This 40K Mile 1988 Buick Regal GM10 Car Was a $7 Billion Dud From GM

This 40K Mile 1988 Buick Regal GM10 Car Was a $7 Billion Dud From GM - Review and Test Drive By Bill

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3 жыл бұрын

The GM10 Platform from General Motors had high aspirations - very high. They originally planned to have 7 factories producing the cars, and expected to corner more than 20% of the Domestic new car market, or 500,000 or so of each brand made on the platform.
This didn't happen. GM's enormous bureaucracy and inability to move quickly struck again. The cars came on the market two years later than expected, and utterly failed to wow the public. Contrast that to the Ford release of the Taurus/Sable two years prior, greeted with rave reviews and high sales figures.
The platform, though mismanaged, was not a bad one. The cars were of a fairly high quality, and many remained on the used car market for decades, quite a few even today. The final GM10 derivative, badged as an Impala, was sold in 2015. Not too terrible in terms of longevity, but far from the success GM imagined its 7 billion dollar investment would deliver.
Full review and test drive by Bill - Curious Cars and Autohaus of Naples. Vehicle is for sale at www.AutohausFL.com, or at (239) 263-8500.

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@egold2071 3 жыл бұрын

Oh for the love of God... who else but Bill could go on for 40 minutes about a Buick Regal?! What a proper showman and entertainer!

@billace90 3 жыл бұрын

You couldn’t have said it better!

@jimmehp2748 3 жыл бұрын

His knowledge and, as you put it, showmanship is incredible. Its like a TV show, great to watch.

@egold2071 3 жыл бұрын

@@jimmehp2748 I think he's more like a great book on tape, or for the snowflakes out there, a PodCast. I often throw on a video and listen to it in the background, as I clean house, do dishes, heck... even driving! I do occasionally glance at the screen to see all the fine gun storage he points out. 🔫📥

@tonys8243 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my god is that birds over there....

@JGonYT 3 жыл бұрын

Keep doing what you're doing man! Love seeing the older cars and love your info & commentary! I went to see an early 90's one of these for my first car back in '04, lets just say it wasn't as advertised and we left pretty quick.

@donovancampbell3092 3 жыл бұрын

GM is essentially the British Leyland of the U.S. domestic automakers. Fantastic, brilliant ideas and designs, ruined by accountants, cost-cutting, and poor management.

@richardfeibel3154 3 жыл бұрын

CORRECT!!! THE BEAN COUNTERS RUINED CADILLAC

@broncomcbane6382 3 жыл бұрын

Nope. GM mgmt was brilliant. The problem was the company was too big and the thing called synergy. In order to become more profitable the bought theor own subsidiaries. Thing is as technologically increased they had to.implement new products from.their subsidiaries into their product line up. This caused delays. Another was top heavy mgmt where too many department heads had to.sign off on the development stage to move to the next level. This too caused delays.

@fp5495 3 жыл бұрын

Yea, but GM still exists, and GM's had issues, but Leylands were horrific.

@nickajk1 2 жыл бұрын

Don't compare general motors to British Leland GM still putting out quality cars British Leland is it around anymore not that I'm aware of

@LynxStarAuto 2 жыл бұрын

@@broncomcbane6382 Brilliant? You are talking about a company that canned Pontiac (their sports brand) but thought performance influenced models like the SSR and HHR would compete well in a market which didn't exist, and nobody asked for. Also the company that pushed the "cheaper Chevrolet" in Saturn, while also rebadging some of those models as Chevrolets, and introducing a EV car program, then pulling the rug from under it almost immediately, whilist telling consumers no you are wrong, you don't want to buy this. GM management is pitiful. Their mindset is like a combination of a prepubescent and a menstrating woman with a personality disorder coalesced in the middle of an episodic outburst.

@richardmorris7063 3 жыл бұрын

Its remarkable that someone took such good care of this run of the mill car.

@partsgator3462 3 жыл бұрын

Old people do strange things.. lol

@HADJEE 3 жыл бұрын

@@partsgator3462 It came with a walker.

@billace90 3 жыл бұрын

@@HADJEE and a bag full of Polident and Geritol.

@JakeDrives1 3 жыл бұрын

Naples is like a museum for these types of cars. They're everywhere. It's the coolest thing!

@partsgator3462 3 жыл бұрын

@@JakeDrives1 My Dad lives in Fort Myers, so I’ll have to check it out. I’ve seen a lot of Florida cars with low miles for sale but they usually want a mint for them.

@1984Mike 3 жыл бұрын

Shreds a car for nearly 40 minutes. Checks dealer inventory a week later: sale pending. Awesome as always Bill!

