Ah the 80s! A time of big hair, big hair bands, big cars and big car ads. Jalopnik has a list of their picks for the ten best car ads of the 1980s. There’s a poll asking for your favorite pick, but unfortunately, none of the videos are on the main page. So you’ll need to do some clicking back and forth. I only vaguely remember these, but I’ll admit to having salivated over the De Lorean, Turbo Trans Am, Camaro IROC-Z, Porsche 944 Turbo, Datsun 280ZX. (I’ve also taken rides in Trans Ams, Camaros, Porsches, and ZXes from that era, so the commercials strike nostalgia in me.)

Luxury brand Porsche ranked top overall. Infiniti, the luxury division of Nissan, ranked second, and Toyota’s Lexus luxury division ranked third.

Porsche: Top Car Brand

Infiniti: A Close Second

Lexus: Toyota’s Amazing Luxury Brand

Source: JD Power

Sometimes a brand needs to die. Here’s my pick on five car brands that deserve to take a long dirt nap.

Should Ford Motor dump Mercury and Volvo? Jerry York, the longtime adviser to billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian’s Tracinda, which recently acquired 5.6% of Ford, seems to think so. According to Automotive News, on May 1 he said out loud what a lot of people have been quietly thinking, namely that Ford should sell its two struggling brands, Mercury and Volvo.

via Autospies

1 Mercury
I just have this picture of a bunch of old farts riding around. Mercury needs to take a dirt nap asap.

2 Volvo
Ford has way to many brands to manage Volvo, sell it off or kill it. It’s better off either way.

3 GM
I hate the GM brand. Never liked a single one of its cars. Chevrolet is a much stronger brand.

4 Buick
Reminds of Mercury for all the same reasons. Agh, kill it off soon.

5 Saturn
Good concept, wrong era. Just die now. Please.