Every time I say a particular 80s car looks ugly, someone usually says that it only looks dated in comparison to new cars and since there still some of them on the roads they haven't achieved rare classic status yet, and the ones that remain in use are mostly worn out, so people think of them as junk.

But I really think there's more to it than that, I believe that most ordinary cars from the 80s won't become "true classics" (aside from the "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" thing), because most of the designs weren't adventurous enough, eg. the Austin Montego, I look at that car and I see no imagination whatsoever. That's what I originally set out to explore with this thread (I kind of came up with the idea on the spur of the moment). The only thing is I'm starting to worry that some people might not like me criticizing certain cars, I don't want people to think that I'm just picking things apart for the sake it, but it amazes me how much some people care about ordinary, now obsolute, family and compact cars (as opposed to Porsches and stuff like that).