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<blockquote data-quote="AlongCameJones" data-source="post: 3691462" data-attributes="member: 47875"><p>I know a car that is unattractive when I see one. The Javelin is no looker in my eyes.&nbsp; The last generation of Ambassador ending in 1974 is what really cuts it as far as AMC looks go. I wanted a new 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham coupe that I could not afford that year at age 21 working at a burger joint. That car had a sticker of about $14K even then.&nbsp;&nbsp; Seven years later, 1992, I was in the service and inherited some money and property. That rear-wheel drive Oldsmobile (along with all the other rear-drive GM A bodies) was gone out of production by 1988.&nbsp; GM cut production 5 or more years too soon. I did not like the looks of the radiator grille on that Olds past the 1986 model year. 1987-88 were the final years of the most revered rear-drive GM A bodies but they had unattractive front ends by contrast with the &#039;86 models. I could have well afforded that &#039;86 body/grille style virtually the same as the &#039;85 before it&nbsp; had it stayed in production into the &#039;90&#039;s.&nbsp; The looks of cars really plummeted into the &#039;90&#039;s. By the time I got into some good dough, I had missed the boat on new production cars I thought were lookers, namely those mid-80&#039;s A bodies.&nbsp; These not-so-pretty front drive things were about all that were left.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="AlongCameJones, post: 3691462, member: 47875"] I know a car that is unattractive when I see one. The Javelin is no looker in my eyes. The last generation of Ambassador ending in 1974 is what really cuts it as far as AMC looks go. I wanted a new 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham coupe that I could not afford that year at age 21 working at a burger joint. That car had a sticker of about $14K even then. Seven years later, 1992, I was in the service and inherited some money and property. That rear-wheel drive Oldsmobile (along with all the other rear-drive GM A bodies) was gone out of production by 1988. GM cut production 5 or more years too soon. I did not like the looks of the radiator grille on that Olds past the 1986 model year. 1987-88 were the final years of the most revered rear-drive GM A bodies but they had unattractive front ends by contrast with the '86 models. I could have well afforded that '86 body/grille style virtually the same as the '85 before it had it stayed in production into the '90's. The looks of cars really plummeted into the '90's. By the time I got into some good dough, I had missed the boat on new production cars I thought were lookers, namely those mid-80's A bodies. These not-so-pretty front drive things were about all that were left. [/QUOTE]

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