When I was younger I thought these looked goofy. Now I'm old and love that couch on wheels

Beautiful! one of my most admired platforms ever. Reliable, clean timeless styling, comfortable luxury. Thanks for this, well done.

My parents had a 91 Olds Regency Elite which they bought brand new. My dad traded our 1985 Olds 98 for it on a whim. Our 1985 was perfect, but he saw the 1991 and decided to buy it. It had every option except for moon roof and the adjustable suspension (button on dash). It even had a CD player which was rare for the time (had cassette standard). It had the digital dash. It was a nice car and a great car - they had it for 25 years and It was like new. Then he bought a Cadillac DTS which my mom still has (like new). I love these older GM cars. They never had one problem with the Olds, perfect car. Never ever need a front end alighnment either. These were great cars. You are young, I lived back then, people loved the GM cars back then and they sold well. You are wrong that young didn't buy them. These were expensive, I think the sticker on ours was $28,000.

The previous generation of 98, especially the Touring Sedan, had a much more sumptuous interior. This generation interior always struck me as too plastic fantastic.

Nicely done Michael. Fun watching this and so entertaining from the perspective of someone my age who still considers 1990s as not long ago.

My great uncle had one of these in the 90s. Very fond memories riding in that leather interior with the (gasp) power passenger seats!

15” wheels are normal for 80’s and 90’s full size American cars.

That electric trunk closer is nice until it breaks.

This is such an awesome car. The front bench seat especially is a great feature that I think a lot of people would be happy to have on modern cars today. I wish I saw more of these around.

Beautiful car keep her on the road keep the Oldsmobile name alive !!!! hopefully you can find a front bumper for her

Nice review! This one is a survivor. Take good care of her!

I'm very glad you found this car and appreciate it so much! My '73 Marquis Brougham has that same automatic rear self-leveling system and the cornering lights, as did a '99 Grand Marquis I had. Keep it going and enjoy it!

I had a little car once that had 13 inch wheels

I owned a '92 Regency Elite. It was white and silver, a beautiful car that was surprisingly comfortable and got decent gas mileage. It was destroyed in 1995 by a red light runner, I thankfully was not injured. It was a sad loss.

Back in the 90's my church pastor drove one of these! Even though he was independently wealthy and refused a church salary, he didn't want to live above his congregation. Thus, he drove these cars instead of Cadillacs which he loved. Later he drove used Cadillacs. He was a great man and I miss him.

Great video! Love these classic Oldsmobiles.

THAT Was immensely entertaining 👌🏽 Would love to see more of Michael's antics 😂 But I have to admit, that Roadmaster stole the show....anyway like I said more antics please and thank you ✌🏽

Or the seat belt would brand "GM" on peoples backsides when they didn't buckle up.

I just bought a white one of these. Great looking cars. 👍

I sold these for all six model years and sold Oldsmobiles for fourteen years. In 2006 I bought a 1995 at our local dealer auction for $1,995. It was owned by people I had spoken to but decided to buy elsewhere (Peninsula Pontiac Oldsmobile). It had VIN # 00003! Yes, I should have kept it.

Perhaps my most unpopular opinion of all time is that THIS is the BEST looking car of the 1990s. Really. This car. I dont know why but i think these are BEAUTIFUL. Every time i see one in public i just stare at them... All yours needs is some thin stripe white walls!

Michael did a good job and he is very cute too!

Great car and great review

These were a controversial car when they came out. Sales for the new '91 Olds 98 actually decreased compared to 1990, whereas Park Avenue sales increased over 220%. Sales would never really recover for this car, and GM discontinued it after 96, despite giving the Park Avenue a second generation. I actually like the design of this car, but a lot of buyers didn't at the time. The Park Avenue by contrast was a huge hit and people loved it and its new design. The new Olds 98 unfortunately wasn't the same story. But it was just as good a car as the Park Avenue.

My grandparents use to own a black metallic 1991 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Regency Elite with the 50th Anniversary Gold Edition package.

You're like a young Doug DeMuro without the histrionics. Low key humor needs to make a comeback. Annywayyy...I've a friend who asks me how I hope to score with the ladies in a '98 Olds '88 LS. When her Fit goes into the shop, she refuses the offer of lending her my car. The original owner was 70 when he bought it new, and I was 70 when it came into my hands. Time to fall into big, soft seats and a smooth ride at the speed limit on a long sweeper, enjoying the scenery and getting in the way of stepmoms in Suburbans. These cars were geared for EPA figures, and most driving happens well below the revs that produce 100 hp, so 3rd gear is where it lives best. 4th is overdrive, and its pretty gutless, but on a level surface it's really loping along. Just watch out for internal intake manifold coolant leaks that can lead to a blown engine; the telltale is if you smell antifreeze but nothing it leaking. Other than that, they are bulletproof.

Awesome car I love it

Excellent.

