In 1983. The auto industry was all over the RENAULT ALLIANCE. They thought the combination of Renault and AMC was going to be the best thing since slice bread. Boy were they wrong.
Consumers were told to be enthusiastic about the car, and that the Alliance represented a blending of compact dimensions, surprising creature comforts, excellent fuel economy, good looks, and very pleasing over-the-road behavior that ought to have the various Japanese importers talking to themselves. Actually, the Japanese were laughing.
The base version of the Alliance came in at less than $6000 for 1983, and the leather-upholstered, stereo-equipped luxo model could be had for less than $9000. The car featured a host of ingenious touches- the pedestal seats, with their rocking-chair adjustments, and the combination of trailing arms and concentric torsion bars in the rear suspension were just a few.
Car and Driver magazine stated that if it were their choice to decide, they would make it the car of the year. Just for the record, the magazine admits they made a big mistake by listing the Allinance on their list in 1983. The Alliance has the arguable distinction of being the car that saved AMC, while at the same time the car possibly hastened the automaker's disappearance as an independent company. Production ended in 1987.
AT NUMBER 9 IS THE 1983 Pontiac 6000STE
If the downsized General Motors big cars of 1977 were the best American cars since the end of World War II, the 1983 General Motors A-bodies were the best since 1977, and the Pontiac 6000STE continued the tradition.
Exactly opposite the 1983 Firebird, the 6000STE was light and lively, featured the most up-to- date technology available from GM at the time, and came wrapped in sheetmetal that could only be described as controversial.
At number 8 1983 Toyota Celica Supra
Evolving from the first-generation model to the second-gen version was no easy task but for Toyota, the company recognized that keeping it relatively similar would just curtail the momentum the Supra had, So it did away with the open headlights from the first incarnation and opted for pop-up headlights. N

Coming in at number 7 was the 1983 Porsche 944
The Porsche 944 was the best news from Germany since the Porsche 911 in 1983.
The 928 was one of the all-time great GT machines, but its very high price kept it out of the hands of traditional Porsche buyers, and traditional Porsche buyers weren’t too sure about its styling or its front-mounted V-8 engine at the time.
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