@0utc4st1985 3 жыл бұрын

A car that wasn't considered good in the 80s is considered better in style and philosophy than what we have today.

@Jack_Stafford 3 жыл бұрын

I thought this was a very smooth and elegant looking car, I wonder how much it sold for?! I tend to like big cars, but that are basic on equipment , you get all the comfort , room and smooth ride but not all of the doodads to fail and complicate things. This car would have been perfect for me!

@BigWheel. 3 жыл бұрын

People know what they're getting into buying these, honestly from the seller helps.

@elvinposey5251 2 жыл бұрын

@@0utc4st1985 I love cars like this! better than over price garbage today! and as he said cheap parts! repairs bills lower.

@ddoyle11 3 жыл бұрын

No, it wasn’t GM’s finest hour. But it is nice to see one in such pristine condition for its age. On another note, I think Dalton should cohost one of your videos. We want to hear his take! 😄

@yankeedoodle6293 3 жыл бұрын

Never thought I’d sit through a 40 minute review of a mid 80’s regal. This guy had me captivated. Just discovered the channel. Best reviewer on the tube....👍

@the-btc-tradingfloor2808 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best if not the best car reviewer

@protorhinocerator142 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love his snide comments along the way. Snide comments, nostalgia, and a general tone of lovable grumpiness.

@TheHomeExpert5 3 жыл бұрын

7 billion dollars? That car looks like it was designed for $50,000 including lunch.

@aaronwilliams6989 3 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@seansullivan4709 3 жыл бұрын

Terrible styling. If you looked at this and the Grand Prix from the rear, there was a strange awkwardness to them. Not well thought out at all but better than the Grand Am styling on everything else. The Regal I "inherited" broke down on my birthday.

@henrysniper8481 3 жыл бұрын

@@seansullivan4709 Happy birthday 🎂😁

@stevelovescars 3 жыл бұрын

I used to work four Saturn corporation. The GM folks used to bitch that the $2B GM spent starting Saturn was a total waste that should have gone to more models for GM divisions. I pointed out that the company spent 3x that amount on the GM10 platform, alone, and didn’t get a new brand, a new factory, a new dealer network, and cars that sold mostly to people who were completely incremental to their current base of buyers (85% or so didn’t even consider another GM brand). They usually just shuffled away at that point.

@aaronwilliams6989 3 жыл бұрын

@@seansullivan4709 Bazaar.

@donswier 3 жыл бұрын

Bill- I seriously appreciate your historical context for each car ....amazing. Some reviewers just spew stats or features. You give a REASON why each car was built from a strategic planning perspective. Reminds me of the business classes I had ages ago that weren't simply boring pablum.

@benscampers1818 3 жыл бұрын

I concur - a great insight into what society and the economy was like at that time.

@egold2071 3 жыл бұрын

The picture overlays are particularly helpful. It really helps us realize, sh!t, GM really made that many cars from the same crappy ingredients?!

@e.f.clarke2041 3 жыл бұрын

General Motors in 1988: “We know its late, but it’ll run for *at least* a year.”

@rocketsmall4547 3 жыл бұрын

shut up and take money

@mfslyphantom8811 3 жыл бұрын

There is no way they would give you such a long warranty without paying extra.

@tomh507 3 жыл бұрын

"I'm not bending over to get that stupid cassette" *proceeds to fumble the next cassette onto the floor and pick only that one up*

@brunobalestra 3 жыл бұрын

This. This right here is why KZfaq is a gold mine. Every once in a while you find a huge golf nugget such as this.

@mikecronis 3 жыл бұрын

My grandmother owned this version. It's actually a good car overall.

@irrelevantwaffles 3 жыл бұрын

I have one with a 3800. I love it super comfortable. They couldnt have made the interior plastic bits more cheaply if they tried tho.

@monkeywkeys3916 3 жыл бұрын

@@irrelevantwaffles I like em. Yeah the interior but I still liked inside. And the Olds Supreme

@josephcalhoun7462 3 жыл бұрын

Gosh I love this dashboard. Between this and any modern car of the same range, I'd take this Buick without hesitation! Don't care if it's badly built! I wish we had "cheap luxury" cars like that in France.

@mouse2A 2 жыл бұрын

got one in pristine condition only 43000 miles as my first car, original paint and everything all red interior and exterior

@nathanlewis5682 3 жыл бұрын

"Who the F is Johnny?" I busted out laughing on that.

@treedeblue 3 жыл бұрын

This dud of a car looks like my high school gym teacher, seriously.

@billace90 3 жыл бұрын

Or High School librarian!

