2019 is nearly over — and with it, the decade sometimes known as the Twenty-Teens. As we enter the new, hopefully-roaring Twenties, it’s time to reflect on the decade gone by in the automotive world.
It was a time of profound change…well, outside of Toyota’s SUV and truck lineup. We saw the last vestiges of the gasoline-swilling, naturally aspirated past begin to be eclipsed by the harbingers of a vibrant electric future. And we met a whole bunch of cars that we’re sure will be greatly appreciated once that battery-powered tomorrow finally gets here.
Here, then, are 11 cars from the 2010s that have a great chance to become future classics.
BMW 1M (2011-12)
For a fleeting moment in the early Twenty-Teens, BMW traveled back in time. The 1M was a stubby, chuckable, rear-wheel-drive coupe with a 335 horsepower inline-six engine and a six-speed manual, a direct homage to the cars it made decades earlier.. BMW’s “limited run” wound up being more than twice as many cars as they’d first intended.
