1983-88 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
How do you ignore the Monte Carlo SS? You can’t, because this car was quintessential ’80s. It was one of the most popular cars in the NASCAR circuit at the time and was a great-selling car for GM as well. The performance of the Monte Carlo SS was groundbreaking at the time, and buyers still got the comfort of a large interior. The Monte Carlo SS was the car that redefined what GM was doing in the 1980s (via Hagerty).
The car provided years of fun driving to an entire generation of people and was one of the best-selling cars of its period. Likewise, the Monte Carlo SS did everything that the Camaro couldn’t or wouldn’t, appealing to a different class of driver. When you think of iconic cars from the 1980s that would have been in the same world as ‘Back to The Future,’ the Monte Carlo SS is that car in every way possible.