We began with an import and we end with one. The Strada was the last vehicle under the Fiat name on American shores until the recent Chrysler buy.

1978, the year Dodge turned the powerful Challenger name into a seedy red light district.

If Motor Trend could recall its "Car of the Year" award for any year it was awarded, it would be for 1976.

The Chevrolet Chevette Scooter was so low-end that it took the Yugo import a decade later to replace it as the most ill-equipped car ever offered to an American audience.

The Mercury Bobcat took all that was good with the Pinto and chucked it.

The 1975 Monza started the Wankel revolution by not including one under the hood.

The Chevrolet Corvette took a year off from awesomeness to become a choked down blah-machine in 1975.

The 1975 AMC Pacer, the car that spawned the era of "smart cars" and became the automotive synonym for "loser."