I consider the family's 1967 Rambler Rebel station wagon as "my" first car (although the first car that I actually purchased was a 1963 Plymouth Fury that my girlfiriend's dad sold to me for $40). My first new car was a 1979 AMC Spirit GT which had a manual transmission and a 304 V-8. Probably the quickest car off the line that I have ever owned (until the Crossfire, of course).