Holy crap! Picking out a GM car in the 80s is like picking out a cup of coffee in Starbucks. How many variations can you make on a latte? Never mind that, how many variations could GM make on a family sedan? On the other hand, gotta love that velvety red plush interior. Like driving in a Lazyboy. Ahhhhh...
@osmosis31825 жыл бұрын
Lol You got a point my friend
@The_R-n-I_Guy3 жыл бұрын
I miss the velour interior. I don't like leather
@jethroknightify3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see modern cars with vulgalour upholstery.
@ronbzoom85313 жыл бұрын
@Merv Stent True!!!
@doug90663 жыл бұрын
Was hard to chose which GM car to buy, I liked most of them, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, Oldsmobile & Cadillac of the big luxury cars.
@mikekitsune1236 жыл бұрын
I just love retro motorweek.
@jobskinner833 Жыл бұрын
As do I
@teeemack5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making me feel even older! GM used to be the top dog, look at them now. RIP Olds and Pontiac!
@gilbertherrera86778 жыл бұрын
Bro, as a nineties kid, I still saw these out in the street through out the 90s and the begging of the 2000s. These cars were interesting and loved the attention to detail. Nowadays they look like metallic blobs, however I love the technology, so I guess it evens out. Still, miss these cars.
@nicholasmirmino11003 жыл бұрын
Gilbert I agree with you 100%
@frederickburgos9704 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 😂😢😢😂😊😂😂😂😂😂
@Baer79 Жыл бұрын
It's a GM product! Complete garbage crap!Its 2022 and GM still has that cheap ass looking interior.When will they learn?
@abracing1999 жыл бұрын
Full function touch screen In the 80s!?
@vector69779 жыл бұрын
abracing199 it was a 60lb CRT that failed within a year. Cost like $2000 to replace too.
@ParadoxdesignsOrg9 жыл бұрын
abracing199 I'm still trying to figure out how they did that, it must have had physical buttons behind the screen.
@TJC4509 жыл бұрын
abracing199 I was in a Reatta recently with one that worked ! It was super cool.
@realazduffman9 жыл бұрын
abracing199 Yes, back then GM was ahead of its time, too far ahead. The system was not very good and a year later they added some push buttons to scroll thru the menus. Those six buttons around the perimeter got more conventional. GM was weird, way ahead on ideas but the execution was horrible.
@MrCarGuy9 жыл бұрын
paradoxdesigns No, haha; the tech was available at the time.
@Lndmk2277 жыл бұрын
My God, the problems of the Big Three become apparent in this video... ...they competed too much against themselves.
@Nothingtoya7 жыл бұрын
ActuallyHB You might want to go back and look at how many times Ford almost went under and needed a huge loan (they put their company up a couple of times) from the government. Hell, Ford hadn't paid off their first loan when they asked for another one shortly after the others asked for money.
@realazduffman7 жыл бұрын
Ford did not take a loan from the government
@Nothingtoya7 жыл бұрын
AZDuffman you go look that up again
@Nothingtoya7 жыл бұрын
AZDuffman there's 2 loans they took, I'm sure I can find more. Ford seen a possible problem before the other companies did and got their "bail out" early. I don't even have anything against Ford, but they're no better then the other 2.
@realazduffman7 жыл бұрын
But they did not take the loans from the feds, that is my point. Yes, they saw hard times and they took loans early. By luck they got them before the credit markets froze up. But Ford famously said no thanks when they were summoned to DC for the hearings,
@faznout8 жыл бұрын
I was a kid back in the 80's and I sure do miss seeing all of these cars on the road when they were new. A lot more fun to look at back then compared to what GM has to offer now in todays time.
@hellboy19768 жыл бұрын
+faznout Not me. That decade was great for many things, but the cars were just plain ugly.
@looking_338 жыл бұрын
80s cars are simply terrible.. Bar few..
@Myrdoc8 жыл бұрын
+faznout 80's cars are terrible dude, yeah I grew up with them too but the GM of today is light years ahead of where they were in the 80's.
@Nothingtoya7 жыл бұрын
I'm with you, the 80's and 90's vehicles I liked the best. now they're all exactly the same car.
@bryanjanak19907 жыл бұрын
I was born in 78...I feel ya. Today's car designers are either lazy or incompetent because they all copy each other. GM has actually done a decent job and making their own looks, but give me a 90's and down car anyday!
@Tbolt1000TForLife9 жыл бұрын
I used to have an 86' 6000 STE. It was my second car, I bought it in October 2009 when I was a senior in high school with only 119,000 miles. Didn't have a single spot of rust on it! I sold it 2 years ago with 150,000 miles on it and I now drive a 99' Chevy Tahoe LT. I loved that car and I miss it!!!
