Digitized from the dealer laserdisc "1980 Oldsmobile Instant Access Disc Library". See playlist for other videos.
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@postmodernrecycler2 жыл бұрын
This big 98 gliding through those suburban streets, lined with late '70s residential architecture, basketball hoops, etc. just takes me straight back to childhood. A different world.
@TVHouseHistorian Жыл бұрын
I LOVE this comment. It so resonates with me. I was about 6 years old in 1980, and seeing big luxury sedans float through suburban residential streets was commonplace back then. Our parents weren't rich, and I remember fantasizing about having a luxury car like this someday. Trouble is, in those days, the luxury sedans of the time seemed to be the pinnacle of luxury motoring. Nowadays they don't feel quite as soft and opulent like they did when they were new because of the advancements in ride technology.
@sweetdaddy77 Жыл бұрын
A better place in time, that's for sure...
@user-kw7hs6do1y5 ай бұрын
Right! 2024 sucks!
@AlexanderCrump6 ай бұрын
One of the most handsome American sedans from the '80s (or ever). Still one of my favorites.
@ramoncarter65852 жыл бұрын
I loved these cars along the Park Avenue miss Oldsmobile so much.
@juanpabloarena27242 жыл бұрын
Olds... should never have disappeared 😭
@WangMingGe2 жыл бұрын
If they made the same cars today, I'd buy one for sure.
@CalledbyGrace-zs1dl10 ай бұрын
Park Avenue was a trim on the Electra. My parents had the Electra Limited, 1982, same body as this car, with a V6. The Park Avenue trim compared to the Brougham version of the 98 Regency.
@Jerry-ok8gj6 ай бұрын
I haven't owned GM since they dropped Oldsmobile and never will again!
@KB-ke3fi5 ай бұрын
@@Jerry-ok8gj and Pontiac. I bought a Soltice the last month pontiac was in business...2009.
@jamesslick47902 жыл бұрын
The 1980-84 GM "C" bodies are my favorites of the era. While OTHER "guys" had Camaros, Mustangs and such on their walls, I PROUDLY had the 1983 Oldsmobile 98 brochure (Toro, 98 & 88) cover on MY garage wall. (I "only" had a Chevette at the time!) I am STILL a GM "Big Car" guy (a 2011 Buick Lucerne CXL is my current ride!)
@andregonsalvez92442 жыл бұрын
Cool these were very comfortable cars both the C&B series of Full-sized RWD GM cars .
@jeffshadow24072 жыл бұрын
I just bought my third Lucerne, also a 2011. I change them into WILDCATS with the emblems from the mid-1960s.
@tripyramidpictures92242 жыл бұрын
I wish I could find one of these!
@kirbywaite15862 жыл бұрын
You're like me. Lol
@juanpabloarena27242 жыл бұрын
James...I identify with your comment 👍
@lanemcreynolds98942 жыл бұрын
I had an 1983 in this series, it was one of the best cars Ive driven and owned.
@FLYEAL2 жыл бұрын
Own an ‘81 98 Diesel DX block. Reliable (if oil changed religiously) and an amazing, magic carpet ride. Even the clock still works.
@workingcountry177610 ай бұрын
Nothing beats getting 25 to 35mpg in a 2 ton brick
@boss122 жыл бұрын
Love that styling. Still such a handsome car.
@user-yc2oz8kc5k6 ай бұрын
I love how the smaller 1980 Cutlass 4 door sedan captured some of the elegant cues of the 98. Oldsmobile is my favorite GM brand. Thank you for this video.
@jamesmcintire3800 Жыл бұрын
I love the button tufted velour seats in these 80’s luxury cars. I wish they still built cars like this
@KB-ke3fi5 ай бұрын
Jimmy Carter ruined it all.
@shawnmcculley29952 жыл бұрын
I had one of the last ones to roll off the assembly line. 1984 Regency 4dr. produced in Feb. 1984.
@nycdarin2 жыл бұрын
We had this exact same car when I was kid. The first car I learned to drive. Loved it!
@richardgribble84382 жыл бұрын
My mom and dad's neighbor had one a new one with the diesel engine, nothing but trouble, had a hard time trying to get it to start, they loved the car so they ordered a new Oldsmobile V8 gas engine from the factory, after it was installed they had no problems
@martyduncan26363 ай бұрын
Oh my! What a wonderful trip back to the early 80s! My mom had an ‘83. It was luxurious, quiet, so comfortable and dependable. It wasn’t a Trans Am or a 280Z but it had something else…a quiet and understated elegance and feel about it 😌. I miss that that car..and I’m nostalgic and wistful for that by gone era 😊. So nice to relive it through these old videos.
@Jerry-ok8gjАй бұрын
I love and miss Oldsmobile!
@StevieinSF2 жыл бұрын
Had two Delta 88's from this time - actually, very reliable both had the 307 V8. These cars really needed a 350 to provide the right amount of grunt to move it.
@xminusone12 жыл бұрын
I had a 1978. Canadian model. It has the 400ci ( or 401??) it wasn't a chevy block. I changed it for a 1981 with the 307. Accelerations were painfully slow. They were ninety-eight. Not delta 88. The only car I had similar to the 88 was a police package 1990 chevy caprice with a 350 tbi. It didn't lack power.
@michaelpfaff6009 Жыл бұрын
The rear fender skirts make this car so classy and distinct from other similar GM cars.
@epg25012 жыл бұрын
Love all these ‘80 dealer films you’ve posted. Thanks!
@nlpnt2 жыл бұрын
These were the cars people bought because they were rich and could afford a nice car, but felt a Cadillac was too flashy. Olds 98s were bought new by clergy, judges, bankers (although by 1980 the era of the Oldsmobile Banker was coming to a close), realtors and the like.
@kirbywaite15862 жыл бұрын
They used to be called " the thinking man's Cadillac".
@KB-ke3fi5 ай бұрын
We weren't rich and had one. Then we had to sell it because Jimmy Carter and the EPA ruined the car and the economy....and the realtors lost their jobs because of all the foreclosures he created because the interest rates went to 18%
@robertpace9012 жыл бұрын
42 years ago. Seems like yesterday.
@thebestisyettocome41142 жыл бұрын
Own since new 1998 Oldsmobile Regency 98. In 2022, 110k miles since new.
@67marlins Жыл бұрын
The beautiful women in the beginning make the commercial visually perfect....those elegant cars are just icing on the cake...
@retrobilly17192 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Car
@02WIFE2 жыл бұрын
My Father had a new 1983 Ninety Eight Regency Brougham. That was the first car I drove
@japanjack622 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful sedan and coupe of the 1980's Fender Skirts made the difference, I just wish ours had a better C Converter.
@RaymondHaley-bi8lx11 ай бұрын
Blvd cruisers, yes style most definitely, and being the 1st C body cars to use loose pillow velour seating, combined with engine performance and handling, along with a comfortable, this one/ Oldsmobile ninety eight, were the first luxury cars that had it's hotrod nature under the skin.
@ryanhowell4492 Жыл бұрын
I miss this cars
@ssp45122 жыл бұрын
The good old days, when nobody had nose rings and pink hair.
@ssp45122 жыл бұрын
@@LearnAboutFlow Yeah, but it was only a few of them. And even they knew if they were a boy or girl.
@raymondhaley6185 Жыл бұрын
Ninety eight regency/ brougham luxurious accomodations sporty and nimble ride and handling a car 🚗 I could spent a lot of time in during my teenage years.
@user-yc2oz8kc5k6 ай бұрын
The 77 - 79 98's were pretty but the 1980 - 1984 98's are dowright gorgeous. Either 4 door or the rare 2 door models are both ravishing and totally eyecatching. I want one.
@andregonsalvez92442 жыл бұрын
These were some of the classiest cars back in the day . I would buy this over the Cadillacs .
@paulparoma2 жыл бұрын
I agree. I had an '81. The best interior of any car and a sublime ride. Someone else liked it, too, and stole it from me.
@andregonsalvez92442 жыл бұрын
@@paulparoma lol that's sad !
@paulparoma2 жыл бұрын
@@andregonsalvez9244 I know! I still miss it!
@titusdixon2758 Жыл бұрын
What a beauty!
@raymondhaley6185 Жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm a fan of oldsmobile ninety eight regency since I was 15 ⛽ 2dr4dr gas/diesel engines don't bother me, luxury car appointments and roominess and yet nimble and precise ride and handling, yeppers that's my olds.
@BogattheMoon2 жыл бұрын
The '80 coupe was the second car my sister destroyed; the first being a '73 Caprice wagon. Third, '78 Pontiac Sun Bird, Fourth '83 Renault Le Car. Wish the studio had mixed the sound better.
@bsquared46042 жыл бұрын
my sister destroyed our "73 impala wagon and later her boyfriend's '78 regal. i'm still not over the '73 impala.
@BogattheMoon2 жыл бұрын
@@bsquared4604 for sure. Our '73 was a bad MF.
@jasonroberts93572 жыл бұрын
Dang bro. Yall should have taken away the keys after the second destroyed car.....From now on, bikes only for you sister!!!
@BogattheMoon2 жыл бұрын
@@jasonroberts9357 still a sketchy driver today hahaha
@jasonroberts93572 жыл бұрын
@@BogattheMoon Lol Just glad to hear she's well and has survived all the carnage!
@AlexanderCrump6 ай бұрын
1980 was a good year. The re-skin of the B- and C-bodies was a great improvement, and it was the last year for the venerable Rocket 350.
@enerrivers43922 жыл бұрын
Beautiful car, 2dr with the Astroroof & 350 4bbl. Very nice
@TexasMan774 ай бұрын
Wendell family across the street had a beautiful red 98 80-84 regency brougham in burgundy. Was always garaged and kept clean.
@1972mercurycougar2 жыл бұрын
I had a '78 Bonneville Pontiac, 400 4bbl, THM350. Perfect. Anything less than a 350, felt underpowered. 1980 last of 350 s from Buick, and Olds.
@KB-ke3fi5 ай бұрын
That's the time the EPA gained way too much power in the world, and we gave it up and the Chinese took over the American car market with crap.
@tobyl552 жыл бұрын
Amazing video.
@jasonroberts93572 жыл бұрын
Such a great time. Everything wasn't perfect, but most things in life just made more sense compared to nowadays...
@vincentmistretta54282 жыл бұрын
Sleek new aero design for 1980.
@KhalilALTOWEMINIBRAS65002 жыл бұрын
i love this car
@Wooley6892 жыл бұрын
They just skirt around the MPG question, they dance all around it just like a good car salesman does.
@poopstermcpoopson5667 Жыл бұрын
mines very well tho (20-25mpg)
@KB-ke3fi5 ай бұрын
Mine was about 25 to 28. Still too much for the EPA not to diddle with back then, hence the rattle traps from Japan took over America and you couldn't get the beer cans to go past 60 without hitting a tree and getting killed.
@seand27112 жыл бұрын
I can't seem to find my local Oldsmobile dealer to place my order for one.
@andregonsalvez9244 Жыл бұрын
Good 👍 one ! Unfortunately Oldsmobile is a distant memory .
@poopstermcpoopson5667 Жыл бұрын
my 307 84 oldsmobile 98 (which i hold wide open constantly) gets a solid 20-25mpg after sitting in a yard for 13 years (last tagged in 2010) and all i did to get it going was change the gas tank get tires and get a battery probably got 700 in it all in all and its mine forever
@joelakers4102 жыл бұрын
My favorite car forever
@careybird64142 жыл бұрын
Back when everyone didn't drive the same looking clone car's!!
@milfordcivic67552 жыл бұрын
Yup. All pickups, SUV's and mommy wagons look the same, have the same features and 2 choices of styling: Brick with a window air conditioner grille -or- a reverse teardrop.
@user-pb3dt6yl8m5 ай бұрын
Interesting! I was selling these cars back from 78-80. Never remember seeing this video. Product knowledge was stressed at that dealership at that time
@KB-ke3fi5 ай бұрын
That's because Jimmy Carter was busy destroying the American economy along with the cars and the home prices.
@joseignaciozabala4807 Жыл бұрын
Interesting and historic automotive videos.
@KB-ke3fi5 ай бұрын
Jeez...that's my car. Exactly the same one I had. I miss that boat. Same color, everything.