@tientrinh943 3 жыл бұрын

Did he touch you?

@treedeblue 3 жыл бұрын

Tien Trinh nah he allowed a group of us in a panty rad on the girls locker room during pool time, he was quite the bro with a mullet

@gregholman2930 3 жыл бұрын

@@tientrinh943 Lol!

@tientrinh943 3 жыл бұрын

@@treedeblue damn that’s fun man! I’m glad you didn’t get mad at me lol

@JoesGoldenGarage 3 жыл бұрын

Oh hell. I bought one of these years ago from an estate. A 92 with 22k miles. A limited with red leather This was 2013is. Man. I thought it drove great!

@seansullivan4709 3 жыл бұрын

The '88 versions were terrible. Coarse motors, cheap interior parts, just complete garbage. GM did damage control in the early '90s and restyled, refined, revamped much of the product line.

@kcmaldonado3948 2 жыл бұрын

My parents bought one of the first 1988 Regals. Everyone was in awe of the styling, then they'd sit in the car and the first thing they commented on was the wood trim looked like shelf contact paper, which is basically what it was. Sticker price $15911, still remember that.

@jamie.777 7 ай бұрын

Damn! They were pricey. I had the economy 1984 chevy celebrity 😊😊

@kcmaldonado3948 2 ай бұрын

@@jamie.777That car was a piece of junk. We traded it off for a Camry two years later, that car got close to 300,000 miles without any problems.

@ronmccullock1407 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back Bill, it is -4C here in England! Sorry the birds were keeping an eye on you and left their mark on the car! Fantastic review of a fantastic car. Nice to see Peter is back in a S Class.

@2strokepower803 3 жыл бұрын

Mmm -4celcius sounds wonderful. We have -20 c here in Sweden now :(

@philiplee7604 3 жыл бұрын

“ Single mum waitresses with 8 kids”... Bill just keeps on giving!!!

@rudolphguarnacci197 3 жыл бұрын

Where can I meet her?

@myintegruns12s51 3 жыл бұрын

Waffle House

@rudolphguarnacci197 3 жыл бұрын

@@myintegruns12s51 There!

@firstnamelastname6171 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome.

@dentman67 3 жыл бұрын

I must have detailed, undercoating, and pinstriped a thousand of them!

@elvinposey5251 2 жыл бұрын

how do you keep a car like that without storing in garage? I am about to buy one!

@reginaldbowls7180 3 жыл бұрын

Still has the crotch vent though.

@widtrak77 3 жыл бұрын

We called them sack vents in high school🙂

@s.i2898 3 жыл бұрын

@@widtrak77 you sure did.

@lucwolf1 3 жыл бұрын

We called them pussy coolers.

@reginaldbowls7180 3 жыл бұрын

@@widtrak77 Why does Santa have such a big sack? .... He only comes once a year !

@nobullshoot 3 жыл бұрын

One day would love to see Bill start a video and have a bird drop a massive bomb right in the middle of the windshield. Bill's reaction would be priceless.

@firstnamelastname6171 3 жыл бұрын

That would be sweet.

@MarinCipollina 2 жыл бұрын

Okay.. This is unacceptable..It really is. oh my god, look at the sheer volume of that thing.. It probably ate a dead armadillo.

@CollinMacQuarrie Жыл бұрын

@@MarinCipollina 😂😂😂

@Tonyk24 3 жыл бұрын

Bill always makes my day when he uploads

@gregholman2930 3 жыл бұрын

Heck Yea!

@abdulabdanahib9617 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man I love the way you telling stories

@nickwilczynski3684 3 жыл бұрын

When 'Journey's Greatest Hits' turned into 'Johnny's Greatest Hits' (assuming Johnny Mathis?) we reached a new point in Bill Greatness.

@ericjnorman 3 жыл бұрын

“Who the hell is that? I bet it sucks so I’m going to play it”

@donaldwilson2620 3 жыл бұрын

What was neat about the GM 10 cars was that four wheel disc brakes were standard. At that time, four wheel disc brakes were rare on a mainstream mid size car at that time. Rear discs were usually available only on sporty versions of mainstream mid size cars at the time. On today's cars, rear drums are getting more rare and could only be seen on entry level subcompact cars.

@Terminxman 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure why they were surprised, they went from a legendary RWD platform to a front engine front wheel drive turd.

@rocketsmall4547 3 жыл бұрын

they had good cars b4 90

@gui18bif 3 жыл бұрын

Like BMW nowadays, and they will also fail.

