Smooth during wild turning episodes so passenger can accurately fire pistol..nice!

This car is an essential part of my childhood. I was 8 years old and had a real a-hole baseball little league coach who was wound too tight and he would essentially bully me for not hitting the ball had one. The next year I got better and played against his team. As I came up he yelled "easy out!". I hit a solid line drive which bounced in the outfield and then hit the hood of his Omega. As I stood on 2nd base (after driving in the leading run) I looked over at him and yelled "sorry about your car Mr. xxxxx" He was not happy. That's when I learned about karma.

I purchased my 1980 Omega during the summer of that year. Saying it was a bad experience is putting it mildly. So many problems; many which were never corrected properly while it was still under warranty. It's only saving grace was that'll it looked sharp!

No comments on that AMAZING yellow colored SX at 1:22? In magazines at the time it looked like something SO experimental and futuristic. And the pale yellow and black accents really put it over the top. Oldsmobile had balls to bring that out and I'm glad they did. Made it look like a trans-am. There are probably zero survivors today.

Love how the panic stop doesn’t show the brakes locking up…

Oh my goodness at the way it wallowed around that turn, like a hog in a puddle 🤣🤣🤣

The one thing I learned from this video is that the 1980 Oldsmobile Omega is a better offroader than most of today's SUVs.

Hi from Rimini Italy. In the early 90s, when I was in the army, I have an American friend Who sold me his Olds Omega 2.8 V6 brougham coupé, Gold and Brown with AFI plate registered. For me was a fantastic car with no rust and well done. The few problems were the lights bulb that were sealed and I replace with lights of fiat 131 (sold in Usa as Fiat Brava) and the front seat with a failure in the latches that doesen't blocked.

oh my God...those clothes at 4:40. just goes to show drugs/alcohol flowed freely back in those days.

An L4 and a manual transmission?! Wow, that's truly advanced engineering! Take that, Honda and Toyota!

Had a used 1983 Omega 2 door - it was roomy in a smaller package - WAS another GM disaster Americans rushed out to buy. In the 4 years I had it, it required the following: new transmission, new struts, 2 new master cylinders, fuse box short out repair and when the steering rack needed replacing, I dumped it.

All of the X-body cars look like they were taking a dump the way the rear ends squat in their own promo videos!

I've been worried about the fate of surviving Chevrolet Citations for a while, but now I think I should be equally concerned about the Olds Omega, Pontiac Phoenix and Buick Skylark of the same period.

What a piece of shot no wonder why ppl don’t buy American made cars anymore…

Rumour has it it’s still sliding after that stop

in 40 years whats normal now will be laughed at.

"Built in the front wheel drive tradition of the Toronado." Lol, you mean built with same crap components as the Citation.

It’s a mini cutlass

I've got some old GM laserdiscs that refuse to read in my newer players. I've tried to track down one of the original Helium Neon laser machines... they're hard to get these days!

all the GM cars by 1980 looked like the Seville.

It looks great. A General Motors revolutioary evolution of design.

Monumental opening for an Olds that needed it...Mixed bag assessment: lots of room, but the car had no power...& there were some chronic problems....

I was an auto mechanic working on the 1980 Oldsmobile Omega back when they were new. These cars were an absolute pile of junk. Words can not describe how bad they were. All the years that they made the Omega were the same. Nothing but problem after problem. Good riddance that I have not seen one of these in years. The best I can say about Oldsmobile and the Omega is R.I.P.(Rust in Peace).

I remember these. I never knew just how GM did it, but these cars looked old soon after you drove them home.

L4 and performance in the same sentence? That gas-laser player used to extract the video sounds interesting. Before I read that I was amazed by the degradation

The hood ornament lasted its mounted on. A display shelf with a hundred other hood ornaments

They talk about these cars being "People Engineered" and "The Small Car Just Grew Up". Notice how they talk about the roomines of head and knee, showing only the front and trunk area but not the back area where the adult gentlemen and women were occupying. Those cars were not roomy in the back for a 4 door car and a 2 door car is worse with those front adjustable seats! If you had a family, those cars were only ment for those riding in the front and maybe small children in the back. I remember these cars when I was a child. Maybe to some, the gas milleage was great, but it sucks to have 4 adults riding in those type of cars.

I hooned X cars back in the 80s - but I didn't get paid for it like these guys.

It’s ironic that the film talks about the extensive testing the Omega went through then shows the brakes being locked up when you consider that this “X car” and its other GM cousins the Citation and Skylark all had the highly publicized brake problems. 😂😂

Gorgeous.

Sold like crazy when new - just try to find any survivors now.

@Cory Heisterkamp Wow! I never knew they used Laserdiscs at Olds dealerships. I guess now we know why GM bled to death then, went broke; all the while closing Oldsmobile in the process.

My father had the 1980 Skylark variant with the 2.8 V6. Thing fell apart long before the warranty was up and they would fix anything. Had a rear main seal leak at like 3,000 miles and their bright idea was to caulk the exterior to stem the flow. Not a fix. When growing up I remember it would just die indiscriminately in the middle of an intersection. Was a dangerous car that GM used the pubic to beta test on. Fast forward 8 years, bought a first year LeSabre with the 3800. Could not kill it if you tried. Go figure.

Shows the woman passenger turning the radio up? That doesn't happen in the real world!

I would love to have one just because I am sure non actually survived !

I wonder how many of these, if any, still survive

I want to find this on a different day with different context because i think then i'd really like it but there's nothing good about today or the person i see in the mirror to relate it to right now.

Had new 1981. My wife did. Front wheel drive

your mileage may vary 😉

3:34 those brakes look hot

Your quality may vary...

Interesting that right when they mention "5 passenger" capability, they show the front seat (with driver) which is a bench seat. Wouldn't that make it 6? Though, I've never seen a bench seat in one.

These small and compact type cars in GM....they should have been built in the Chevrolet & Pontiac divisions only. Olds & Buick and even Cadillac on a few, did not need to have compact car offerings. Who really wanted a compact Olds, Buick, or Cadillac ? These divisions were seen as mid and full size car offerings to me.

1:52-1:54 Has 1978-1980 Chevy Monza full wheel covers

X bodies all crap Skylark use to be very special all based off of Nova now these all based off of Citation Omega Phoenix Skylark were all little hot rods if you opted for the famous 350 V 8 what they did in 1980 was just introducing a little grocery short errand commuter unit

My parents owned one of these garbage cans. I was 9 or 10 at the time. They unfortunately purchased it used. What a disastrous motor vehicle. It was the beginning of GM building garbage and expecting the American public to accept it. See where they are now, and where Toyota and Honda is.

Comes with four wheels and an engine standard.

Wow, this is hideous compared to the older model. It reminds me of when Chrysler built a little grandma mobile with a four cylinder and slapped "Charger" emblems on it. What a way to take a dump on what used to be a beautiful car.

Lol at brakes.

Body and interior were nice...Engine and tranny were horrible...Typical GM throw away car of the 1980s

Well she's not pretty, but she'll last at least three years!

Truly one of the worst made vechiles ever to come out of Detroit.

american cars of the 80's were sooo bad , things broke as you drove them off the dealership.

how can anyone calling there self a designer come up with such a ugly car

still a very ugly car!