The 10Best of 1970
We pick our 10 favorite cars from 50 years ago.

C/D has existed since 1955, but we didn’t start awarding 10Best laurels until 1983. So we got to thinking: Could we create a 10Best list from 50 years ago? We set a price cap of about $4500 (in 1970 dollars), which knocks out legends like the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, the Lamborghini Miura, and the Porsche 911, leaving the 10Best of 1970
John Pearley Huffman has been writing about cars since 1990 and is getting okay at it. Besides Road & Track, his work has appeared in Car and Driver, the New York Times, and more than 100 automotive publications and websites. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara, he still lives near that campus with his wife and two children. He owns a pair of Toyota Tundras and two dogs. He used to have a Nova and a Camaro.

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