That is BULLSHIT Ford can bring back the Taurus but GMC can't bring back the Oldsmobile which was way more popular ?!?!?! I'm filing a complaint or something 'cuz we have got to bring this car back
Olds "escaped", and we were left with the ordinary.No other car had the heritage,back to 1897,nor the engineering capacity to build cars as diverse as 442 W-30, Toronado,Ninety Eight,and Cutlass Supreme,etc,etc. Read about Olds history and prepare to be stunned by what you didn't know about American industry. GM made a fatal error in discontinuing Olds, when they could have dropped Saturn,Hummer and Saab as a package instead. Very short-sighted of GM.
@Mrtriumphchopper: Getting rid of Olds and now Pontiac, well... trust the morons running GM to do the wrong thing at the wrong time, is all I can say. They cold have consolidated models or maybe merged some brands into a combination - Olds/Pontiac/GMC - or something. 'Course, I once owned a 1973 Cutlass S - a very good car - and also a Pontiac Firebird convertible (1969), so I am just a bit biased... Man, do I miss those days when America made exciting and affordable cars.
I'm no car genius and I own a '97 Grand Am but do I want one of these? Have I fantasized about having this car? Do I prematurely jizz whenever I see one pass me by and then a tear roll down my eye as it drives its beautiful bosom away? Is it a tease? Is this a car? Would this convert my Grand Am into a welcome mat with a mere pass by? Do I love this car? Would I hit someone's grandmother with an ice brick with my eyes closed to lessen my future mental damage? YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
@JazzBass7: I suspect that I am older than you, old-enough to remember these cars. I just missed out on the muscle car era, as I was 16 in 1977. However, got to own a 1969 Firebird, and also a Cutlass S (1973). Always wanted a 1970 442, but now they cost an arm and a leg to buy... wish i'd bought one back in the old days when they were still cheaper. Now they fetch 50K and up. The W-30s are such monsters, and talk about sounding sweet! it'd lay rubber for a block, easy.
@SuperGreedyboi: SuperGreedy, I want to buy one, but can't find one for reasonable money, only top-dollar ones for 50K or more. Mind letting on where you found yours? I've wanted one of these cars for years.. I've gotta make it happen somehow.
How the hell did Buick outlast Olds? Oldsmobile was always the "Experimental" division of GM, they would try things first on the Olds cars that they wouldn't on other GM's, such as the all almuinum turbo V8 back in the 60's, the first production overhead valve v8 in 1949, the automatic transmission, front wheel drive, and much more, sure do miss Oldsmobile, GM has lost it way. They should have never taken the money. The automotive bailout was a bailout of the union, not the automakers themselves
Well fellas she's over any way you look at it. GM is now Government Motors and it is building worthless $41,000 Chevy Volts with a 40 mile range. The decline of America is no more evident than in what we will be forced to drive in the future. We will be forced into government run mass transit busses or trains if we need to travel any distance. The day of free long distance travel in the USA is quickly coming to a close thru a fake energy crisis and soon -to-be $3 per gallon gasoline tax.
@ratfink409: Somewhere, there is a repressed little federal bureaucrat ticked off because there are people out there actually enjoying life, being free and driving their cars... especially ones like this. They can't abide that fact, even though we are allegedly still a free nation, so they are doing their best to make sure no one has any fun whatsoever. They'll be happy about the time we're all walking or crammed into electric cars the size of golf carts.
An original 4-4-2 from 1970 goes for upwards of $50k and higher on the collectors' market these days. I had the misfortuneof selling mine for $1,000 in 1979, not knowing it would become an icon of the muscle-car era.
It wasn't just GM cars - all brands of cars back then fell apart, rusted to nothing, and wore out long before todays cars do. We tend to look back on the "good old days" with rose tinted glasses!!!
One thing I should add is that if a good reortation is done with modern hardware, the car will last longer than the first time around.
Ours survived new from 1970 and was in decent shape in the 2006 when it was finally fully restored. It was winter driven for 8 years and has over 100k miles. All it had done was basic bodywork and rust proofing along with a repaint in the mid 80s.
During resotration it didnt even need a new frame... but there were around $40 000 in parts to get it in show room shape. It will last forever!
You said it. Wouldn't it be great if one day GM finally said, "hey since people liked the older style cars with the bigger engines, why don't we give them that?" If they brought back the 4-4-2 designed exactly like the originals, it would sell like crazy!
yep...except it ain't gonna happen, GM has quit making Oldsmobiles...but If GM did resurrect the 442 in the old body style of 1969 or so, with a 455 ci engine...I'd bite the bullet and buy one....absolutely...
@ctperry06 unfortunately gas economy and pretty much general economical worries will probably prevent that but that doesn't mean the newer cars aren't powerful the v6 mustang of 2011 will have a highway fuel economy of like 35 i think it was with 306 hp.. but for he record i am no enviromentalist freak i want to get me a 1970 Chevelle LS6
@ctperry06 That would be nice. It's the enviro whackos that are blocking everything. What do you think the cash for clunkers is about? They wanted you to turn in the old polluting cars. The green freaks in government do not wanna see these cars coming back. Why do you think the government took over GM in the first place? The government is at war with the American consumer. They want us to drive smaller fuel efficient cars that don't emit too much carbon. They want to control us.
@rosenb37 I don't have a witty comeback. I'm not a internet troll, so I'm not gonna say anything else. I was just ranting a little bit. Sorry if it sounded like psycho babble.
@photog455: The government wackos and their supporters want us "little people," the everyday person, to drive little clown cars, death traps no bigger than a golf cart, but you can bet the elites will still be driving gas guzzlers, old hot rods, and supercars costing more than most of us have ever made. Rules are for the little people, right? I'm tempted to buy another muscle car just to give the middle finger to these micromanaging little bastards, even though I already drive a V-8 Mustang.
