With the passing of Ford Mustang creator and former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca what better way to remember him and his car contributions than to go back and remember some cars. If you've graduated in the last 40 years, first CONGRATS! Secondly, it's fun to go back and look at what was popular at the first big milestone of your life. Car & Driver went back to 1978 to 2018 and put together what car sold the most models that year. I'll just say lately, it's been one maker and model that's dominated the last decade-plus. 

1977* - Chevrolet Impala
1978 - Oldsmobile Cutlass
1979 - Oldsmobile Cutlass
1980 - Oldsmobile Cutlass
1981 - Oldsmobile Cutlass
1982 - Ford Escort
1983 - Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
1984 - Chevrolet Cavalier
1985 - Chevrolet Cavalier
1986 - Chevrolet Celebrity
1987 - Ford Escort
1988 - Ford Escort
1989 - Honda Accord
1990 - Honda Accord
1991 - Honda Accord
1992 - Ford Taurus
1993 - Ford Taurus
1994 - Ford Taurus
1995 - Ford Taurus
1996 - Ford Taurus
1997 - Toyota Camry
1998 - Toyota Camry
1999 - Toyota Camry
2000 - Toyota Camry
2001 - Honda Accord
2002 - Toyota Camry
2003 - Toyota Camry
2004 - Toyota Camry
2005 - Toyota Camry
2006 - Toyota Camry
2007 - Toyota Camry
2008 - Toyota Camry
2009 - Toyota Camry
2010 - Toyota Camry
2011 - Toyota Camry
2012 - Toyota Camry
2013 - Toyota Camry
2014 - Toyota Camry
2015 - Toyota Camry
2016 - Toyota Camry
2017 - Toyota Camry
2018 - Toyota Camry

It's been a run of Toyota for the past decade plus, but if you go back and Google some of the cars from the 1980s that won the award you have to smile to yourself and say and I thought I was cool driving that Ford Escort ZX2 hatchback around...

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