@papa_pt 2 жыл бұрын

@@gui18bif except they still have all the rwd stuff too. Yes the new fwd 1 and 2 series are mini coopers in disguise 😂 biggest loss was steering feedback during the switch to eps around 2011

@drbenmccullough2608 3 жыл бұрын

When they went front wheel drive it all went down hill after this ..and the president and ceos drained the company. And also the union. No wonder why gm went under. Over priced cheap cars

@chris92282 3 жыл бұрын

Went under where? Pretty sure they stayed in business.

@SimeonToko 3 жыл бұрын

@@chris92282 The stayed in business because the Obama Administration saved them with bailouts. GM "executives" ran the company into the ground.

@chris92282 3 жыл бұрын

@@SimeonToko I’m pretty sure bailouts were due to financial meltdown of 2008...granted they took bail $$ and paid it back early and w/interest! Not too mention if they did go under what about thousands of Americans that work for GM would’ve been out of a job. Would you still feel good if they did go under? Probably not.

@continentalaquatics2725 3 жыл бұрын

@@SimeonToko Hai! The food stamp president bail out gm and Chrysler and make America garbage. The next president was gold and the current one is fake. Gm failure like peace of Westphalia

@seansullivan4709 3 жыл бұрын

Complete and utter garbage being peddled to the public. It was criminal theft by the top brass at GM.

@labornurse 3 жыл бұрын

I had a 90 grand am gt that received this level of undeserved attention. I got it to 160k miles though!

@marksmith8928 3 жыл бұрын

@Not Today I still have one, lol.

@marksmith8928 3 жыл бұрын

@Not Today Mine's a '99, and you are right on the mark. Pontiac used to have a little extra. This one has the better and more refined quad 4 engine, but does everything completely average, except fuel economy, which is very good. In short, it accelerates averagely, stops averagely, handles averagely, is averagely comfortable, and would make a great Chevrolet, lol!

@t-roy2418 3 жыл бұрын

Means a lot to me too was my second car. I brought from my mom and pop.... Man I had fun

@W1se0ldg33zer 3 жыл бұрын

The reason for the high cost is that GM did a complete top-to-bottom reorganization. Which included massive upgrading of their factories. They were swapping out floor workers for robots as well. My old man would travel around from factory to factory all over the country for his job back then and he said where you used to see 10 guys working, now there's 10 robots with one guy pushing a button.

@FunBoxBoards 3 жыл бұрын

The death of the famed “Grand National”

@jeffcharlton9660 3 жыл бұрын

No wonder it was a dud coming after those.

@billace90 3 жыл бұрын

LOL!!! Please don’t miss Bill’s mini rant encore at 39:26!!!!

@mattcaser6581 3 жыл бұрын

That was actually a pretty darn good business analysis of GM at the time ! Good job Bill. And I always love your starting out complaining of the weather ! LOL.

@remembergodisalwayswithyou6862 3 жыл бұрын

The person who is reading this comment i wish you great success health love and happiness ❤ i am from morocco God bless everyone here God bless United States of America 💟

@TheHomeExpert5 3 жыл бұрын

God bless you, and may you come to Faith in Jesus Christ, God's only path to Salvation. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except through me." That's John 14:6.

@egold2071 3 жыл бұрын

Pardon...? This comment section just got 'more confusing than Father's Day at Mick Jagger or Wilt Chamberlain's house.'

@continentalaquatics2725 3 жыл бұрын

And go to McDonald’s every day

@remembergodisalwayswithyou6862 3 жыл бұрын

@@continentalaquatics2725 good night

@ericbitzer5247 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, wish you the same. God bless!!

@robertreuter5498 3 жыл бұрын

Just came here to say I absolutely LOVE these review videos. Bill, you're a gem. Thanks for doing what you do!

@diedonner299 3 жыл бұрын

Wait a minute. You’re trying to SELL this car in the video?? 😂

@randiruiz96 3 жыл бұрын

The 4dr Caddies Seville Were Only Built 4 Years In A Row 75' 76'77' 78' Best Of My memories*

@keegroup 3 жыл бұрын

The only car review channel that can get from a Buick to the Unabomber in context!

@Johnathan_Waters 3 жыл бұрын

Stereo crackling is probably due to failed/dried out electrolytic capacitors. If you need someone to repair it, send it to me! My contribution to the channel :)

@Johnathan_Waters 3 жыл бұрын

@@AMthefox You know Bill will most likely never read this, let alone attempt to repair the radio on his own lol

@pdennis93 3 жыл бұрын

The ford thunderbird didn't have airbags until 1994. It had motorized belts from 89-93.

