Tdes395

What foreign car was better in 1979

Aegean

1979 Porsche 911 Turbo. $37,000 in 1979 dollars.

LexBob2

That looks nice. It's just as clean in the video as the picture. They're asking $79,900 for it.

Striker223

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-...ave-pill/44620

No contest

EDIT: Mercedes has an official page for this car so I added that.

https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/veh...grandmercedes/

Gerf

Amen

Stroock639

beat me to it! nothing came close to der grosser in the 70s, even mercedes themselves never quite went that all out again (maybe the maybach 57 and 62)

personally i really have no interest in any of the post oil crisis american cars of the late 70s where you had 12 liter V8s making 80 hp... american cars of the previous decade though were actually pretty special at times, the 1960s lincoln continental is a damn work of art! the convertible especially

SW17LS

LOTS of reasons you would buy a BMW, Mercedes etc. Performance, quality, engineering, safety, the list goes on and on.

mmarshall

Although there are some exceptions, in general, for the ultimate in safety, Volvo and Mercedes lead the industry.

Striker223

Volvo isn't really that exceptional

Audi
Mercedes
Tesla
BMW

Are all better than Volvo while also offering more overall

SW17LS

Volvo has pretty significant safety credentials…

JTMav

Personally, I would not trust a Tesla over a Volvo for safety, never mind fit and finish. The other three have their own credentials but Volvo has been a leader in safety innovations for a long time, well before it became more fashionable. YMMV

SW17LS

Tesla has shown their cars are incredibly safe...

Striker223

In terms of impact resistance Tesla does very well

mmarshall

.....................As long as someone is actually DRIVING them.


One thing that surprises me with Teslas (although this may be explained somewhat by the automatic-braking) is why they are not involved in more accidents where one hits the rear bumper of the vehicles in front of them. When I sampled a Tesla 3, it had to be the quickest-accelerating sedan from low speeds that I have ever experienced.......it would easily dust off some of the fastest American muscle-cars from the 1960s that I grew up with, and even seemed faster than the E63 AMG I had once test-drove. Get careless or overdo it with your right foot on the pedal, and, in just a second or two, you could easily get in real trouble with pedestrians or vehicles in front of you.

JTMav

As of today you are correct, they have made great strides in their safety ratings. It’s been a rocky road for them from inception, remembering that the early models were less than. I think it’s unfair to compare Volvo’s history to Tesla simply because or the age of the two brands. Volvo’s commitment to safety innovations speaks for itself. Like I said earlier they were doing it before their competitors had any serious interest in it. But I stand corrected. YMMV