10 Cars Everyone Was Driving in 1971!

1971 was the final moment before the American automobile market was forced to change. Cheap gasoline, big V8s, muscle cars, growing compact-car demand, and the rise of personal luxury were shaping what Americans wanted to drive — while emissions regulations and changing tastes were already beginning to threaten the cars that had dominated the previous decade. In this video, we look at 10 cars Americans were driving in 1971, from the massively popular Chevrolet Impala and Oldsmobile Cutlass to the Plymouth Duster, Chevrolet Chevelle, Ford Pinto, Volkswagen Beetle, Ford Maverick, Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Pontiac Firebird, and Chevrolet Vega.