@Stressless2023 3 жыл бұрын

I was just about to post that comment. Barely any mainstream cars had an airbag in '88, not sure why he felt this one should've. The '88 Dodge Diplomat and Chrysler 5th Avenues were kind of Guinea Pigs for that technology, and definitely anomalies at the time aside from the '89 Lincoln Continental which was the 1st Ford to offer dual airbags, and the Ford Tempo which offered an optional driver's air bag from the mid-80's until the end of it's production in '94.

@pdennis93 3 жыл бұрын

@@Stressless2023 1990 was when the driver's side passive restraint was mandated. GM half assed it with the door mounted belts in cars with a full door frame and only added driver side airbags to cars with no upper door frame like Camaro, Firebird, and Corvette. Iirc 1994 was when passenger passive restraints were mandated. I know this because a friend had a 1994 Plymouth Sundance. It had one of the weirdest setups because they added a motorized belt for the passenger side. The driver's side had an airbag and manual belt but they didn't want to redesign the dash for a passenger airbag since the Plymouth breeze was coming out in 1995 to replace the Sundance so they just slapped the passive belt on that side for a single year.

@Stressless2023 3 жыл бұрын

@@pdennis93 Yes it was 1994. The Sundance was replaced by the Neon for '95, the Breeze replaced the Acclaim in '96. Never knew that about the '94 Sundance/Shadow though, I actually owned a '93 in college. I can believe that about the half-assed remark towards GM at the time, they were one of the last automakers to adopt air bags throughout their lines, while Chrysler offered a standard airbag in virtually every passenger car they built in 1990 outside of vans and trucks, and Ford wasn't far behind.

@pdennis93 3 жыл бұрын

@@Stressless2023 ah yeah I meant the neon. And yeah, I owned a 1993 Thunderbird SC. I believe it was one of the last Ford cars without airbags. Maybe the 1994 Tempo/Topaz were the last as they were replaced by the Contour/Mystique in 95. I vaguely remember a friend having a 95 Escort without them as well. I can't believe GM was allowed to put the seatbelts on the doors. That seems like a recipe for disaster if one of the doors opens in a collision.

@pgtmr2713 3 жыл бұрын

@@Stressless2023 I believe there was an Airbag factory that blew up causing GM to fall behind with airbags in their vehicles. I still have a 94 Probe GT the first with dual airbags standard. They changed the dash for 93 then had to change it again for 94 to add the second airbag. Thunderbird SC's were cool, got to be the 5 speed. I still want to know how fast those things were. I figure around 6.5 seconds to 60, maybe better.

@robertpace901 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy your historical observations on the car industry.

@gregholman2930 3 жыл бұрын

I Concur!!

@danlc95 Жыл бұрын

My Dad bought the fancy version for my Mom for Christmas in 88. I was 12. It brought home my first good drum set summer of 90, and became my mode of transport when I turned 16. I drove my high school sweetheart in it..... So many great memories in that car. I even learned how to machine polish paint on it at my best friend's house in 96. It was constantly needing vacuum lines and oxygen sensors. It eventually died in 1997. Something with the transmission. But I'll always remember that 1998 blue Buick Regal Limited.

@NickG123 3 жыл бұрын

"Johnny" is Johnny Mathis, one of my grandmothers favorites.

@XerxesTheGreatOne 3 жыл бұрын

Johnny cash!

@ronofficial5958 3 жыл бұрын

Either one! Bad MFers Johnny or Johnny...

@gregholman2930 3 жыл бұрын

@@ronofficial5958 Lol & you can't leave out the pot smoking Grand Father of Country-no other than the legend himself ole man Willie Nelson "On The Road Again"...CHEERS!

@ronofficial5958 3 жыл бұрын

@@gregholman2930 not to mention Johnny Paycheck. Forgot him...

@XerxesTheGreatOne 3 жыл бұрын

Dude sounds like the alien in American dad... also has the same attitude! XD

@TheJ602 3 жыл бұрын

Roger

@XerxesTheGreatOne 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheJ602 Ya him xD

@zackhillman739 3 жыл бұрын

“I don’t know who the hell is texting me this morning but they can screw off”🤣🤣🤣

@Socooomfy 3 жыл бұрын

I love the format of these videos. Super chill. A lot of info but he keeps it super interesting.

@rmf5000 2 жыл бұрын

This you tube channel is incredible! Your humor makes me laugh over and over - On another note you have one hell of a knowledge of these old sleds. You are exceptional thanks for all the videos . I would love to see more night time dash boards maybe as a a mix - just an idea. I would imagine the dash boards at night would be incredible in some of these old cars.