@dodgeguyz6 жыл бұрын
Love how the Tornado's grille wasn't even straight when new!
@tinrat-n-teet6 жыл бұрын
dodgeguyz ya I noticed that too lol
@jwbmw60845 жыл бұрын
That was very noticeable, but I thought maybe it was supposed to be that way? You never see any of the cars on the road anymore, they were all junk.
@4486xxdawson3 жыл бұрын
Yes this is when quality went down and profit was all that mattered .
@tundrav8georgia3 жыл бұрын
Junk
@johnmaki30462 жыл бұрын
Had two '77 Toronados..WHAT A GENERIC PIECE OF CRAP THEY WERE!
@TCAPRecipes4 жыл бұрын
I used to watch this show as a kid. I'm glad it's kept up with the times and is still going strong
@baggierols73 Жыл бұрын
This programme runs as long as the motorcar exists lol
@douglasfox20905 жыл бұрын
Back when almost anybody could afford a new car...Loved the 1980's and 1990's cars
@rideonkc8 жыл бұрын
I had a '86 Monte Carlo SS. Black with T tops. Beautiful car, fun to drive...loved it! Can still hear the Bon Jovi rocking - You Give Love a Bad Name.
@anthonygiordano63416 жыл бұрын
Steve S I still have one. It's actually my son's. A father - son project. It's a lot of fun.
@RedfishCarolina4 жыл бұрын
I still play it in my Suburban lol
@rodmunch694 жыл бұрын
I had an '84 Monte Carlo SS convertible - yes, you could order from the dealer as a convertible, it would then go to a custom chop shop and be delivered that way. But I'd have never been caught playing Bon Jovi - ugh, embarrassing.
@chrislusk68084 жыл бұрын
First car was '83 Grand Prix with t-tops, loved it!
@TheCarCrazyGuy9 жыл бұрын
Being a young driver in the 80's I miss seeing these cars.
@jimmycline47784 жыл бұрын
What, you still see these cars on the road!
@aaronwilliams69894 жыл бұрын
I get a bit nostalgic too.
@doug90663 жыл бұрын
I miss them too. Look much better than the cars now dsys which now days getting more & more computerized. I rather have some of these old school cars especially Cadillac than the new cars we have today.
@tomasacevedo39323 жыл бұрын
@@jimmycline4778 The G body’s and Full Size pickups are still around. Not even the s10 and blazer jimmy are common as they used to be. I remember seeing a lot more of the smaller body gm cars and but they’ve disappeared like crazy especially after the 2008 cash for clunkers program took a lot of these cars off the road for good. Shame some of these cars were great like the Buick gran national and somebody actually junked a Buick gnx. Some gm cars were worthy of the road while a lot of them weren’t like the fwd compact cars and hatchbacks.
@rars0n8 жыл бұрын
This will be the only time I ever compliment a Cavalier, but that Z24 Cavalier looks pretty cool.
@rootsmanuva829 жыл бұрын
It's strangely satisfying watching softly sprung, under dampened, flex-y "unibody" american sedans wallow around a tight handling course. Sure, they get it done but it's hilarious how much they struggle. Love these videos! Keep 'em coming! Motor Week is a genius for releasing these every week. I'm hooked ha ha.
@tyler26106 жыл бұрын
Yeah since we all drive on GT tracks we ned our cars to handle like a sports roadster? Who cares if it struggles, how often do you really drive like that?? Any modern car cannot compare to the comfort of an American car from the heyday.
@electropunk426 жыл бұрын
LOL! You must not be driving in a major American city lately. You HAVE to have a good handling car with descent acceleration or risk getting run off the road by hostile psychos in large pickup trucks and SUVs!
@FerrariCarr6 жыл бұрын
I like watching cars do that too, lol!
@Hamburgler6.95 жыл бұрын
I'm more concerned with the lack of any bolstering on those plush bench seats. What the heck was keeping that guy from sliding all the way over to the passenger door?
@mosesberkowitz32985 жыл бұрын
@@Hamburgler6.9 You hold onto the steering wheel, dodo. These cars aren't designed to do high-g maneuvering, my friend. Usually there was a thick armrest that folded down to separate the driver/passenger; that might hold you in place, sort of.
@jaimepadilla95488 жыл бұрын
I have a 86 buick Le Sabre I've had it for 8 years now and I love it. Best seats I've ever sat on in a car feels like a caddy with those shocks lots of space and I get asked all the time how much I want for it...
@Quad8track8 жыл бұрын
I want the Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham!
