1980s Toyotas actually had a certain flair to them, all Japanese did. The biggest culprit was perhaps Ford - I think in their 1983 lineup I can't find a vehicle that would even come close to "nice" - either strikingly ugly, just very bland or somehow inherently flawed...

Talking about Ford US here, unlike some other folks, I do like the Sierra a lot, and I am partial to the Fiesta, Granada and even the European Escort.

My choice would be the Falcon XE - both forgettably bland and repulsively ugly!