@playstation1331 3 жыл бұрын

i love how you tell the story about the car and showing stuff and information on the screen

@rafaelfiallo4123 3 жыл бұрын

Passing a broken Mercedes and Range Rover in your 33 year old "crappy GM dreck".....priceless.

@luiscerda2132 3 жыл бұрын

Keep it up Bill! These 8 to 40 minutes of content are good times and always makes my day. One of these days those birds will disappear like those goats have for this segment.

@missaneido7417 3 жыл бұрын

Bill, thank you for the memory lane tour. I am almost embarrassed to admit that I owned a 4 door version of this platform for about 3 years. For the day, it was ok at best. Few things went wrong every now and then, but the parts were available, reasonably priced and a weekend DIY at home got it back on the road. Not a bad daily driver for a highway commute.

@abramsmm1 3 жыл бұрын

A supercharged Grand Prix would be an interesting ride. I had a 2000 GP GT sedan, 3800 Series II, really ate up the miles like a big GM car should.

@danielleclare2938 3 жыл бұрын

Had a 90 Lumina 2 door with the 3.1. Wow what a difference from the 2.8 it was quick and drove very nice on the highway.. nothing to look at but comfy handy efficient and powerful so was a good car!.

@leventak911 3 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy Bill's reviews. So much information! Very informative.

@one4uf 3 жыл бұрын

I love this video. My first car was a 1992 Regal Custom with the 3800 V6. It was Custom, but with almost all of the GS trim pieces, wheels, bucket seats, full console, console shifter and digital dash. My grandfather bought it new and, when he passed away in 1997, the car came to me a few months later. I only kept it for a couple years before selling it in 1999. Would be cool to have it back again. Mine was silver with black and red trim. In hindsight, it was a nice looking car. It was affectionately known as “the Silver Bullet”. We loaded it up with a bunch of kids. I may or may not be able to confirm that a bottle of ABC vodka and a bottle Meyers rum fit behind that carpet panel in the trunk on the right side.

@tommitchell2055 3 жыл бұрын

I thought crotch coolers for the driver was a cool feature in itself, but this car has one for the passenger too

@rmknicks 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to see that the local fauna wasn't sizing you up for kibble.

@tientrinh943 3 жыл бұрын

You’re ahead of your time in auto reviews, the world and your vocabulary is excellent. Ineffable how great your script is. Music to my ears.

@benscampers1818 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man! This made my evening! I love these obscure 80s gm cars... What my dad always had growing up.. I can smell the interior 😂 thanks for your always great commentary Bill! Your insight and humor are great!

@jimroy969 3 жыл бұрын

New car smell was off gassing of the foam rubber seat cushions. Now they use urethane foam which is hard as a rock and the new car smell is gone .

@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary 3 жыл бұрын

This was the literal definition of an "AnyCar" come to life!!

@ericbucci6325 3 жыл бұрын

Love these reviews - so informative and hilariously sarcastic

@440mgnm 3 жыл бұрын

I think "Johnny's Greatest Hits" is a Johnny Mathis album there Bill. Made his bones doing predominantly Christmas music back in the day of these folks you bought this Buick from

@JRideReviewsJCSR 3 жыл бұрын

1989 Buick Regal Gran Sport was my first car. OMG this brought back memories . Love your reviews.

@MostlyBuicks 3 жыл бұрын

GM offered airbags in 1973 and 1974. Customers did not respond well.

@aaronwilliams6989 3 жыл бұрын

In fact, a lot of people still refused to ware seat belts, even, back then.

@rafaelfiallo4123 3 жыл бұрын

1974-1976, the ACRS, 1973's were prototype Chevrolets, but the actual ACRS option was only available on Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac full size closed cars, no convertibles or wagons. It was a dual airbag set up, it was pricey and you lost the tilt and telescoping steering wheel option.

@aaronwilliams6989 3 жыл бұрын

@@rafaelfiallo4123 Plus, they took up most of the inside of the steering wheel and were fat, even fatter than when they first came out in cars for good in the late 1980's.

@rafaelfiallo4123 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah you ended up with a big hub bumper car steering wheel that wasn't really attractive.

@aaronwilliams6989 3 жыл бұрын

@@rafaelfiallo4123 and probably pretty hard to steer comfortably, making the car a bit clumsy.

@TheAnthonyMacias 3 жыл бұрын

29:02 I had to pause and take a moment to collect myself, this guy is amazing. "Who the fuck is Johnny?" I laughed so damn hard dude

@martinknoerr8037 3 жыл бұрын

Bill Love your reviews. You are a flippin hoot, and make me laugh. Everytime I view your reports on the cars you offer it feels like I'm hearing an old friend. Keep up the great work.

