The 1980s were a really unique time for the automotive industry. As companies crawled out of the Malaise Era, there were lots of new technologies or features being tried in places you wouldn't expect.

The American automotive industry is best known for its large vehicles, be they pickup trucks, large SUVs, or big muscle cars.

Any front-wheel-drive Chrysler product from the '80s until the Neon came around in the mid-nineties is a K-car in my head, and K-cars are dull, boring, and uninspiring heaps of appliance-like motoring ...