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I hung out in a rather rich neighborhood. Several of the seniors got Trans Am's for graduation presents (how nice). There were several blasting around town. I had a 70 Camaro and some of my friends had Monte Carlos.
55;56 and 57 Chevy some 55 Fords but they were expensive to hopup. Chevy performance parts ordered at dealers were cheap compared to aftermarket. That was from summer 62 when I got my license thru 65.The new 64 1/2 Mustang was popular but few could afford it and parents rarely bought teens new cars. Saving for college you know. My 57 Bel Aire cost 500 bucks used in early 63. That; of cours;e was just the start of what I ended up spending on it.
high school for me was 76-80. hard to say, most people brought a family car to school. looking at my high school yearbook i saw a lot of mundane cars parked in the school lot. fellow students who gave me rides were driving 8 year old LeMans' and Furies, etc. a local neighborhood car buff bought a 74 Duster from my neighbor and fixed it up. The Datsun 240 Z may have been popular at the time. Corvettes too. Novas. Chevelles.
I went to HS in the mid to late 90's. The most popular car in the student lot was a BMW 323i. There were at least a dozen of them. I don't recall any other car models that were driven by more than 1 or 2 students.
Graduated in the late 2000s. Student parking lot was mostly... Nothing too special, mostly vehicles that nearly everyone has in my city.
BMW 3,5 and 7 series and Mercedes-Benz C, E, S Class (mid-late 2000s models)
BMW X5 and Mercedes ML (all models)
Honda Civic, Accord, Prelude and CR-V, Acura TL/TSX and MDX (early to late 2000s models, Prelude 90s)
Toyota Corolla and Camry, Lexus IS (early to late 2000s models)
Ford F150, Dodge Ram, Chevy/GMC Silverado/Sierra (1990s-late 2000s)
Ford Mustang, Dodge Charger/Challenger, Chrysler 300 (mid-late 2000s models, Mustang from mid-90s to late 2000s)
Cadillac Escalade, GMC Yukon, Lincoln Navigator (mid-late 2000s models)
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