@TheHomeExpert5 3 жыл бұрын

That is a fantastic question! Where did all the seven billion dollars go? Unbelievable.

@johneldorado 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Insane that GM spent $7 billion on this design, where did all the money go?

@bigmedge Жыл бұрын

mostly in shareholders' pockets unfortunately

@JoesGoldenGarage 3 жыл бұрын

Engelbert’s wife just died this week this is freaking hilarious man I can’t stop laughing

@SeanKayGee 3 жыл бұрын

Love that you always give us the history lesson. Even with the seatbelts. I was only 4 years old when this car came out so I would have never known that.

@braddahg 3 жыл бұрын

Middle class car of the 90s...seen a ton of these in middle/high school parking lots...similar to seeing Accord and/or Camry's today. Very well done presentation, Curious Cars.

@TheHomeExpert5 3 жыл бұрын

The door handles are the best part of a car oh, and the worst part of most cars of the last 20 years.

@pdennis93 3 жыл бұрын

I had a friend with a 95 cutlass supreme with those door handles. The driver's side broke.

@watershed44 2 жыл бұрын

@Read Zechariah That's because most of those handles are plastic shite, doesn't matter which manufacturer they are all shite.

@TheHomeExpert5 2 жыл бұрын

@@watershed44 I was referring to the clean simple design.

@s.i2898 3 жыл бұрын

This man, is a fu?&ing legend.

@waldo1967 10 ай бұрын

6:15 My older brother owned a Chevy Citation back in the day. He always had bad taste in just about everything. Still does...😉 My mother owned a 1980 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. (the G-body you mentioned) I got to drive it in high school. It was a damn good car. Dark blue with a landau vinyl top and a V-8 under the hood. Good times and good memories.😍

@josephthornton4206 3 жыл бұрын

My first car in high school was the 90 Grand Prix. 2 tone candy apple red with silver at the bottom. We looked at Regal and Cutlass Supreme. Grand Prix was more sporty and had super tight handling. Loved it so much I traded it in on a 95 Grand Prix. Also red

@klasseact6663 3 жыл бұрын

Had to follow the G-body, tough job!

@jeffcharlton9660 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Big shoes to fill.

@cashkenterprises5584 3 жыл бұрын

Another GM video from papa bill😎

@deltaboy767 2 жыл бұрын

Boy do I remember this car. My first new car i bought was a 1991 Pontiac Grand Prix GT, and I know mine had the 3100 V6, peppy engine for it's time. I drove the hell out that car, bought it brand new, and kept it until 2015. I was so proud of my new car purchase back then. In 1991 i was 19.

@marcharrington5228 3 жыл бұрын

Your killing me man! I opened the back door of the Rover and said to my friend “ Plenty of room for Canadians”. All is lost.

@kevinsnell1622 3 жыл бұрын

The rear wheel doesn’t center in the wheel well.

@robertf4108 3 жыл бұрын

Now I can’t unsee it.

@pgilb70 3 жыл бұрын

well spotted!

@egold2071 3 жыл бұрын

I also can't unsee it. And now I can't get over the huge gap between the tires and the fenders! What the hell kind of Buick is this? A Regal Outback? 🥴

@akickboxralph1 3 жыл бұрын

Never mind the wheel, did anyone notice he was doing 84 mph in 2nd gear?

@windanthonystream 3 жыл бұрын

I drove this car back in high school back in 1996...

@gregholman2930 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, you even had balls back then didn't ya?

@windanthonystream 3 жыл бұрын

@@gregholman2930 it was my grandmothers car. She passed away and left the car to me. I was kinda embarrassed at first. I would sneak and park in the teacher parking lot so other schoolmates wouldn’t see me. I got caught so eventually I had to park in the student parking lot.

@gregholman2930 3 жыл бұрын

@@windanthonystream Well at least you had some wheels, right, beats walking or having to take the bus.

@windanthonystream 3 жыл бұрын

@@gregholman2930 I'm thankful that I had a car. Most of the kids at my school caught the bus!

@jamesboardman8859 3 жыл бұрын

Bill, my hunch is that the JOHNNY cassette tape, you found in the Regal, is one either by "CHANCES ARE" artist JOHNNY MATHIS, or "FOLSOM PRISON" artist JOHNNY CASH. My grandmother's last car was a 1984, X Platform, Buick Skylark Custom 4dr Sdn. It was a nice little car, peppy, equipped with the optional V/6 engine, A/T, P/S, P/B, & A/C. Nimble to drive, easy on gas, and was trouble free during the time she owned it!

