I put 177,000 miles on my 88 Colt Turbo and loved it all the way. Super reliable, tight handling, and quick. I could easily show my taillights to those pesky Hondas and Acuras. LOL. The guy that bought it from me was so happy to find it. It was a pretty rare car. I only saw 1 silver like mine the whole 12-13 years I owned it.

Dear God I love these throwback shows...

Still daily driving my 1987 Integra with 280,000km on it. Still an excellent fun & extremely reliable car. This video is right on the money.

No loud music. No jump cuts. No presenter screaming at you. Content that doesn’t insult your intelligence. What a joy to watch. A road test and a travelogue! I wish I was one of the testers. The only one of these cars I’ve spent any time with is the Acura. I briefly owner a red 89’ LS much like the test car. It was a joy to drive and felt quicker than it was because you could just flog it all the time...Rev’ed and shifted so sweetly that car had the lightest clutch pedal I’ve ever experienced. Definitely a car I’d like to have back. Man, the cheap little Escort GT’s used to be everywhere! Haven’t seen one in decades...or a Colt either.

Motorweek has always been so informative since the very beginning and always had their shit together if you will. Watching all of these throwback posts have been such a treat! It amazes me that over 30 years of this wonderful program they have rarely given any confusing or incompetent information to us viewers! Take a bow Motorweek staff! We thank you for all of your work!

I had the Toyota FX-16. It was a fun car. Can’t believe it had less than 110 horsepower!

Colt/Mirage turbo very appealing due to their rarity, manual steering and turbocharging. It's definitely the most '80s-tastic here.

I love GTI Golfs and FX16. The gti was my 1st choice. The only 4 cylinder with torque.

Thank You MotorWeek for making these archived reviews available on KZfaq!! These are gold to true car enthusiasts everywhere. Staying true to your roots! Keep 'em coming.

34 years later and the GTI is still going strong, Corolla Hatchback has recently made its return and Acura just announced the return of the Integra for 2022!

The ZC in the Integra was such a great engine, I wish we had gotten it in the Civic/CRX like the Japanese market did. I swapped a JDM black top into a Civic and it gave me 38 mpg and ~130 hp. It was a quick little bugger.

I owned a red '87 Acura Integra like the one in the video. I loved that car. Unfortunately, someone rear ended me and slammed me into the car in front of me causing a total loss. I ended up replacing the Integra with an '88 Honda Prelude Si 4WS which I really loved.

Best part of the Motor Week reviews is watching the reviewer "thrash" around in the car trying the range of adjustments.

Hang on, let me try to break this seat and tear the steering wheel off. Interior test completed. I love these retro reviews!

4 years later the Sentra SER was the performance bargain of the decade.

The Integra is the best one to me.

1:50-2:00 LMAO! Lol at the way that guy is moving in the seat!

I had an Integra with a 5 speed. On the freeway, it was a buzz bomb. At speeds of about 70, the engine in fifth gear was revving at about 4000 RPM. After about two hours of that, and the amount of fuel it consumed at that RPM, I just wanted to get the hell out of the thing. Combined with almost no sound insulation, the vehicle on the freeway was torture device. Fun around town and it just looked fantastic. I still love the look of it today.

1:47 HighOutput Ford engine; "output is low" lol

1980's cars have ALWAYS been my favorite!!! God, I miss them!!!

I love these throw backs! I had an ‘88 Dodge Colt Premier Turbo. It was my 1st brand new car and I loved it.

I’ve got a 2017 GTI. They’ve only improved it in the last 3 decades. Love this car and it ranks as one of the top 10 vehicles according to car and driver.

MotorWeek is the O.G. of car review shows! I have been watching this show since I was a teenager in the '80s and have watched non-stop until now. So happy to see JD still at the helm and that the show, while maturing in its technology as time goes on, still gives us no-nonsense yet affable and friendly content. Here's to ANOTHER 40 years!

I love the FX 16 !

The 80+ year old head autobody instructor at my trades school had a museum-condition silver Dodge Colt like the one in this video, as one of his daily’s back in 2012. No idea why he would, but it was the first and last one I ever saw in nice condition.

The good ol' days The Ford Escort was the car for me. Slow yes but very comfortable. I miss my LN7

I owned a 1988 Escort GT. The 1st gear did not help with moving it forward!! Once you shifted into second gear the engine would produce quite a bit of torque! 2 to 3 was a fun upshift, 3 to 4 was good. Passing was done in 4th gear around town. My Escort GT could cruise at 90 mph on Interstate 10 all day long. I changed the factory Firestones for Toyo high performance tires. The car was much quieter inside with the Toyo's. Good car, I should have never traded it in!!