Excellent presentation! GM cars really went downhill with the 1980s wholesale changeover to FWD. Between various engineering requirements to meet safety and fuel standards, Roger Smith becoming CEO had the company move its C-suite focus away from cars and on acquisitions, like Ross Perot's EDS and Hughes. The new FWD cars just seemed tinny and were riding the legacy of GM's glory years or say, the 1960s. Oddly being from a GM family and more interested in Olds than Buick, I remember the first 1991 Park Avenue I ever saw on the highway around Springfield, Illinois, circa August 1990. I can't recall when I first saw the comparable 98. GM was seeing the fruits of addressing the ridicule of badge engineering that was on a Fortune magazine cover depicting four A-body cars, and a 1985 Lincoln Town Car commercial where the valets and car onwers were all confusing Cadillacs, Buicks,.and Oldsmobiles. I really appreciate the approach taken in this video in that it is presented matter-of-factly, sharing some likes and dislikes as personal preferences rather than some pompous critique. Colors became seriously limited through the 1980s and 1990s because Japanese car companies like Honda were using a "KISS" (keep it simple, stupid) method of a smaller color pallet to simplify assembly, and mitigate any quality problems at the factory. It was easier to have a choice of two colors, or maybe not even a choice! That compares to the 1960s where certain American cars sold in volumes in the 100,000s, and it was possible that not one would be the same because of the combination of options available. The single color looks a bit stark these days with nothing to interrupt all the blue, other than the faux wood trim. I actually think this wood trim looks ok as it is a thick piece of plastic mimicking a section of wood rather than some vinyl design epoxyed to the dash. It won't be mistaken for a Rolls-Royce interior, but it works. Great presentation that was a refresher to me, and possibly a history lesson for people born the year this car was manufactured.

i wanted one of these, had the Delta 88 and a Buick , not my favorite or the best model year but the 3.8 engine was very reliable

He's making me feel so old describing this car and how everything works it's kinda hilarious in a away because that car is nothing like today's junk on the road lol i graduated from high school when this car came out and I think they need to start making cars like that again because nothing today will give you the ride or comfort of cars from the past. I call today's cars toasters on wheels lol

These are neat now because they are extinct. Even 20 years ago, this was the old man's car owned by 87 year Olds.

Cool.

My parents had a 94 Olds 98. They weren’t bad and rode really well.

Nice.

I miss mine, should have kept it.

Awesome car !

You should be able to find a nearly perfect front bumper at an auto salvage yard.

I agree with the idea cars like this should come back and the comparison with BMW being like Civic on coil overs.

I currently have a 1990 olds 98

Believe it or not Cadillac had the soft close motorized trunk latch in 1955. The first time I saw a car with it was a mid 80s Camaro.

Awesome, I had a 92 98.

Cool 😀

I love it! I wish I had an Oldsmobile like that.

I had a 1983 98 Regency Brougham dark blue with dark blue vinyl ragtop and dark blue plush velvet interior

That car has a lot of features my 1984 Cadillac eldorado had. I had an entire digital dash tho with the digital fuel economy gauge and ac controls. GM did a good job on comforts of Thier cars even as far back as the early 80s or further back

Doug DeMuro's mini-me ;)

Great video. I recall these cars well. Although they may have been "good" cars, quite frankly, I did not care for the styling at all - either then or now; they turned my head but in the opposite direction. At that time, the Acura Legend, Lexus LS 400, and Infiniti Q45 were the cars to aspire to.

Oldsmobile, my favourite modern times american brand, closed for the too american styled cars, but this thing is amazing

This exact colour was my grandfather’s last car

This car now belongs to me and I am doing my best to fix everything Michel couldn't get to. Now needs a new harmonic balancer and it should be fixed soon. Maybe see it in another video @TopherParkerCars

One of the last vehicles that my late uncle owned or drove was a beige Oldsmobile Ninety Eight of this style.

Cute!

singed my butt many a time on those GM seatbelt buckles

All of the GM full size cars looked similar. There wasn't much difference in trim, or engines. These cars were sold to a population who considered themselves to be Oldsmobile people.

These may or may not reach 100 mph in central Indiana.

Shouldn’t we all be demanding this standard of comfort in our modern cars that are 3 or 4 times as much ? It seems like the technology ruined our quality.

That Oldsmobile was when General Motors was General Motors. Today's GM stands for General Mechanic. A real car!!! Not today's plastic fantastic car's or SUVs... That car was built to last....

It’s a pretty car but unfortunately it’s a GM product. After my experience with a very sour 1985 Cutlass lemon, I haven’t have a GM product since. My son had a horribly expensive 2020 Silverado that was equally as bad. No more GM junk in this family.

9:04 GM wasn’t going bankrupt yet. Roger Smith put financial strain back in the 80’s and a lot of things GM did made them go bankrupt. Automakers finances are always up and down. They didn’t go belly up for another 16 years…

Fresh struts will take care of alot of that bouncing….normal for this platform.

All of the money spent building modern luxury cars is toward technology instead of comfort. They assume we want to spend more money on the tech instead of cushion and tufting and floaty suspension… or eeeeeasy fluid-like steering. A few years ago Lincoln even removed all of the buttons for a “minimalist” approach. They’re all so bland now. Buick is dying because they lost their way and their designs are plain and blah. I think the automotive industry would make a huge comeback if they would introduce vintage luxury comfort like hood ornaments, chrome, Cushion, tufting, color rich carpets and seats, and burl wood interior accents. Now it’s all a matte black interior with nothing to look at.

OLDSMOBILE of the 90's had some of the ugliest cars. The Aurora was a typical GM last chance effort but the rest of OLDSMOBILE was the best that Buick & Pontiac had to offer. Plymouth & Dodge hade the same identity crisis.

Fake Lincoln