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What Car Defined the '90s?

A teal green Chevy Caviler
A teal green Chevy Caviler

The dream of the ‘90s is alive on Jalopnik! A recent dive into cars that don’t deserve their bad reps got me thinking about this glorious decade when the economy was good but the cars really weren’t.

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I mean, they were fine. But with the benefit of nostalgia and 30 years, it was a quaint decade with cars that, while not good in the traditional sense, defined the era with their quirky colors or smooth, round styling. It was just a friendlier time, and the cars reflected that. In this era of aggression and space-age design a little Geo Metro or Chevy Cavalier in that most ’90s of shades — teal — can be downright comforting. It just seems like the last era where cars were, on the whole, fun to look at even if they were tedious to drive.

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