What I would give for cars like these to still be around.

1985 Shelby Charger Turbo 0-60 7.8 seconds to 6p 15.9 in the quarter

so really this is just a battle between the Integra and GTI.

My all time favorite car I ever owned over my 40+ years of driving was the 1986 GTI bought second hand. AC always on the fritz, but what a fun, practical, toss able car this was.

My first car-VW GTI. Great car and love the retro reviews!

aw man this video is so cool, i love hot hatches, favorite one is the fx-16

Back in the day, tried 4 of them. The Acura had the best curve handling ability but always shifting at high rpms to max out engine. The Ford was adequate with poor clutch/shifting. The FX was a fun car but the body was not attractive, and the GTI was a beast.... Recaro seats, but didn't have the 8v torque but it was fun. Drove a Mirage/Colt but not a turbo... the 88 323GX was a fun turbo car.... great memories

Gti would be my choice out of all these. Without a doubt.

I like the comedic touches with this video LOL

Ahhh, wonderful nostalgia! From a glorious time before a Golf GTi weighed over 3,000 lbs, and was full of touchscreens and piano black plastic.

Wait, is that Craig Singhaus! That goes back. Perhaps not surprisingly, the winning GTI still is around today, full trophy case still building year after year. Back in ‘87 I had the GTI and as my career moved along I moved up the line to ultimately owning an exotic car. But one day I had a moment of clarity and realized that the GTI really was all I ever needed (plus a pickup for towing) and I bought one, then another, then... What is wild is that today’s GTI has 350 HP courtesy of an inexpensive couple of mods. It gets over 40 mpg on the highway routinely also. My how times change!

Great episode. I owned an '86 Colt hatchback and all of its might with a measly 68 horsepower, lol.

Hot hatches today are packing ~300bhp and a heavy sticker price.

I miss ol' Rusty, my Integra identical to the one you tested. Purchased new in 1987, I owned it 17 years and put on 240,000km (150k miles) before the rust finally did it in. Certainly not quick by today's standards, but it was a great combination of utility, economy and performance. Thanks for posting the old reviews, Motorweek - it unleashes some great memories!

Should have included a Dodge Omni GLH (non-turbo) in the test. I bought one new back in 1986. You could only get them with a 5 speed manual. 1986 was the last year the Omni GLH's were made.

I enjoy the Retro Reviews and Comparos. Motorweek has been best in class and carries this forward today.

Retor Motorweek you never cease to amaze me. Another Great retro review.

I have been waiting for over 25 years since I taped over this to see it again!!!!! Thank you so very much!!!!!

Its funny how they adjust the seats in these cars

Legend has it the Toyota Corolla FX 16 is still on the road today.

This is why I like this channel. Even back, then they got the order right without even the benefit of hindsight.

I had and 87 version of both the Integra and the GTI, ten years old at the time. I did not like the torsion spring suspension in the Integra but i did like the interior overall. The GTI motor was just as silky smooth as the Acura but with more power and better fuel economy.

Motorweek, while legendary, was just a show on PBS and I think they got review cars at the end of their cycle, then they had been beat up on by all the magazines. I think that's why they tended to get different results depending on when they tested the car. But that's actually a good thing since they weren't getting a lot of factory prepped cars - so they probably got more realistic results.

I miss my Ford Escort GT

Surprised they didn't include the "Shelby" "charger" in this review. Anyone remember that hot hatch?

Had a Toyota Fx 16 after college in early 90’s. Great car, peppy , put together like a tank and was very comfortable to drive. In fact it was the first small car I had ever driven that actually felt like a large sedan in terms of driving dynamics..

The best one is missing: the Dodge Omni GLH!

I can't get enough of these retro reviews

i like older models , the square look

cocaine jitters @ 1:51 Lol

Is this guy having a seizure ? 1:51 He must be really impatient with electric seats !

I love the Golf GTI.

Nice I love the throwback series!

These throwback videos are outstanding!! More MOPAR!!!!

As the former owner of a new '86 GTI, I liked this. I embarrassed many a muscle car in it's day. Thanks Motorweek for putting these Retro Reviews up!

you guys are great i love the group comparison test

I loved my 89 Escort GT. I beat on that thing for 5 years from 89-94 and it never skipped a beat.