@glennbeadshaw7273 жыл бұрын
I had one it was a great car until the engine suffered a catastrophic failure
@NeoGee5 жыл бұрын
3:19 Back when you needed 2 keys for your car. Now you need none! I actually owned an 86 Chevy Sprint. It had an intermittent problem with it's 3 speed automatic transmission where it's like to shift in to 3rd while sitting at lights, I'd have to manually put it in to 1st if I wanted to pull away from the light before it changed again. I also owned a 88 Nova, great car that didn't really match the history of the name.
@JC-cm9bn Жыл бұрын
These cars are a stark reminder of why I always drove German and Japanese vehicles and still do in 2022!
@kendrickc.82436 жыл бұрын
The first car my parents had while I was growing up was an Olds Delta 88'. I remember it being comfortable and reliable.. When I was 4 I thought the a/c vents were coin slots at which point I thought it would be a good idea to put loose change in the vents lol... Miss my dad and that car. Man this video puts a lot into perspective
@jeremyb44932 ай бұрын
Yeah these videos are time capsules, though I'd prefer them to be time machines sometimes
@torres38008 жыл бұрын
I was born in '86. That beautiful black Grand National stood out to me out of all of these from the general.
@rodmunch694 жыл бұрын
Literally no one cares about the opinion of a millennial.
@raz_nick40484 жыл бұрын
@@rodmunch69 ok boomer
@rodmunch694 жыл бұрын
Raz_ Nick homosayswhat?
@richardhoating23 Жыл бұрын
3.8L SFI Turbo Intercooler w/365 bhp/400 ft/lbs torque - the only thing that could hang with it was a Corvette 🏁🏎️🚓👮👮!!
@vidguy19768 жыл бұрын
Cars, cars, cars, cars, cars, vague reference to trucks, cars. How times, and product offerings have changed.
@GodKing8044 жыл бұрын
How fat ppl have gotten who neee more room and dont want to get up from their seat, but step down Lol
@wendellellison3482 Жыл бұрын
Wow! This brings back memories! And is a reminder of the large number of vehicles in the GM inventory!
@jimmycline47784 жыл бұрын
1:00 this was my Grandpas car, It had a LT1 Corvette engine swap in it at the time! He just didn’t tell you that!
@trailrunnah88868 жыл бұрын
That was cool to see! I love me some F body, and the Monte SS has held up well too, I still really like those cars. And I had never seen one, but those J Body hatches are cool looking too, esp the Z24. I remember a lot of those cars as a kid in the 80's, my friends mom had a Buick Somerset, my uncle had a Parissienne wagon, my aunt had a Grand Am, and my parent's had a '85 and '87 Celebrity wagon. And in the late 90's I had an 88 Trans Am GTA. I miss that car a lot. And the pickups, Suburbans, and Blazers of that era are some of my favorite trucks ever.
@MrTyphoonracer8 жыл бұрын
i have never seen so many choices for one brand! there was really something for everyone's taste back in 86 :D
@carwhiz908 жыл бұрын
And yet a lot of idiots bitch and complain because gm had too many divisions. I personally liked all 6 of the original GM divisions. Not everyone likes the same thing, that's why it's called variety
@joyride20137 жыл бұрын
That's also why they drove themselves into the ground. Ridiculous excessive spending and waste. Horrible management of the company in the 80s.
@texan9037 жыл бұрын
Had the cars been better quality, GM wouldn't have lost core brands despite the similarity between divisions. Ford and Chrysler have done the same thing, only Chrysler has not learned as it has a foot in the grave.
@seththomas91057 жыл бұрын
You can start at the top with Roger Smith as the No.1 horrible manager. That man drove the wheels off of GM in the 80's.
@samlung27245 жыл бұрын
This is why they failed. Just pick chevy as their main line up and Cadillac for luxury.
@BornToBeFamed8 жыл бұрын
Love that cluster ! In that buick ! Touch screen, so sick! Love all that throwback green digital
@mosesberkowitz32985 жыл бұрын
That was pretty sick
@rickjohansson42573 жыл бұрын
And it is probably still working, unlike a Tesla's which will likely die after a few years.
