Emerging from the new wave scene The Cars had already taken over the city in ’82 — and most of the nation as well. They were named best new artist in 1978 in the Rolling Stone Readers Poll and picked up several awards at MTV for their videos. The boys sold six million copies of their debut album “The Cars” and by the early ‘80s pretty much put the peddle to the metal and shifted into high gear, having sold more than 20 million albums by the year 2000. There is certainly enough gold in Ric Ocasek’s counting house to have a new Jaguar every day for the rest of his life …and for every day of every after life as well.