I agree. Of course in some eras the exception to the rule is a needle in the haystack. In the early 80's, I find most cars pretty solidly in the turd category.You can find a turd or a gem from any era as long as you aren't hooked on one country or brand. Given any decade I think I could name a few favorites and find some garbage. There were allot of terrible designs but they tend to fall through the cracks and wind up in the crusher while the gems are all that seem to exist for some years.
Styling, performance, or value seems to go against this era.