An old GF of mine had one of those in the early '80s, in a coppery color. If you come across one where one wheel has only 4 lugs on it, that's hers.
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Pick your favorite iconic car from any decade....
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Except for the premium editions, the VW Rabbit and Rabbit pickup for the US market were assembled in Pennsylvania at Westmoreland Assembly.
Not a car I know, but iconic nevertheless.
Britten V1000
If you're not aware of this, the back story is amazing.
Basically, one man, John Britten, designed and built this bike in his shed in New Zealand, and then took it to Daytona and cleaned up in the Battle of the Twins races, beating all the big factory bikes.
Sadly John died of cancer while in the middle of plans to put the bike into production.
There are ten of them in existence
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Britten V1000
If you're not aware of this, the back story is amazing.
Basically, one man, John Britten, designed and built this bike in his shed in New Zealand, and then took it to Daytona and cleaned up in the Battle of the Twins races, beating all the big factory bikes.
Sadly John died of cancer while in the middle of plans to put the bike into production.
There are ten of them in existence
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I remember one of those Chevys that had the radio installed vertically. Not sure whether it was the Citation.
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Yeah. Actually it was a hatchback and not technically a coupe. It handled really well and was fairly zippy, but then it started to rust and things started to fall off of it.
So I traded it in on a 1982 Datsun Kingcab pickup. That rusted out even faster.
We had one of those, in that same color. It had the 2.8L V6 and was pretty quick (for the time). My sister hit a retaining wall next to our driveway and cracked the radiator, so my dad got that fixed and traded it for the Corolla FX16 from my previous post.
Another one that I still see on the road: 1997-2005 Chevy Malibu. It was fun to drive. The 6 cyl. had good pickup and fuel economy. The size and styling were perfect to compete with the Accord and Camry. The only problem was material fatigue, leading to serious safety issues.
My friend and former guitarist owns a 1972 Plymouth Duster 340 like this blue one. It also came in the 360 package. The Dodge Demon was the cousin car to this model.
My parents had one for a while. Oh how I hated that car. The blandest possible styling (was my opinion then, at least).
but i think you have won this one 
If we're going to do cycles and three wheelers too, here's mine:
