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I remember them on the showroom floor and they had 105 horsepower it was a 5.7 L Oldsmobile gasoline engine converted to a diesel

Why do I love these baby Caddys? I've got a problem.... LOL Even when I was selling Chevys back in 1990, when one of these hit the used lot, that's what I'd be driving until it sold.

Cool this the year i was born 1981 same year this was made watching this in 2024 43 years ago this was

The beginning of the real downslide for Cadillac. Nothing was special about these cars. Blew the door open for Lexus and Infinity.

" Blazer with its aerodynamics " ... Yeah like a brick underwater haha

This host also did the DuraLube infomercial back in the early 90s.

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Pontiac built only 1,647 Grand Ams in 1980, which was offered only as a 2 door coupe.

There was no mention of idiots putting Gasoline instead of Diesel into their Diesel cars, Stupidity has no limitations !

At 0:25, I owned an exactly the same one. That example had been assembled in GM's Bienne/Biel CH factory. 4.9 Litre (301 cui) V8 petrol with 4 barrel Rochester carburetor. Absolutely reliable it had been.

This is when Mercedes really started to take over.

Back when a truck wasn't the price of a Cadillac

Perfect for an elegant dinner on a barge floating aimlessly out to sea

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

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.

I miss these times. We didn’t notice it at the time but less frenetic more formal. Less crazy technology. Makes me miss my grand parents.

The problem as I see it was the 85 Cadillac was a good car in some ways. But no better than any other luxury GM brands.

All these men are dead now. Wasted lives selling poor quality caddies

Of course nobody was cross shopping this Cadillac with a Mercedes. The Merc was a good 10-20 grand more in real dollars at that time which was astronomical. Think like 50 grand or more in today’s dollars.

At that time there was no advantage to rear wheel drive over front wheel drive. Especially in the snow belt. More room. Better handling in show. No torque steer due to average acceleration. I liked the styling of these cars. GM quality was suspect

Those cars were beautiful but the 4.1 made them unreliable

Wow thank you so much for uploading this! I used to have an 82 SJ and I loved that thing! Super fun car and I liked the looks. If I had the money, of course I would have bought a Trans Am, but at the time even a used SJ was stretching it. Lots of miles and smiles I put on that car! 😊

I can recall watching comparison videos between Corvair and Valiant, where the Valiants' torsion bar front end was shown to be inferior to Corvairs' arrangement... Yet in this video, Torsion bars are great... What gives Mr Chevrolet? :)

I actually forgot that the suburbans were offered in the different trim packages. I was scratching my head at seeing the Scottsdale badge on one for a few minutes. It's been a minute. 😆

Only thing the inspectors looking for is an excuse 2 get off work before the liquor store closes

How many Caddy salesmen looked over a customer and asked, "What quadrant is this guy?"

🤔☝🏾Station wagons is today's SUV cut and in half 🤔🙆🏾‍♂️ riding low🤔 riding high 🙆🏾‍♂️🤔🕺🏿

Ford vans had a full frame Chevy and Dodge were UNI-BODY construction.......Ford was a much better van also in overall quality hands down thats why they have always been #1 in sales.

Sounds like 1982!!

Love em both but the Ford was better interior was a little more modern also k10/ C10's have issues with frame cracking overall I would buy the Ford.

I would buy this today ( 2024 ) compared to today's garbage crossovers with small turbocharged engines . 😊

I had a ’79 Malibu wagon in the late 1980’s to commute to my first job. It was the lame, stripped down version they sold in the days. It had vinyl bench seats that would burn your thighs if you wore shorts in the summer, no A/C, and back windows didn’t go down. It really felt like you were burning on the beach in Malibu. Can’t forget the horrible AM radio. Summers would be followed with hard starting and persistent stalling in the winter cold that no one could seem to fix. It was so dog slow I joked went 0-60 in 20 minutes.

Wendell family across the street had a beautiful red 98 80-84 regency brougham in burgundy. Was always garaged and kept clean.

Thanks for posting- I always enjoy these vintage films. Their creativity and excellent writing respect the potential customer's intelligence, while gently trying to imply choosing these stylish cars is like entrance into a club of proud, accomplished professionals.

Where can i buy two?

I loved my 78 El Camino. It was a super comfortable car and really was quiet inside. I miss it.

No manual for 80. Why show a 4 speed car. Did not exist

I was 9 when women looked like this. Still love that look 😁

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.

This Olds Toronado and the Cadillac Eldorado were " sister cars " and always were, dating back to 1967 when the Cadillac took on the same underpinning and front wheel drive Olds unit for the Eldorado. The Olds was just a little less " chrome glitzy " and less expensive than the Caddy. The Buick Riviera didn't join the Olds and Cadillac front drive until 1980.

Terrible engines

Here i am 49 looking at a car that was out when i was 7, and you know what? Id drive that today

These are neat, much appreciated for putting them up!

My mom had a 81, unbeknown to mom my brother & I run the crap out the thing ! 😂😂✌

Absolutely love this! Thank You!! 😃

Compared to today's vehicles where you sit in grey blob with an Ipad stuck on the dash. I knew two gals with the red Eldo convertible back in the day. It was a head turner going down the road because everyone knew it was, like, $36K to buy one.

This is so cool! Thank you for sharing this! 😃

Jeez...that's my car. Exactly the same one I had. I miss that boat. Same color, everything.

The guy who designed the engine must have been stoned out of his mind! It was so bad they had to BEG customers to come back!