The 1970s was characterized by Malaise-era engineering, but middle class families still needed to get around. These '70s cars ...

The average new-home sale price in the U.S. has hovered near $500,000 in recent months, which is a massive jump compared to a decade ago. To us mortals of meager means, these figures sound crazy or ...

Buyers in the 1970s wanted nothing to do with these cars, and dealers struggled to move them. Fast forward 50 years, and the ...

Driving a car that was new and modern in the 1970s can be quite the culture shock 50 years on. And while taking a classic car for a drive every once in a while on bright Sunday mornings might turn the ...

A front-end close-up of a row of brightly-colored 1970s cars parked in line on a lawn. - thegulfstream/Shutterstock The 1970s were quite brutal for U.S. car culture ...

Front 3/4 view of gold-colored custom 1970s Chevy van. - Jaclyne Ortiz/Getty Images Even if the 1970s weren't necessarily considered the peak of automotive performance or vehicle quality, the decade ...

When you think of the muscle car, you probably aren't thinking about the 1970s. After all, the 1970s represented an era when the V8 muscle car was on life support. With the oil crisis and the ...

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. Your vision of everything through the rose-tinted glasses of age is a memory, a facsimile of reality. It didn't really go down like that. If you lived through it, you're ...

Aaron, a 27-year automotive technician and lifelong car enthusiast, attended Specs Howard School of Media Arts and learned the fundamentals of digital video and editing, shot composition and writing.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: chorche de prigo / Shutterstock. Some cars just look better in vibrant hues. In an era of bell-bottoms and vinyl ...