@OLDS989 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this GM video Motorweek. Thank you for the recent ones as well! It is appreciated. I hope to see more. I look forward to many more GM models. It helps to show these videos for those that remember the cars and for those who are just now learning about them. To some of the comments: 1. The 3.8 liter V6 became the 3800 V6 and was reworked over the years. It had 205 hp starting in 1995. I know because my Ninety Eight uses 1995 version of that engine. 2. Yes, touch screens. GM was a step ahead and never followed through to stay with the technologies and improve them. The Riviera lost what you see in the video in 1990. The Toronado got a touch screen called VIC in 1989. It was an option until Toronado was dropped in 1992. It is funny they are in most new cars now. 3. GM had those brands before Saturn existed. GM should have kept all the brands in this video and moved them forward without Saturn. 4. GM admitted they made those cars too small. They assumed fuel prices would reach 3 to 4 dollars a gallon and that we would have a fuel crisis. The government asked GM to lead the way and downsize it cars. As we all know it failed, and gas prices did not get that high until many years later. Starting in 1989, GM started up sizing all those cars they downsized. My Ninety Eight is wider and longer than the one in the video. My Toronado went back up size in 1990. What came out in 1989-1992 at GM is what should have come out in 1985-1986. GM is still paying for this downsizing to this day. This was the early days of the downfall at GM.
@ecymbura319 жыл бұрын
Full touch screen in 86... absolutely amazing and cars today think they're being the first to come out with all this technology BUICK WAS DOING IT WAY BEFORE ANYONE FUCKERS
@tinrat-n-teet6 жыл бұрын
Eric Cymbura ya!!!...fuckers
@bummegood6 жыл бұрын
Who said cars today think they were the 1st? Cars can't think Dick Wipe. Maybe the 1st - definitely shit. Just saying
@burlatsdemontaigne61476 жыл бұрын
Eric Cymbura ....and they put it in a shit car. Priorities all wrong there.
@ryansrides97144 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!! Love Motor week, it was pretty cool seeing all those old cars in new condition!!
@zachhatten2615 жыл бұрын
Holy balls that's a lot of cars! No wonder they needed a bailout. They made more cars than customers!
@jamesfrench72996 жыл бұрын
I'm an Australian who has never set foot in the United States and the gem among these rocks for more was the Pontiac Parisienne Wagon. What a grand looking bus!!
@LakeNipissing6 жыл бұрын
You like these? I have three full size RWD Caprice Wagons which look this this! And a Parisienne sedan. Awesome, solid machines to drive!
@letsnotplaywithelectricity93466 жыл бұрын
Man that classic 80's intro theme is sooo comfy.. Takes me right back to my childhood. Thank you for uploading these.
@stephenmarcus96018 жыл бұрын
Every GM brand sold the same car with different underpinnings and components. No wonder Oldsmobile and Pontiac are gone.
@retiredsnowbunnyhunterx51064 жыл бұрын
Finally someone else understand
@EnemenyYT3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, GM's lineup used to be realllly overinflated lol
@johnmaki30463 жыл бұрын
Actually, WONDER G.M. IS STILL AROUND...THEIR ENTIRE LINE WAS HORRID!
@captainkirk56222 жыл бұрын
Totally agree had a 1997 Riviera with grand am parts WTF!!
@johnmaki30462 жыл бұрын
@@captainkirk5622 Guess whatever worked..SAD!
@jonathonalsop21203 жыл бұрын
80s GM: Why make 10 models when you can make 100.
@rickreid819 жыл бұрын
Love the Blazer / Jimmy line up! Wish they still made those boxy suv's! I would buy one tomarrow! Shure did take a long time to have touch screens in a vehicle again.
@jimmycline47784 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the G.M.C. Syclone and G.M.C. Typhoon! They were super sweet back then and today!
@ricorob1009 жыл бұрын
My friends mom had a olds ninety eight brougham, every portion available including moonroof. Midnight blue, with blue interior, and it was a sharp car, and pretty darn quick with the 3.8, and overdrive back then. It was probably an 88-89 model but I liked it a lot.
@oregontrailrunner7 жыл бұрын
nothing sells cars like 80s porn music
@chrisj1974385 жыл бұрын
oregontrailrunner Ahhhh yes the porn of the 80’s. Obviously fake boobs with scars and all and huge bushes.
@johnhodge7895 жыл бұрын
My grandmother had that same 86 Riviera. I thought I was the shit getting dropped off at school in that.
@jessekuchinski11725 жыл бұрын
"I'll take two cokes, one of them cherry. Make it snappy!" Lmao
@regallmusiccorp.80523 жыл бұрын
14:53 ...and two burgers and fries - this guy was on a mission- I think hes still out there in that empty field waiting for his order..
@averyparticularsetofskills Жыл бұрын
I must have watched this 6 times already...and I always love it more than the time b4
@MissV...6 жыл бұрын
❤❤ Monte Carlos SS 😍😍😍
@HisXLNC8 жыл бұрын
My family has probably owned half of the cars in this video. On the memories.
@jefferysmith39304 жыл бұрын
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Buick Skyhawk with hide away headlights. I always loved the clam shell hood on the LeSabre and all that glass made the interior so open and airy
@nwilczyn7 жыл бұрын
I am so in love with all the 86 j-body fastbacks
@xtraflo4 жыл бұрын
Plastic Leaf Springs !! Awesome ....
