In the 1980s, car design took a hard turn, literally. Forget curves and flowing lines; this was the decade when straight edges ruled the road.

It didn’t matter what kind of car you had; chances are your ride looked like it was designed with a ruler and a stack of cardboard boxes. The flamboyance of the ‘70s took a backseat to practicality, and the result was a glorious parade of squares; wagons, vans, and even sports cars that looked more like appliances than automobiles.

These weren’t built to be sleek, they were built to get the job done. And somehow, in all their rigid glory, they still managed to charm us.