@edgarherrera50856 ай бұрын
Love the rear skirt treatment on these. You can section these off a 2 door and graft the rear qrt secrion to the 80s Cadillac Coupes (80-84)
@alfredrossi526811 ай бұрын
They were Great cars
@joserafaelgrangefuenmayor7744 Жыл бұрын
Me gusta el carro un Oldsmobile 98 1950/60/70/84; un excelente automóvil saludos y buenas noches
@kirbywaite15862 жыл бұрын
Those were beauties
@bsquared46042 жыл бұрын
love this car!
@Greatdome992 жыл бұрын
Oh, to have one with the diesel, vinyl roof and velour "cat house" tufted seats!
@tonyarc94557 ай бұрын
One of the sexiest vehicles EVER!!!
@bsquared46042 жыл бұрын
i'm all about those new trunk hinges!
@muffs55mercury612 жыл бұрын
I had an '80 with the small 307 V8 block. Even when they were downsizing cars the 98s were still a heavy road cruiser that just shed some pounds and gave you 18 mpg. These puppies were not cheap. My '80 still had the sticker in the glove box and it was $10, 750.
@KB-ke3fi5 ай бұрын
Only because of Jimmy Carter's high interest rates...on everything. Including houses when they hit 18% interest rate. If you were a realtor you sold HUD homes because everyone was moving out of their homes in the middle of the night.
@user-ys4bs3hw2n9 ай бұрын
If "Cadillac Style" wasn't your cup of tea or it didn't quite fit into your budget, then the Oldsmobile 98 Regency would be the next best thing to it, if you were a loyal GM customer. Growing up in the 1970's, my parents drove Cadillacs while my best friend's parents always had a 98 Regency in their driveway. After my best friend and I got our driver's licenses, there were occasions when we both had our parents cars at the same time. Well, as 16 year old boys will do, we figured out which car had better performance. In the straight out drag race from the red light on Woodland Drive, the Cadillac Fleetwoods always won the race but the 98 Regency was only 4 or 5 seconds behind it. The 4 wheel disc brakes on both cars had almost exactly the same stopping distance. (Below 80 miles per hour) Above 80, the 98 Regency would fishtail as it came to a stop. The Cadillac held a straight line with the brake pedal to the floor but it wore out those shiny brake discs, especially the front ones, a lot sooner than the Oldsmobile. The Cadillac had significantly better handling and cornering than the 98 but the difference was only really noticeable when it was a 16 year old boy driving the car. The comfort and ride was pretty much the same.
@johnfloyd255110 ай бұрын
*How much cheese do you want with your olds intro? : "YES!"
@michaelflores23182 жыл бұрын
My aunt and uncle had a 73 and a 76 which were tanks 77 and later they shrunk but still a little decent size Late 80s really shrunk even more didn't care for them
@bendean42556 ай бұрын
I remember being a kid and my grandmom had one of these probably bought new. They gave it to a drug addict uncle and I remember him riding me and his son around (we walked around car backseat no car seats etc) and my Uncle said you kids want to go 100 mph and we said yes. He proceeded to wind it out a country road and hit 100 mph.
@nadiraslam7432 жыл бұрын
I like how they keep saying how effieicent it is but won't tell you the MPG.
@jeffshadow24072 жыл бұрын
My 1984 Buick LeSabre Limited coupe gets 17 mpg.
@KB-ke3fi5 ай бұрын
25 to 30
@stephencannon3140 Жыл бұрын
The Blues Brothers…….”New Oldsmobiles are in early this year……as they are driving through the mall!!
@user-xi9wp5nn3l10 ай бұрын
GM Eternal Love Company❤
@davidallen57762 жыл бұрын
I still have my white 1981 model...but don't go getting any wrong ideas!!
@john1959ism2 жыл бұрын
Quite elegant....
@giuliopedrali479411 ай бұрын
GM was always GM: the best, Ford and MOPARs imitations...
@tturner123412 жыл бұрын
I owned a Oldsmobile Aero. Which I love. It was a 1999. People would stop and asked me what car is this?
@richardgribble8438 Жыл бұрын
Love it except for the back tires are covered up half
@KB-ke3fi5 ай бұрын
They came in pretty handy in the hood....
@jamesslick47902 жыл бұрын
TBF, I'm fairly sure that clocks in cars have been ELECTRIC since the 1940s.