@milfordcivic67557 жыл бұрын
IMHO these were the best years of GM. Generally reliable and nice driving cars....
@Nothingtoya7 жыл бұрын
Ima fan I wish they would have done more with the RWD ones but they were definitely trying back then.
@fortheloveofnoise9298 Жыл бұрын
The best years of GM were the 50s and 60s.....same as the best years of most American automakers.
@geese4424 жыл бұрын
Dios mío el paraíso! En su máxima expresión, esos controles al volante son lo máximo
@itmustbelove089 жыл бұрын
I love this motorweek you should do an updated version of this episode.
@Daehawk9 жыл бұрын
Wow what an amazing look back. Loved some of those cars back then. I was 17 so I hated most of them lol. Tha t IROC was nice and the TransAm. Had an 86 Trans Am then a 85 one. Loved them both.Silly me as a kid like the Monte Carlo SS more than the Buick. Ive always hated crappy made Buicks..but if I could Id own that GN.
@Myrdoc7 жыл бұрын
My first car was an '84 Camaro. 165 hp Slow-as-Fuck V8 but that car was fun! Especially with the T-Tops off in the summertime blasting Motley Crue.
@kcmaldonado39487 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but you looked good driving it, and that's all that mattered at the time, LOL
@fernandochaves96652 жыл бұрын
Despite GM legendary and unrivaled unreliability, some of this cars look really good. I like those red interiors too.
@Clearanceman27 жыл бұрын
You "kids" wax romantically about this junk, but I grew up in the 1980s and GM and Fords were junk in the early to mid 80s. My parents had three cars just so they could guarantee one would be on the road. One was in the shop pretty much all the time and sometimes two were in the shop. Parts just fell off the inside of cars of this era. And they had no power at all. A corvette had less than 200 hp. Japanese cars were rust buckets and American cars were built the cheapest they hoped they could get away with.
@dlwatib6 жыл бұрын
As witness to how bad these 1986 cars were, just ask yourself how many are still on the road today. Not very many. Most found their way to the scrap heap and the crusher long before 2006 (twenty years later). Only a few Cutlass Supremes, Buick Regals and of course Cadillacs and Corvettes were thought worthy enough to make it into the hands of low riders, customizers and car collectors.
@mosesberkowitz32985 жыл бұрын
Alot of these cars looked pretty sharp when new-- I love the 2-door LeSabre. But the materials were not the best quality and they didn't hold up at all. I haven't seen one in at least 15 years.
@nickrustyson81243 жыл бұрын
@Donovan Campbell Yeah but you never found out they were because they are rust buckets
@NFSCalex7 жыл бұрын
Mid 80s GM cars are awesome
@Nothingtoya7 жыл бұрын
NFSCalex the rear drive ones were
@ramoncarter65856 жыл бұрын
I love the 85 Lesabre and 84 Park Avenues especially the mid 80 cars as Olds, Buick, Firebird and Camaro all were nice cars though lived without the Cimarron others were nice.
@gmman0109839 жыл бұрын
My grandmother had a 90 Lesabre she bought brand new that was in my family till earlier this year with 88k miles on it but, she let my 19 year old cuz use it and he hit a damn pole actin a fool so it was totaled. It road so smooth, we loved it.
@mercoid8 жыл бұрын
what a shame. dumb-ass kid.
@Tbolt1000TForLife8 жыл бұрын
+keri ellerbe What a dumbshit!!!
@gmman0109838 жыл бұрын
SUV Man Tell me about it... All the car ever needed was (2 sets) of tires, 1 new battery and (1 set) of brakes, normal things... Now my cousin has a 14 Focus and want let anyone drive it... Punk azz
@ekscalybur6 жыл бұрын
A 1990 car that after 25 years only had 88K miles on it. That's less than 300 miles a month. Of course it never needed any maintenance, it was never fucking driven. This thing we never used never wore out, such quality.
@ramoncarter65856 жыл бұрын
Never let young drivers behind the wheel.
@wadeguidry66757 жыл бұрын
I had an 86 z28 tuned port 305 with all options including a rear window wiper. It was my 1st cool car.
@attcenter8 жыл бұрын
Selling the same cars under different name plates especially so many is a recipe for failure. I can't believe no one at GM saw it coming...
@jeffreysegal20658 жыл бұрын
+attcenter I'm a fan of the multiple flavors of common platforms. I think GM could use another brand or 2 now. How awful were those downsized FWD so-called full-size cars tho???