Did you guys back then leave out the 1986 Dodge Omni GLHS because its a 4door Hatch? Same size car as the rest and would have wiped the floor with these cars. 175hp/175tq 1/4mile in the mid 14s. With a $10.995 sticker price and a bolt on Super 60 Mopar Performance package (300+HP) from the dealer this was the ULTIMATE HOT HATCH in the 80s.

Might be my favorite motorweek review of all time wow

My first car was a Dodge Colt (non-turbo). It was a tin can that didn't even make it home the day I bought it (used) without having to replace the clutch. It was mine and that is what I cared about as an 18 year-old fresh out of high school.

GTI FTW!

I owned a 1987 GTI 16v in Blue Mica paint. Beautiful color and the tear drop wheels had a starburst glow at night with streetlights. Great car to drive and always looked great when clean. I would spend hours detailing it.

That Colt looks great! I´m from México and the only GT was the VW Caribe, a Mexican version of the MK1 Golf GTI but it´s 1.8 SOHC engine didn´t reach 100hp and even so it became an icon here. Too bad we didn´t get any of the vehicles all you guys had in the US. They would have been a hit

This brings back memories…A friend of mine had a Colt and it was a blast to drive.

The Escort GT looked great slammed, my 8 valve golf smoked all of these with an exhaust and tune.

Man how I miss my Escort GT. Would love to snatch another one up.

Had two of those Escort GTs, they were both awesome.

I remember my ex's sister had an '86 Escort GT just wasting away in the driveway, It overheated when you sat still. I remember taking it down the road and not shifting until close to 7000rpm once...Yellowline was 5500...The redline was 6000. I'm surprised half the valves didn't shoot through the hood.

i wasnt driving yet in the 80s but do remember being in these cars, looking back bring memories..thank god for MW

Awesome! My HS buddy had an Escort GT identical to this one. Red and all...

Wow motorweek doing an open road touge test shoot-out with arguments in front of the diner lets go

A great video. I remember all these cars with fond memories. One thing I didn't get - Acura Integra goes 0-60 in 9.8 seconds and was the second slowest of the group while Toyota FX-16 goes the same 0-60 in the exact same 9.8 seconds and "finished in the middle of the group." Did I miss something?

Fantastic review

Do you guys should do comparisons like this again! Take cars on cool road trips and stuff.

the FX16/Twin Cam was the first small hatch with a 16v engine and the european version has 121 bhp and weighs only 900kg

I miss the late 80’s/early 90’s so much... 🥺

Motorweek is awesome

These vintage car test are addictive, cars from my childhood. Some are familiar form Europe (sometimes with a other name or badge) and some I have never seen before..

I put 140,000 miles on my 86' Escort GT in 4 years! There must have been a problem with the press car they had. I blew away Rx7's and Camero owners asked how I modified it, which I had not. Great car!

Back when cars were light and simple, fun to drive and life was more fun! Looks like a great little back road trip at the end of the video.

Rewatching in 2019!

I had a new 87 gti 16v. Very quick for the day.

To bad the USA didn't got the Peugeot 205 GTi. That is a real zippy car, and a lot of fun to drive

My first car was a 87 golf, It had a 20v Audi engine, pulled up behind a Porsche 944 and we both had the same exhaust tip/ muffler. Odometer was broken at 315k miles. I drove it like a race car and sold it to a friend. Bought the car for 300$ in 2001.

I would drive an Omni GLH Turbo as my weekend fun car today. My 97 Lexus ES 300 is tiring on any long drive that isnt on the interstate.

Do you think you guys could dig out a tape of the 1988 Chevy Nova Twin Cam?

I was in high school and drooling over these and other similar cars not tested. Strange how these were the performance versions and yet they're no faster or are slower than today's heavier compact sedans base engine models. These hatches are about the same size as today's cars like Yaris, Sonic, Fit, Mirage, Fiesta, Rio, & Accent. In fact, the above modern cars are larger and weigh more than the cars tested. Would have loved to see a Buick Skyhawk or Pontiac Sunbird turbo included in the test.

Owned that first gen Red Integra- dependable and fun to drive for the time. Body did not like road salt though!

The GTI looks very good and Toyota should make the FX16 back again

My dad once had an '88 GTI, & that thing was no joke!!!!! The only downside was expensive maintenance.

Nice lid Ben!

the 90s was basically the decade for integras and civics. they were everywhere. and i loved my black teggy.

As time went by, the Integra was the best. Would see plenty of them still on the road up to 15-20 years later.