So many things we use today came to fruition in the 1980s. Personal computers, compact discs, the Walkman, the mobile phone, and portable video cameras ("camcorders"), all emerged during the decade. Of course if one takes a look at the hairstyles and fashions from back then, it’s certain there are aspects of the 1980s we’ll all too happily forget.

There were however, a number of 1980's cars we should always remember.

Technological innovation had finally begun to overcome the limitations safety and emissions regulations had imposed in the latter part of the 1970s. It was the beginning of the Golden Age of performance cars we’re currently enjoying. Just as the items described above finally merged into the all-conquering Smartphones we so covet today, these cars were the precursors to the exceptionally exciting roster of automobiles we have to choose from these days.

Let’s pay tribute with this 80s flashback to cars we loved in the 1980s