@rars0n8 жыл бұрын
+attcenter I get why the did it, and it makes sense to a degree, especially when you sell as many cars as GM does, but I do think they totally overdid it at times, especially when the sister models don't look different enough.
@rars0n7 жыл бұрын
Sarrgon of Harambe I know you want lots of attention, but this is all you're gonna get from me. Sorry.
@2majortwinz7 жыл бұрын
it worked for a long time until the competition from overseas poked holes in each segment GM had
@mmm767166 жыл бұрын
attcenter Exactly
@01trsmar7 жыл бұрын
I still like the Monte Carlo SS,Grand Prix,Buick Regal rear drive cars,back then I always wished they dumped in the Vette 350 ! They never did !!
@cflo13867 жыл бұрын
01trsmar In 2006 my neighbor sold his 86 B. Regal with only 65k miles for 3 grand to another neighbor.
@davidh12495 жыл бұрын
01trsmar,don't forget the El Camino,and the Malibu,all of them G bodies.Gotta love that G body shuffle!!!
@jimmycline47784 жыл бұрын
The Grand National was faster than the Corvette back then!i remember test driving a brand new Monti Carlo SS back then as a young man, even then I thought damn this car has no power but I loved how it looked, it only had a 305 pushing out probably 140 HP! 😂 but I loved all these cars! In Mexico you could get a factory new 454 Monti Carlo SS! Google it! They are very rare in U.S.!
@dontellgucci11174 жыл бұрын
King pool Mom
@christopherdw79945 жыл бұрын
The Best Night of My Life. Losing / dumping my man goo while in a 1986 Buick Electra. God, she was SMOKING HOT and that Hilton Interior!! Oh baby!! The memories.! I Gotta go. All the blood's rushing to my head. Peace!
@filthyanimal8747 жыл бұрын
Beautiful cars
@Metin2PLTYTANIS6 жыл бұрын
I love these cars
@rc121crx5 жыл бұрын
3:21 I was waiting for the ice bucket and bubbly
@tyson1455 жыл бұрын
I can't believe just how many cars GM offered back in the day, and they all look so much alike! No wonder they've been losing money/shutting down brands over the years.
@75aces974 жыл бұрын
They had too many poorly differentiated brands as it was. GM considered killing off Pontiac in the 50s when it had no clear identity and no substantial following. It got some distinct offerings in the 60s, but since they kept the Corvette with Chevy and launched their pony car with the Camaro, it was a half assed effort. Instead of just using Pontiac as their dedicated flashy motorsport division, they mostly left it as a tarted up hand me down.
@myolox8 жыл бұрын
I remember as a kid getting in mail promotion brochures for these cars. My father owned an 84' Olds ninety eight regency. That thing was a boat on wheels and the hub cap attracted thieves leaving you with a donut. Too bad these cars are extinct.
@jimmycline47784 жыл бұрын
They are not! I still see them on the road today!
@stevearmstrong45614 жыл бұрын
Beautiful cars and trucks.
@davidjensen50749 жыл бұрын
Definitely a lot of nice products here, with the exception of Chevette of course. I also wish that you guys would still dol the full model line reviews these days. :)
@Name-kd5jj Жыл бұрын
As someone born in the 90s its amazing to see this. They had way more cars than they do now. What really shocks me though is how you don't see any of these cars driving around today. You see lots of 90s cars but none from the 80s. I guess they were all sold for scrap. They didn't have the appeal or collectability of the earlier cars being from the "malaise" era but were still too old to keep. I think the reason the 90s cars are still around is because by the late 2000s the cars became too complicated and expensive for many people forcing them to hold onto their older cars. People never anticipated this in the 90s and therefore they sold off their 80s cars for scrap.
@Kyntteri5 жыл бұрын
4:54 Hey cousin, let's go bowling
@landyachtfan792 жыл бұрын
13:43.....................I have to confess that I have always had an "It's Complicated" relationship with the Astro/Safari. I LOVED how roomy & comfortable they were, how smoothly they rode, & how quiet they were.........& that 4.3-liter V6 is a TORQUE MONSTER, but fit & finish left A LOT to be desired. I will NEVER forget that it was an Astro which brought me to see Home Alone for the first time, however. I will NEVER forget cruising to Showcase Cinema in Woburn, MA in a blue 1986 Chevy Astro full of kids, BLASTING C&C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)".........ON THE CASSETTE PLAYER (Man, I'm old!!!!!)!!!!!!!
@richardhedderly6 жыл бұрын
Loving the Outrun style music. Same year. :)
@firebird8907 жыл бұрын
Despite what some say, my favorite riviera was the 1986-1992 models, I loved the CRT touch screen, so much tech and that was a good 27+ years ago before infotainment systems became popular
@richardkaltenbach39616 жыл бұрын
B Gerbs My Favorite Riviera Is 1977!! 403 Cubic Inches Of TERROR!!!
