When I was in high school, in the mid-80s, my girlfriend's dad bought a BMW 3 series and gave her his metallic brown '80 Cutlass Supreme. It was a fun and comfortable little car to cruise around in, and it never left her stranded. We broke up when I was a freshman at university (she was a year ahead of me), but we remained in loose contact over the years. The last time I saw her, around '92, she was still driving that car.

00:10 i like how the paperwork is placed in the ceiling with magnets 🏆🔥 ❤ From Bangladesh 🇧🇩

Aside from 1 year of the '82 Escort, the Cutlass was the best selling car in the US up until 1983. It's interesting how rare the 'best selling' cars become, I assume because they were bought to be driven and folks don't think to preserve them.

I almost bought a 79 Cutlass Supreme in 1989. Owner put a 455 and a TH400 in it. I wanted that car sooooo bad. I ended up owning an 82 Monte Carlo 3-4 years later. GM G-Body. One of GMs best platforms. I love the G-Body. I wish folks would stop putting 30 inch wheels on them tho. G-Bodies ride so fricken well. IYKYK...

My motor mount was busted in this same car. I remember being stuck in Garden State Parkway traffic being mad slamming on the gas to move an inch forward and feeling the metal on metal slam when motor fell back onto the frame. Good times

Final thoughts was cool to watch seeing Zack get his lean on while cruzing. That's what this era of car was good for. Affordable luxury for the working class

Cool Review!! I had a 79 Cutlass like it. Black/black. Black Cutlass ralley wheels. Buckets with center console. 2nd motor with true dual exhaust out the back, no cat. I do miss it.

I thought the 307 came out in 1980....In 79, the Cutlass would have an Olds 260 V8....and like other Olds V8 you would have an oil fill spout at the front of the intake manifold. We had the four door aeroback version of the Cutlass with the 260...and it wasn't very fast....but it was reliable and economical for what it was.

When I was 16 back in 1990 my first car was a 1979 Oldsmobile Cutless Supreme. It was Maroon and I paid $750 for it. I got so many speeding tickets and got my license revoked 😂😮

2:38 "Dammit Myrtil, I can't figure out how to make this steering wheel square, ruins the whole car"

My Grandmother still has a Cutlass Supreme, but its a 1985 (or 1986, I can't remember). She is the 1st owner too, just never wanted to get rid of it I guess. Does run and drive, but it usually just sits in the garage as she has a newer vehicle. Nice cars though.

10:29 😂 Zack, this is one of your best reviews! Funny, informative, accurate to the point of me laughing 😂 I loved it!!!

Can't wait for the sequel in which you finally track down and review The Chicago Cutlass!!!

Channels like this are what I'd like to have watched back in the 90s, when the only option was TV x3 I always find it interesting to hear about the history of these cars unknown to us europeans, I only saw these boxy american cars in movies

The Illinois plates on this car reminds me of the "Chicago Cutlass," a Cutlass of this gen that's been described as a rolling landmark of Chicago. Total rotbox, but still running and driving just fine.

Wurst Olds. That's hilarious. For all you youngins' there was actually a Hurst Olds.

Thanks for another great video Zach! Here's on for the algorythm! :^)

6:40 I call that grille style the "Dad 'Stache" and it was an Oldsmobile styling cue from the very late 60s all the way into the 90s (my 1997 Olds Achieva had the Stache). Whether it was conscious or not, Oldsmobile was so very much associated with middle age/fatherdom/being-a-dude-with-kids-now-and-money-enough-not-to-settle-for-a-Chevy that Oldsmobile was desperate to kick the image enough to roll out a "This is not your Father's Oldsmobile" ad campaign in about 1990. It didn't work because they kept the Dad Stache grilles.

When I was a kid, my dad had a '72 Cutlass with the 455, and boy was it a sweet ride.

I had a 1981 Oldsmobile Cutlass supreme 2 door when I got out of highschool in 1993. I was shocked that the car had a 4.3 v8 ( yea- 4.3 v8 which got retooled into a 4.3 v6 years later..) My point is : the 4.3 v8 had the tinyist pistons I ever seen. Talk about low compression and winded. Geez, This car would get winded if it seen itself driving up a hill from a block away. So winded this engine was made me think walking would get me there faster.

I use to have 81 Olds Omega with this exact styling. It was blue with Iron Duke engine and it replaced Chevy citation. Both of them were very comfortable cars but Omega was much more dependable. Rust killed her

I love those cars, I've had a few of them over the years!

Dad had a red 1978 that he used for back and forth to work. He dumped it early in my parents' marriage. I don't remember it too much.

I noticed the slits in the bumper for the bumper jack that was provided back in the day....

My dad had a 90s Cutlass Ciera and always used to bemoan what had become of the once-illustrious Cutlass name. This definitely looks a lot more interesting than the Ciera!

Seeing this car reminds my of my 1981 Cutlass where you had to hold onto the drivers door strap handle when making left turns or you would slide right across vinyl seat towards the passenger side...

