"The lousy shifter and torque steer were main issues with mine.
Fastest vehicle Mopar offered at the time. Dark days for performance cars."
Dark days yes and no. It was rather exciting time too. Computer management starting to really take hold and the beginning of un heard of power for the street with very few cubic inches. With the beginings of low aspect ratio tires on big [for the time] 15 inch wheels on a tiny car and the low overall weight these things handled like a fighter jet compared to an Olds Cutlass.
I remember my 86 GLHT Omni [before I got my glhs] came stock with Goodyear 195/50/15's,,cutting edge at the time. I had a blast luring cars after me on exit ramps . It wasn't straight line anymore. So although some dark times because of what was left behind from the 60's and 70's but other areas were explored and today we seem to have the best of both worlds.
I find it a very interesting chapter as the automakers had to change so quickly in all aspects of design and the life of the company many times depended on it. Many failures for sure but the evolution is what we have today ,like it or not.