@quota77 3 жыл бұрын

i love his knowledge of cars and how he ties it to the events of the era. plus hes funny as hell. must be fun to hang out with.

@matthewlandon85 3 жыл бұрын

Memories of going to church with grandmaw in the summertime are what this car is made of.

@Austin86646 3 жыл бұрын

These things sold like hot cakes FWIW. All of the brands.

@sporkfindus4777 Жыл бұрын

I pissed myself when Bill dropped that tape next to the one he said he was not bending over to pick up 😂 "Who the f*** is Johnny?!"

@202tupper 3 жыл бұрын

Love this car, remember the excitement before they came out and what a bummer lol- had a super low mile one (1989) thro our shop recently that was totally stripped with window cranks and full solid bench seat- remember seeing this at the auto show at the time and feeling my brain freeze as I took in the dash and its slit of set down gauges- thanks for showing this car Bill

@aaronwilliams6989 3 жыл бұрын

I was shocked to see a new, though stripped down, Chevy Blazer pickup truck in a showroom without even a radio in it, that's just how spartan it was. And this was in 1993, for crying out loud! LOL!

@MrCarGuy 3 жыл бұрын

29:06 Laughed way too hard at the tape and tape deck debacle. Probably needs a tape head cleaner put in there to say the least.

@cyearns 3 жыл бұрын

The 88s tbird turbo coupe did not have srs air bags

@donaldwilson2620 3 жыл бұрын

You're right. The 87-88 Turbo Coupe did have standard ABS though. Airbags didn't arrive on the Thunderbird/Cougar until 1994. The 1989-93 Thunderbird/Cougar had motorized seat belts.

@davidmeyer8133 3 жыл бұрын

He might have been thinking of the Tempo/Topaz, they had a driver side airbag as an option from ‘86 on up.

@manofthehour6856 2 жыл бұрын

These were so common, but haven't seen one in years. GM's tides turned quickly with the wholesale conversion from RWD to FWD. Some the challanges were external, like the one-two punch of emissions requirements and fuel economy standards / gas prices (not to mention safety regulations), but added to that recipe for decline was GM management ceding so much power to accounting that the quality and durability of its products became abyssmal. The last great GM cars (apart from the random Solstice, or maybe Fiero, Aurora) were the A, B, and C body cars. The B bodies were my favorite, although they were already becoming archaic in 1980 despite the attractive facelift.

@tientrinh943 3 жыл бұрын

You’re ahead of your time in auto reviews, the world and your vocabulary is excellent.

@davidp3768 3 жыл бұрын

Everybody Loves Bill! Although nobody wants this car, the Electra wasn't as bad. Bill "piece of Shit" - well you're right!

@AlexanderCrump 3 жыл бұрын

I thought these were so ugly when they came out. The Pontiac was the best looking of this sad bunch.

@gregholman2930 3 жыл бұрын

Pontiacs were crap, of course the exception being the Trans Am, it was the sh*t in the late 70s & early 80s, it was every 16-40 year old's fantasy car, that & the Camaro IROC which was it's only competition! ...CHEERS!

@sbhimji4568 3 жыл бұрын

Growing up, we had a Buick Regal Limited Edition, with the spoiler on the back. Same color as this one. It was a good car.

@DFX4509B 3 жыл бұрын

This would've been perfect for introducing the 3800 in, which came out the same year. Also, the Quad-4 would've been a cool base engine as well, how I would've done it is have the base trim use the Quad-4 as the standard engine option, and then the top-level trim would've had the 3800 as an option.

@donaldwilson2620 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, the 3800 V6 option didn't arrive until 1990. My high school friend's mother had a 90 Regal Limited with the 3800 V6 and it was pretty powerful back then.

@klasseact6663 3 жыл бұрын

Pure Radwood car right here ❗❗

@ericbitzer5247 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I do like the car, but I think there was some embezzling going on for those billions.

@MarinCipollina 2 жыл бұрын

Embezzlement is a crime. What happened is huge amounts of money was just wasted, because that's what GM does. Probably wasted it on marketing instead of you know, spending it on the actual development of the car. It should have had airbags and antilock brakes, but maybe the antilock brakes were still a year or two off.. I think those were early '90s. But still, that confusing and just plain weird dashboard.. Strange for the sake of being strange.. Like those beer tap door handles built into the B pillars. ACRES of wood contact paper, and a confusing array of non-intuitive tiny buttons to make the ventilation and audio system function.

@9rows 3 жыл бұрын

4:30 LEGEND!

@omar_padilla 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another great video sir you don't know how much I appreciate your videos, they're always help make my day a little better!!. Much love and respect from Cali sir.