15 Cars Everyone Was Driving in 1985!

Back to the Future, Live Aid, New Coke and gas at about a dollar twenty a gallon. In 1985, Detroit was making money again, minivans and pickups were moving into the driveway, and these fifteen cars and trucks were the ones you saw on every street in America. We count down from number fifteen to number one with the 1985 sales numbers, the engines and the stories behind each one: Jeep Cherokee, Pontiac Fiero, Ford Mustang GT, Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z, Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager, Chevrolet Caprice, Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant, Honda Accord, Toyota Pickup, Ford Tempo, Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, Chevrolet Celebrity, Ford Escort, Chevrolet Cavalier and the Ford F-Series. Which one was parked in your driveway in 1985? 0:00 1985: Back to the Future, Live Aid and New Coke 2:24 No. 15 and 14: Jeep Cherokee and Pontiac Fiero 5:55 No. 13 and 12: Mustang GT and Camaro IROC-Z 9:18 No. 11 and 10: The Minivan and the Caprice 12:42 No. 9 and 8: The K-Car and the Honda Accord 15:57 No. 7 and 6: Toyota Pickup and Ford Tempo 19:07 No. 5 and 4: Cutlass Ciera and Celebrity 21:48 No. 3 and 2: Ford Escort vs. Chevrolet Cavalier 25:02 No. 1: The Truck That Beat Every Car 26:44 1985: The Year Before Everything Changed Stock footage and photos: Pexels (pexels.com). Archive photos: Wikimedia Commons contributors — full list of authors and licenses in the pinned comment. #ClassicCars #1985 #80sCars #AmericanCars #CarHistory