Fifty-plus years on, the 1970s still cast a long shadow over car culture. Enthusiasts rightly celebrate the icons — the Lamborghini Countach, the BMW M1, the Mazda RX-7, the Ferrari 308, the Pontiac Trans Am, the Datsun 240Z, and the Porsche Carrera 2.7 RS. But for every legend that defined the decade, there were performance cars that quietly came and went, leaving barely a tire mark on automotive history.
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