@material___6 жыл бұрын
I have a 1989 Buick reatta. I personally like the digital gage and computer that came with for a few years with a Riviera.
@jsboening3 жыл бұрын
Wish I had my dad’s 86’Monte Carlo SS. Miss doing donuts and drifting in the mall parking lot after a good snow.
@vassa19727 жыл бұрын
very cool '86 wow I was what 14 years old gees where did the time go I'll be 45 in July
@Sonic_10009 жыл бұрын
Some classics here!
@theKevronHarris8 жыл бұрын
My paternal grandmother used to have a Buick Park Avenue similar to the one shown in the video and it helped my father to get his driver's license back in the day!!
@theplayernkc6 жыл бұрын
What a great model year for GM.
@Samuelfish2k6 жыл бұрын
theplayernkc Quit smoking crack...
@samlung27245 жыл бұрын
Little do they now know, they fucked up.
@alexcintas87924 жыл бұрын
Actually one of the worst.
@LMacNeill7 жыл бұрын
I owned an '86 Oldsmobile Delta 88. That 3.8L V6 engine was fantastic -- powerful (for the day) yet still got great fuel economy. Unfortunately the transaxle was a horrible piece of shit. It went through 3 transaxles in 120,000 miles before I finally sold it. I heard that the 1989 model finally got a modified transaxle that actually wouldn't fall apart under the load from the 3.8L engine. Wish they had done that in ''86.
@thekidfromiowa2 жыл бұрын
Rule of thumb is to avoid the first year or two of a generation when there's still kinks to work out.
@Trance889 жыл бұрын
I think it's crazy how many stock 80's Chevy Caprices and its variants are still on the road. They're ugly, but I guess they last.
@mosesberkowitz32985 жыл бұрын
Those cars are built Body-on-Frame and they're bulletproof. That's why cops and taxis used them for so long.
@75aces974 жыл бұрын
They have a fan following that deem them worthy of keeping. 1980-something Crown Vics and Dodge Diplomats were about as good, but I haven't seen those on the road in years. Cars built by the hundreds of thousands are meant to last about 10 years so that you'll buy a new one. Unless you invest a part time job's worth of time and/or money to track down parts and keep them rolling. GM built a lot of different B body models across 5 different makes for almost 20 years, so you can find replacement parts.
@BornInBosnia4 жыл бұрын
Caprice is not ugly.
@poolplexer4 жыл бұрын
Im guessing you live in the country
@doug90663 жыл бұрын
I still like the looks of the Chevrolet Caprice Classic which I saw one a few days ago. Look better than what GM has now days.
@The_R-n-I_Guy3 жыл бұрын
There are so many cars from this era that I want back. I miss my Chevette. And my Caprice Classic Brougham. And my Impala. And my Buick Electra. And my Olds Delta 88. I've never had a G-Body but I've always wanted one. I even miss my mom's Celebrity wagon and my Grand Am and Olds Ciera. I'm kind of a GM guy
@DanKirchner51506 жыл бұрын
1ST new car i bought 86 pontiac std touring edition with that powerful 2.8 v6 and onboard air compressor in trunk for that extra element of luxury and performance !
@benchiaase5 ай бұрын
Hahaha that rotating cup/coin holder is so cool
@danmccarthy47009 жыл бұрын
When GM downsized the Riv, Toronado, and Eldorado, they sucked all the class out of them as well and made them look too much like lesser GMs like the Grand Am and Buick Somerset.
@texan9037 жыл бұрын
Interestingly, each of those three models, as a result of the downsizing, and not being able to recapture sales, were discontinued.
@Lrules3646 жыл бұрын
I disagree. Each of the GM E bodies had their ups and downs. But the Oldsmobile was the only one to stand out. When they finally got the Toronado right in 1990 with its beautiful and full body lines, they kicked it to the curb just 2 years later. And that's just typical GM. They do that with literally everything. Even "new GM" finally gets things almost right, then shit cans it. Its been a pattern since the 50's. The Toronado literally had everything going for it. GM just didnt care enough about it to really give it the extra touches it needed to make it the best car on the market.(that and the plastic material they used at the time was just awful.) The Eldarado lived on for quite some time after that though. As for the Grand Am/buick, they look nothing alike. A Grand Am had its own styling, body lines, and interior work, and got the much more exciting Quad 4 later on. This style of N body did pretty well throughout the 80s and 90s.
@dlwatib6 жыл бұрын
The 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado was terrific. They were never able to top it in subsequent years though. 1986 Toronado was about as exciting as oatmeal.
