The best cars of 2002

Where were you in '02?

2002 Subaru WRX

2002 Subaru WRX

The “bugeye” WRX was, and will remain, the defining Subaru for a generation of enthusiasts. Anyone raised with a Playstation will immediately and forever associate the Subaru’s rally blue with dirt-road dominance.

2002 Pontiac Trans Am

2002 Pontiac Trans Am

It was the last of the breed. The final Pontiac Trans Am rolled off the assembly line as a 2002. The LS1-powered T/A might have been long in the tooth when it finally bowed, but it wasn’t short on cool.