The S60 T5 from 2003 is an amazing car. Incredible power and comfort.

I love the 80’s rally car snow plow lower bumper. This car has almost every insane 80’s quirks.

The sound of these engine ❤

Death trap junk

0:27 "the highly regarded Opel Omega"... I honestly think any German who knows anything about cars would have to giggle if they heard this. Opel was a cheap brand with poor reliability, and a definite vibe of "this is only a tool for you to get from point A to point B, not something desirable". The slogan people used to make fun of them was "Jeder Popel fährt 'nen Opel", meaning "every booger (a pathetic person) drives an Opel". They/we never understood why the US decided to pick a low cost & low image car to sell it as an expensive Caddillac. Exactly the same happened ca. 10 years before, when Ford of USA tried to launch the new, trendy and rather expensive "Merkur" brand, by importing the only minimally altered Ford of Germany SIerra (Merkur XR2) and Scorpio. They tried to tell the US buyer that Merkur was the European alternative to BMW or Merc... Ford of Germany stopped building "big cars" after the Scorpio since nobody bought them. The slogan for Ford in old commercials was "Ford - nur fliegen ist schöner", meaning "Ford - only flying is better/more beautiful", but Germans turned this into "Ford - nur Fliegen SIND schöner!", meaning "Ford - only FLIES are prettier" (fliegen=flying; die Fliege= the fly) ;) They put some makeup on a pig and boldly claimed it was a top model... Funny.

When you need to drown out the sound of traffic and peasants 😆

Baltimore Assembly, it closed in 2005 when they discontinued the Astro. They built Astros for 20 years.

Had a 96 safari slt nice van pulled our 21 ft boat well when our 2000 grand Cherokee 4.7 H.O couldn’t

I drove one of these beasts for a courier service. it seemed indestructible, but that was it's only charm. I don't remember how many miles it had, but it was probably enormous. it was no match for elevation changes on NY's Taconic Parkway. flooring it down the hills to gain momentum for the next uphill was absolutely required. I seem to remember falling to less that 30 mph up some of the hills,. which was not only frustrating but proved to be dangerous when normal speed traffic approached from behind. the only vehicles in the courier fleet it handled better than were the old USPS mail jeeps, which were complete death boxes over 40mph. I heard they had raided some of the Chevette parts to make the Pontiac Fiero, which put it permanently on my avoid at all costs list.

Ford launched Expedition in 1996 for 1997 as first full size suv 9 seater five door

GM bring van back as EV 2026

I like that Pat used a Crown Vic to demonstrate how to look for a car that will suit you and your needs. A Crown Vic (or Grand Marquis or Town Car) is very comfortable, roomy, and will last for many, many years with proper care. As for “unsolvable” problems, the only thing to complain about is gas mileage. 17 mpg city and 24 mpg highway is to be expected for a big, rear wheel drive, body-on-frame sedan (or station wagon) with a V8 engine.

I would never get the Chevrolet Sprint. No three cylinder engine for me. I'll take a Chevrolet Spectrum(had a 1987 one before). It at least had four cylinder engines.

It only took Chrysler 30+ years to make that minivan.

Beautiful.

I wish we would have got the imperial

That looks like a Callaway twin turbo Corvette with the air ducts on the hood.

When Hyundai was still the underdog so was the price..now they aren't the underdog..and that is sad

Had new in 1984. Got married owning that car. Long ago traded the car in. Still have the girl. 2025. It's been a hell of a journey.

These are so cool. But at least the Expression is still made.

A friend of mine had a white, four door, diesel I Mark. I thought it was a cool car.

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 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!!!!!)!!!!!!! We actually rented one of these Astro EXT's (a red 1992 CS model) after our first VW Vanagon got totaled. WHAT A POS!!!!

This was one of the very first MotorWeek road tests that I saw on PBS back in 1983. I was (and still am) a huge fan of European sedans, so I loved watching this MW road test on KZbin over 40 years later!

19 mpg highway ?with a overdrive trans seems very low.

Am I the only one that cringes when the host says "Oriental"? (2500+ lbs for a car this size is rather porky too.)

I'll never forget the day as a kid when my uncle paid us a visit and loudly and proudly declared " I just bought a Vette!" we all hurried outside and the Chevette was sitting there in all it's glory lol

"Well, it looks like we're going to have to increase Craig's budget so he can eat in REAL restaurants." - John Davis

I owned this car . . blind spot? are they comparing this to a Pacer ??

I remember when I wanted one of those Fairmont T-Birds!!

Aqui no Brasil houve uma versão de 1000 cc. Muito mais lento que esse.

Total junk. I had one!

Fun fact, Many missing persons reports from the 1980's are people still on the way to work!

I had one of these turbos in 1986-87...very fast when the turbo kicked in...2 seater

The early T-Birds are my FAV 50s cars.

It was a cool car

A Chevy Celebrity copycat.

I was 9 when this car was new and always loved those wheels, the rear end and the interior but nothing beat what would come in 1983 !

the caddy that zigs. such awful commercials

30 years ago 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Cheesy writing 🤢

This S-Type R is my FAV Jaguar S-Type.

My brother almost bought one... no idea why he didn't... but he also had this indecisive gene and would get to about 3' from the finish line and change his mind!!

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Bought a 1984 Alliance L coupe in red in highschool. 4 speed manual transmission. Bought it brand new and it was in the shop about every month. Absolute pile of 💩

I drove one once. I was grossly underpowered and as comfortable as you might think.

Me and the wife were shopping for a new RELIABLE car for her to get back and forth to work. Strongly considering a Chevette. Ended up going with a Mazda GLC. Soooooooo glad we did.

Did the spectrum have courtesy lights inside ? Is that what I'm seeing???

if you find the cavalier to be too large and ostentatious