What did you drive before getting hooked on BMW?

[XK4]

I'm only showing "my" cars, not my spouse's. Early on in our life we only had one car and later we occasionally had three (no kid's cars).
My wife tended towards sensible cars (several Subaru Foresters, Ford Explorers, etc.), but every once in while she would say "You know, we could afford that". hence the XK8).

1961 – Ford Thunderbird Convertible
1967 – Ford Cortina GT
1969 – Rambler American (straight 6, 3 on the column)
1975 – Ford Mustang II (first new car)
1979 – Honda Accord
1985 – Datsun Maxima
1989 – Mazda RX-7
1991 – Mazda Miata
1995 – Mazda Miata
1998 – Jaguar XK8
1999 – Mazda Miata
2003 – Lexus SC300 Convertible
2003 – Mazda RX-8
2006 – Mazda Miata (NC retractable hardtop)
2015 – Subaru Outback (flat 6)
2016 – Subaru BRZ
2017 – Porsche 718 Cayman S
2022 – Mazda MX-5
2025 – BMW Z4 (6-speed – currently “Dispatched from Factory”)

I might still own the 718 if it were a manual. The PDK was very good, but I really missed a manual.