@Carguy-sp8xj2 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure they’ve been electric since the mid 30’s. I work at a car museum and we’ve got a 1939 Oldsmobile and the clock is electric unless it’s been converted which I’m sure it was
@jamesslick47902 жыл бұрын
@@Carguy-sp8xj Mid 30s seems accurate. Even household electric clocks were around then.
@MrThomas25872 жыл бұрын
our 52 Chevy had a wind-up clock!
@jamesslick4790 Жыл бұрын
@@MrThomas2587 Yes, But Oldsmobile was a bit up market from Chevy (Especially the Ninety-Eight model pushing almost Caddy money!) Even in 1952 An Olds 98 would have had an electric clock. Oddly today a wind-up clock would cost MORE to make than the most accurate quartz digital or analog electric clock!
@jamesslick4790 Жыл бұрын
@@Carguy-sp8xj Most likely NOT converted. Olds the division that GM liked to use to show of the latest tech, Often getting features (Like the Hydramatic) before even Cadillac.
@Liplip404 ай бұрын
This is when Mercedes really started to take over.
@raymondhaley6185 Жыл бұрын
Those cars could have been 2nd to mercedes benz, but people do need dependable hard-working car.
@jonathan_nc2 жыл бұрын
My parents had a 1980 Delta 88. Dark Green Metallic. The paint chipped terribly, especially on the lower doors. It had a loop in the windshield gasket that allowed air in at 55mph and it hummed. Had to put tape on the outside to stop it. Dad traded it in on a 1984 Olds Custom Cruiser and later my supervisor at work ran into it at a bank drive-thru. Exact same car.
@raymondhaley2482 жыл бұрын
ninety eigth/ 1965-84 LS/regency
@christopherkraft13272 жыл бұрын
A skyscraper on wheels!!! 👍
@MSX98FMDnB2 жыл бұрын
when gm switched to the further downsized things in 85 they ruined their luxury cars and just went too far
@WangMingGe2 жыл бұрын
Yeah...completely lacked the presence of earlier models.
@RA-wl1vt Жыл бұрын
my parents had a 1983 Oldsmobile 98 Regency. Worst car they ever had!! Multiple transmission failures, multiple A/C compressor failures. The 307 V8 was a gas hog because you constantly had to floor it to make it move. It was a far cry from the Oldsmobile Cutlass they traded in which never had any problems.
@DrNo-uq7xx Жыл бұрын
GM JUNK!
@josefa.266511 ай бұрын
At which they Made the movie?
@user-sp4xm1ox6i5 ай бұрын
A little pricey for my Lesbian lifestyle but I'll take one with the Diesel included
@AlexanderCrump6 ай бұрын
3:20 Old footage from assembly of the prior generation 88. Not convincing of improvements with the '80 models.
@milfordcivic67555 ай бұрын
Who cares? That was 44 years ago
@AlexanderCrump5 ай бұрын
@@milfordcivic6755 It was just a comment that I noticed that it was old footage.
@KB-ke3fi5 ай бұрын
@@milfordcivic6755 Why? were you conceived in one?
@turnne2 жыл бұрын
Not a great time for quality for GM....that 5.7 liter diesel was a guaranteed problem
@markwoodley7122 жыл бұрын
White wall tires , spoke wire wheel covers and fender skirts in a downsized car, no wonder buyers started looking at European luxury brands.
@WangMingGe2 жыл бұрын
Speak for yourself.
@andregonsalvez9244 Жыл бұрын
That's what you call class back in the day . I would take this except the diesel-powered over any European car .
@markwoodley712 Жыл бұрын
@@andregonsalvez9244 Agreed about European diesels especially M-B
@Billccm2 жыл бұрын
Whenever I see these videos I have to ask "What happened to GM". It's obvious GM lost their craft when they transitioned to wrong wheel drive.
@gdi93202 жыл бұрын
Right on.
@quitsevensix Жыл бұрын
What the F who is this for?!?!?
@richardgribble84382 жыл бұрын
My mom and dad's neighbor had one a new one with the diesel engine, nothing but trouble, had a hard time trying to get it to start, they loved the car so they ordered a new Oldsmobile V8 gas engine from the factory, after it was installed they had no problems
@andregonsalvez9244 Жыл бұрын
The diesel were a headache for GM back in the day . I wish GM kept the 5.7 ( 350 ) gasoline powered instead of the unreliable diesel engine .