No, wait...
That said, I'd say the Peugeot 406 V6. Cheaper than a usual BMW, or I should rather say: it's cheaper than anything, basically, but it can still run up to 156mph.
Or Texas is simply raping South-East England?
I mean how hard can it be to ruin the looks of an Aston one-77?
That was the only one at the time.
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Suzuki Cultus 1st gen:
Suzuki SA-310/SA-413
Suzuki Swift Suzuki Khyber
Suzuki Forsa
Holden Barina
Chevrolet Sprint/Sprint Metro
Pontiac Firefly
2nd gen:
Suzuki Cultus Esteem
Suzuki Swift
Geo Metro
Pontiac Firefly
Maruti Suzuki 1000/Esteem
Holden Barina
Chevrolet Swift (Colombia, Ecuador)
Suzuki Forsa II (Ecuador)
Chevrolet Sprint (Canada)
Subaru Justy (Europe)
Suzuki Amenity (Indonesia; HB)
Suzuki Esteem (Indonesia; Sedan)
Chang'an SC7130 Gazelle
Suzuzki Margalla(Pakistan)
Manually
Assembled
Recycling
Teabags
Inbetween
Naps
You know what sold a car in the 80s apart from side-stripes? I leave some space here, ready?
"TURBO"
You gotta have turbo. The almighty turbo. The drug for the engine, begging for more power. And the turbo-lag was the part just before the "petit mort".
Red boxy cars with a "TURBO" badge.
Brigitte Nielsen in her prime time.
The 80s...
I'm speaking of practical terms, because all these cars you listed (including the Volga) were only owned by various "branches" of the state - offices, authorities, etc., not really available to the public in fact.
That is why I said that the Lada 1600 (2106) was the _de facto_ muscle car as it was the most powerful and fastest saloon ordinary people could buy, and it was extremely widely used in racing. The Moskvich was more powerful (with the engine being an updated version of the BMW M10 engine - of which we know Brabham Racing built the most powerful F1 engines ever with 1600bhp in qualifying trim), but it was a bulky car, lacked agility.
And of course, later Ladas - following the 1600 (2106) - went on to become the most known communist Group B rally cars, the VFTS, so there's another point why Lada has to wear the "performance saloon" i.e. "muscle car" pedigree.
The Lada 1600 was the de facto 'communist muscle car', The Volga was the 'communist Cadillac'.