Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Though new automobile brands seem to be popping up all over the place these days, back in the 1980s, that was not such a common occurrence. Sure, certain imports from the Asian continent were gaining traction in the U.S. market, but when it came to American brands, they largely existed under the banner of one of the traditional “Big Three” automakers, General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler. As such, it seemed only fitting that, in the mid-1980s, one of those...