72-82 is possibly the worst 10 year span in automotive history.
Gas shortages and emissions regulations during that time made for some of the worst ideas and crappiest cars ever built. No thanks, I'll take a modern computer controlled engine any day over one of those lumbering dinosaurs.
Atleast shit back then didnt require a degree in IT to fix. You didnt have to dissasemble half the damn vehicle to change a heater core. You could back into a pole or bounce through a ditch without worrying about the $5000 + repar bill that came afterwards.
You didnt have trucks running around with bigger cabs then beds, you didnt have interiors that were so clausterphobic you have to ride with a window down just to keep from suffocating.
You didnt have wifi bullshit that was able to broadcast your location at any time, you didnt have body panels so paper thin youd dent them if you made whoopie on the hood...
You didnt have 20 inch aluminum rims with 1 inch of rubber around them that bent as soon as you hit a pothole, you didnt have 350 dollar wheelbearings, you didnt have trac control, abs, or whatever other bullshit out there to lure shitty drivers into a false sense of security so they felt comfortable running 70mph down a ice covered road.
It wasnt an all day job to change a set of plugs, you didnt have ghost check engines and other shit that annoys you into maintence.
You didnt have everything so interconnected that you couldnt just drive shit till it broke.
You didnt have over complicated 10 speed transmissions to mask the engines lack of torque.
You had real tow mirrors and station wagons that would tow 7 or 8000lbs.
Trucks of the era oozed machismo and had the dana 60s, C6s/4speeds to back up the look.
Yeah...real low point for sure.
Cars nowadays are souless shitboxes painted in goofy monotone shades of beige or green with prison grey interiors and to many controls on one stalk.
Trucks nowadays are also souless shitboxes with beds for show only, no ground clearence, stupid bloated thin bumpers, and other dumb bullshit that wont do you a bit of good axle deep in the mud in the back country.
SUVs are watered down to the point that they are basically lifted 80s honda civic wagons with less room and worse styling.
Screw them all.