when a student in the US the cars for those with $ were Vettes , Pontiac GTO's , camaros. For those with less $ VW Beetles, rebuilt MG's and Healy's usually work in progress, elderly mustangs, and the odd elderly caddilac, most of my friends fell into the latter category apart from a couple of guys who returned from uncle sam's free tour of south east asia without a scratch - one had a new vette and the other an MGTF

Did like the design of the vettes great freeway cruisers but.... build quality made British Leyland look good