The Plymouth Caravelle is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It is a mid-size sedan that was introduced by Plymouth first in Canada and then a couple years later in the US.

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Can you identify the unpopular '80s car in this picture?

The Ford Granada is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. While the car sold heavily in the '70s, changes that were made in the '80s proved to have a noticeable negative impact on sales.

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Which unpopular '80s car is in this image?

The Hyundai Excel is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It is notable for being the first front-wheel drive car produced by Hyundai.

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Can you identify the unpopular '80s car in this photo?

The Cadillac Allante is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It was expensive to produced and was lackluster in terms of sales, with only a little over 21,000 built during its seven-year production run.

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Do you know the name of the unpopular '80s car in this image?

The Maserati Karif is widely recognized as being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It had a limited production run of 250 examples and only 222 were actually sold.

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What is the name of the unpopular '80s car in this image?

The Subaru Justy is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. The nameplate has currently been revived; however, today it is just a rebadged Toyota Tank.

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Do you know the name of this unpopular '80s car?

The Oldsmobile Omega is widely recognized as being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. This third generation of the compact car was by far the worst.

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What is the name of the unpopular '80s car in this picture?

The Lada Riva is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. While it may have experienced success in Europe, in the United States it was often the target of ridicule.

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Which unpopular '80s car is showcased here?

The Ford Tempo is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It is notable for being Ford’s direct response to the Chevy Cavalier.

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Can you correctly name this unpopular '80s car?

The Pontiac Trans Am Turbo is widely recognized as being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. Many sources have notable tested the car and found that it is actually equal in speed (or slower) that the non-turbo version.

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Which unpopular '80s car is showcased in this image?

The Renault Fuego is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. The Fuego is one of the most remembered compact sports cars of the decade, but it was by no means the bestselling or most effective.

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This is a photo of which unpopular '80s car?

The Gemballa Avalanche is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It was manufactured by Gemballa, a tuning company that is based in Germany.

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Do you recognize this unpopular '80s car?

The Lancia Prisma is widely recognized as being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It was actually a saloon version of the Lancia Delta (first generation).

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What is the name of this unpopular '80s car?

The Chevrolet Citation is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It was supposed to be a replacement for the Chevrolet Nova but it failed to live up to its predecessor.

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This is a picture of which unpopular '80s car?

The Chrysler Executive is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It was a limousine that was essentially just a stretched LeBaron; less than 2,000 units were sold.

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Which unpopular '80s car is showcased in this picture?

The Mercury Lynx is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. Today, the Mercury brand is now dead and there is now denying that it's cars like the Lynx that helped lead to its downfall.

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This is an image of which unpopular '80s car?

The Pontiac Phoenix is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. After lackluster performance, it was eventually replaced by the Grand Am in 1985.

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Which unpopular '80s car is showcased in this photo?

The Renault Alliance is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It's another car that has considerable success in Europe but simply never caught on in the United States after being introduced to the market.

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Do you know the name of the unpopular '80s car in this photo?

The Alfa Romeo Milano is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. While it started off successful, by the late '80s the Milano had become unpopular – it still sold reasonably well overall.

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Which unpopular '80s car is this?

The Lotus Elan is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It is also notable for being one of the most unpopular Lotus cars overall.

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What is the name of the unpopular '80s car in this photo?

The Austin Montego is widely recognized as being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It was one of the last cars produced by British Leyland and it failed to help to save the company.

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Can you identify the unpopular '80s car in this image?

The DeLorean DMC 12 is widely recognized as being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. Initially the DeLorean was wildly unsuccessful and the fame that it experienced due to Back to the Future came well after the company had declared bankruptcy.

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Which unpopular '80s car is in this picture?

The Sterling 800-Series is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It only experienced a short four-year stint in the US due to its poor performance on the market.

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Do you know the name of the unpopular '80s car in this picture?

The Rover 200-Series is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It proved to be relatively unsuccessful in the United Kingdom and largely unknown elsewhere.

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Can you identify this unpopular '80s car?

The Triumph Acclaim is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It proved to be a failure in its attempt to save the longstanding Triumph Motor Company from closing in the '80s.

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Which unpopular '80s car is in this image?

The Pontiac Fiero is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It was notable for being the first two-seater Pontiac since the 1926 to 1938 coupes.

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Can you identify the unpopular '80s car in this photo?

The Cadillac Cimarron is notable for being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It notably was expected to serve as the flagship model line of the GM J platform.

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What is the name of the unpopular '80s car in this image?

The Oldsmobile Firenza is widely recognized as being one of the most unpopular cars of the '80s. It was just a Chevrolet Cavalier but more expensive; so why not just buy a Cavalier?

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