@mosesberkowitz32985 жыл бұрын
The downsized Riv, Toronado, and Eldo all looked so awkward.
@rodmunch694 жыл бұрын
Sort of what GM is doing again with Cadillac. They kill the CTS for CT5 which looks exactly like a Chevy for twice the cost. Just amazingly dumb to kill, by far, the most popular car to replace it with a dud.
@carwhiz908 жыл бұрын
Always loved those g bodies. The Monte Carlo and the cutlass supreme were the coolest of the four. Shame they were very underpowered especially for giant v8's.
@kondor99999 Жыл бұрын
I drove a hand me down Regal in med school. It was a great car. Very reliable and comfortable.
Wow loved the j cars! Owned 4 Skyhawks and a sunbird GT in the early 90's. Really need to find another one or 2 j cars
@foxtrot3125 жыл бұрын
So many choices!
@adamkieffer68274 жыл бұрын
I just came across these MotorWeek Retro videos and I’ve been binging like crazy. I won’t even go into the absurd number of variations of the same cars GM had rolling around. What I do think is absolutely hilarious is that in the 80s and even a bit into the 90s they were desperate to make the US consumer think their car styles were “Internationally” and “Euro-inspired”...the styling was hardly European by any metric.
@nolarobert9 жыл бұрын
I forgot about the first wave of digital instrument gauge packages on mid to late 80s cars. They look so quaint now in our current high tech age. It reminds me of KITT on Knight Rider except without the wisecracking voice of William Daniels.
@aheatherw886 жыл бұрын
My dad and I are laughing at this video, 😂 he said he didn’t like any of these cars when they came out back then.
@jimmycline47784 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget their Chevy Trucks either, look up what a 86 dodge truck looks like, or a ford truck! They sold more trucks than any car line! Don’t forget their Cadillac’s either, Everyone loved these cars back then but the geeks and nerds! 😂😂🤣🤣 dumb comment!
@BlancGivre3 жыл бұрын
The only one I'd care for is the Corvette. lol
@bufordblu33382 жыл бұрын
@@jimmycline4778 Lol.. These cars just pushed GM closer to bankruptcy.
@julzmax9568 жыл бұрын
Crazy, I still a lot of these cars driving around.
@boggy76658 жыл бұрын
+BalzyMcGEE The front-drive full-size 'H' cars were very good cars, the Buick 3.8 that powered the vast majority is long-lived with good performance and good highway economy.
@seoulkidd15 жыл бұрын
When GM put out good cars
@kettle_of_chris3 жыл бұрын
They got to the Cadillac line-up and almost immediately I got Al Jarreau stuck in my head. ",,,,,,,weeeee'rrrrre in this love together...."
@killercan108 жыл бұрын
Oh man that intro music is sweet.
@MyRaptorz8 жыл бұрын
That white Bonneville is gorgeous
@hammerki16 жыл бұрын
Those late 80s Sevilles are my guilty pleasure car. I know I shouldn't like them, but I do.
@DA900277 жыл бұрын
I have a rare 84 Celebrity conv I switched out the carb engine for a multi port fi 2.8 from an 86 great engine gets almost 30 mpg highway and is very smooth
@mattmaverick7032 жыл бұрын
Do a KZfaq video of the Celebrity. Would love to see it! My Dad had a grey on grey 86 was a basic model but was still very nice back then. Unfortunately it got rusty yet he took care of it was garage kept but lasted us 8 years.
@Tennesseestorm767 жыл бұрын
Very cool!
@danthechevymanc68 жыл бұрын
Back then, GM built something for everyone. They had every market covered with at least one choice. Today GM has abandoned most niche markets and try to force you to buy a more mainstream model since that's basically all they focus on. I don't think I'll ever buy a new vehicle from any automaker unless they start building what I want. I don't want a car with too much technology and I certainly don't want it to look like every other car on the road. Even back in the 80s when GM badge engineered so many models, you could at least tell the difference between them. Plus you had more choices on design and trim level. Today it's hard to tell the difference from a Honda or a Chevy. I certainly don't want someone think I'm driving a Honda.
@blacksunshine10895 жыл бұрын
That's pretty much every company. It's weird how more competition has led to fewer choices in segments.
@mitcholla5 жыл бұрын
danthechevymanc6 the customer is NOT always right...
@deniskanos20435 жыл бұрын
Um I'd sure rather someone think I'm driving a Honda than a piece of shit Chevy! Every model Honda has to offer is worlds better than the equivalent Chevy, both in looks, performance, and especially reliability. And I'm not a honda fanboy, I'm a BMW guy so I'm stating facts.