The 360* intake air cleaner will help power a little bit. And I also see that the EGR was blocked off....good!!!!! BUT.....if you gave me the choice of this 1979 Cutlass or my first Olds, a 1957 Super 88 371 4 barrel with dual exhausts, I'd gladly take the 1957!

Thanks!

I'm assuming it was swapped in if it had a 307 in it more than likely would have come from the factory with 350. Because the 307 wasn't a thing for Oldsmobile until 1981. I took and flipped it the other way around 83 Cutlass Supreme with 73 455 rocket under the hood, the first year of the malaise era but still 120 horsepower more than that car would have had it most from the factory in 1983 with a full 270 horsepower on tap.

My grandmother had a 1981 Olds Cutlass Supreme. Looked great, drove like an inebriated horse.

Just curious, is the intro a song or a track ?

This was my first car. Never driven anything better. That's exactly how I drove it, too...

Remember that music video where Ciara busted it down on the red cutlass? Dare I say, iconic.

That generation for some reason never rusted .The same dash from78 would carry on to the stretched models of the 80s til 87

Ahhh, the ole G body where door fell 3 inches down when opened because of bad door pins. Broke 3 striker plates in the 2 years I owned mine

I kind of like these better than the later 80s ones

Bro I really really like 👍🏼 it big g body fan I’m work on mine now its a 1987

My drivers ed was in a 1978 Monte Carlo,

Back when cars had beautiful color interiors.Velour seats.Now cheap cloth gray blaw blaw blaw.

Aw man, we had a 79. Chartreuse with green interior, 305

...I suddenly don't feel bad giving my beater for you to review...

Gotta love the fact it says WURST/OLDS on the back. (wurst means sausage in german) old wurst, old sausage...

my favorite car

its a 307 not a racer but will last . heavy duty engines i love oldsmobiles i believe the omega had a solid grille

The Oldsmobile Cutlass was the best-selling car in the US for many years until the Ford Taurus claimed the title. They were big, comfortable, and Oldsmobile was supposed to be nicer than Chevy so people who didn't want to be seen in a lowly Chevy bought these.

Wurst/Olds, excellent!

Cool😀

Exellent I have three.

I had a black one that was a one owner and in beautiful original shape. Like an idiot I sold it to a kid who ruined it by putting extra badges on it and a crappy sounding exhaust and little to drag car style suspension. I’m working on getting another and I’m not selling it ever. Lesson learned

The gaugaes look like theyre feom the 60s, being horizontal. Weird

That interior looks like middle aged alcoholic depression.

I love this era of cars. Also looks like it would be on trailer park boys lol

my dad got his driver's License in the Coupe version of a 1974 Supreme those neutered V8s lasted until the mid 1980s my mom got her license during the 2nd oil crisis in March 1979 in a Rocket 350 V8 equipped 1978 Olds Delta 88 yeah the horsepower was weak even in a 3,800 pound car like that gen of the Delta 88 was 120 HP which is sad when you consider a modern day 4 Cylinder Toyota Camry has 208 HP while a V6 Camry has 301 HP and the Supercharged V8 in the base Corvette/Camaro has 495 horsepower

I love it .its sweet.awesome sick in a good way.car

Otter in an oil spill?😂😂😂

It's a nicer version of the Chicago Cutlass!

Kind of feels like GM; spend a lot on a grill, keep a beam suspension.

Hope they didn't mug you goin to drive that car. $899 for that.

Wow !!! I....I....I don't know what to start with. Such a "rough around the edges" example. Cutlasses and other G body's get made into Donks. Are you sure you couldn't have tested a better car - Even IF it's been Donkified ??? The Olds 307 V8 wasn't the best choice either. A nice small block Chevy 350 V8 is a much better choice !! If they replace the engine (why not? It's over 40 yrs old) the usual choice is a SB 350 for really good reasons too. The biggest joke in this review is featuring the cars "appearance". Which is something that you'd think he would ignore or at least downplay for the owners sake. The rims are those old fashioned rally wheels from a Corvette (about the best thing in THIS category by a long shot) The paint (where they bothered to paint it) was slopped on, OVER 25 years ago. then they stopped and left the rest to flake and fade away. BUT for whatever reason, painted the trunk gray. Before you get in check with your physician first to make sure you're up to date on tetanus shots. And grab a long sleeve coat (just to be sure). AND THAT STEERING WHEEL - YUCK !! The owner must have found it on Craigslist or Facebook marketplace for $5. Got the radio from the same guy for $7. The owner must have ran out of money by then 'cause didn't even bother to clean the seats or even toss a big blanket over them as a cheap seat cover. Do us a favor....if that's the kind of car these people got for you to test, DON'T BOTHER !! Go to a used car lot, test drive and record those cars first.

Walking on a cloud? Haha A little too dramatic, but ok

Junker😄

For 1979 it should be a Chevy 305.

It's amazing that these were among the most popular cars in the country at that time. They are not cool at all.