{"id":299198,"date":"2017-04-20T12:04:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T12:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=299198"},"modified":"2025-01-10T20:43:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T20:43:52","slug":"edgy-eighties-the-greatest-supercars-of-the-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/edgy-eighties-the-greatest-supercars-of-the-1980s\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgy Eighties &#8211; The Greatest Supercars of the 1980s"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2>The Greatest Supercars And Sports Cars Of The 1980s<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/striking_seventies_greatest_supercars_of_the_1970s\/\">seventies<\/a> brought us futuristic visions of wedge-shaped supercars with pop-up headlamps. 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