@ctperry06 They need to at least give us rear wheel drive cars again. It would be cool to see them produce the 78- 87 g body cars again except with new styling and a big V8 on the options list. I would love to see an old school 455 Olds with modern electronic engine management, I bet it would make 500 hp and 600 lbs of torque.
My first car was a 1970 442 in 1978. I was 16yrs old and paid only $700 for it. No replacement for 455ci of displacement and nearly 500ft lbs of tree stump pulling torque off the line. Looked great and it it blew the doors off the smog motored new Z28s, Mustangs and TransAms at the time, wish I still had it. I remember this commerical from when I was in 2nd grade. Great car, great memories .
My personal muscle favorite was the 72'. What the hell did olds get themselves into, this was a big 3 staple, I owned three olds and specifically liked them better than buick,olds,pontiac. I own a GTP pontiac. Olds is gone now. They had such a performance approach in the 70's. The future is here I guess. RIP OLDSMOBILE-{
It was sad to see them go. I think if they had stayed around a few years longer they could have pulled what Ford, Dodge, and Pontiac did bringing back the older style Mustang, and the charger and GTO. Maybe that would have saved them?
I guess we have no new ideas, I don't, love these old cars, says alot about us old farts! I have a 1970 olds W-30 rag top as well as a 1957 bel air 2 door sedan. I say build "retros" of these old school cars and they would sell like hot cakes
@mofokozmo: Fender and then Gibson printed money by responding to the huge untapped market for vintage "reissue" guitars made as close to original specs as possible. Your idea of reissuing classic iron is a winner, in my book. Of course, the killjoys at the EPA and on the political left wouldn't allow it, not in a million years, because of environmental concerns. I owned a 1973 Cutlass S, not as powerful as a 1970 W30, but still a great, stylish car - dependable, quick and easily-fixed. Why not?
The brand was hurt by its image as old and stuffy, and this perception continued despite a public relations campaign in the late 1980s that proclaimed this was "not your father's Oldsmobile." Ironically, many fans of the brand say that the declining sales were in fact caused by the "this is not your father's Oldsmobile" campaign", as the largest market for Oldsmobiles was the population whose parents had in fact owned Oldsmobiles
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These car manufacturers were doomed due to short-sighted management policies. They put the blame on the smog rules but they could have changed with the times.
Too much money spent on boss' salaries and advertisement and not enough on R&D is my opinion.
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Yes, I had a 1970 Vista Cruiser that I bounced off of a pole (fell asleep!) and was lucky it was a glancing blow. Cars today are meant to absorb energy of a collision now.
Now is the time for kick ass electric cars. 100% torque delivered immediately, no oil changes and recyclable without the mess.
@Nikler I think Buick is to blame for the demise of Oldsmobile. Buick was always scavenging the parts bins of the other divisions. But buick didnt build anything worth a damn since the GN. When Oldsmobile built the Aurora, Aurora V8, and the Quad 4. Buick was building shitboxes.
This car came with a Hurst shifter, as did the Charger 500. These cars were fast and safe, you could bounce off telephone poles and keep going. Not like the crap today.
I bounced my '73 Charger SE off a telephone pole, and we just kept on going. Had no idea how much damage there was to the Quarter Panel until we got to the Party. I was shocked.
That telephone pole is still crooked to this day.lol
@plutaris33: Modern safety conveniences are amazing, but the old Detroit iron wasn't bad... I should know, because if it wasn't for stout engine block and good old U.S. steel in my 73 Cutlass, I wouldn't be here today. I rear-ended a truck going too fast in the rain, as a teenaged driver, and the flatbed on that truck would have decapitated me if I'd been in a small car - but I walked away unharmed thanks to my Cutlass. The car was repaired and never gave me any problems afterwards.
Yeah. I wouldn't mind gettin my hands on one myself. I'm looking into getting ahold of a '72 Cutlass S. Not quite the same by hey, better than nothing!
Thanks for posting this Oldsmobile commercial! I have the Oldsmobile commercials from the same museum. I do not know how to post them. I have a lot of other Oldsmobile stuff too. I added this to my favorites.
0:24 dude is like "Holy Shit! It's a God damn 442!"
Krahpula 3 months ago
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Krahpula 3 months ago
That is BULLSHIT Ford can bring back the Taurus but GMC can't bring back the Oldsmobile which was way more popular ?!?!?! I'm filing a complaint or something 'cuz we have got to bring this car back
number3665 6 months ago
bad ass ride
grandcreator11 7 months ago
My dad had a whole collection of 442s, he misses his 70 though.
Fuel186 7 months ago
If the gas prices weren't so unreal, I would try to buy mine back: 344870E191229
streetrace442 8 months ago
Olds "escaped", and we were left with the ordinary.No other car had the heritage,back to 1897,nor the engineering capacity to build cars as diverse as 442 W-30, Toronado,Ninety Eight,and Cutlass Supreme,etc,etc. Read about Olds history and prepare to be stunned by what you didn't know about American industry. GM made a fatal error in discontinuing Olds, when they could have dropped Saturn,Hummer and Saab as a package instead. Very short-sighted of GM.
Mrtriumphchopper 9 months ago
wHO WANTS TO GO BALLS DEEP IN ME. IT WON'T COST MUCH
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@Mrtrumphchopper Tell it to your mother. You MOTHERFUCKER.
Mrtriumphchopper 8 months ago
@Mrtriumphchopper: Getting rid of Olds and now Pontiac, well... trust the morons running GM to do the wrong thing at the wrong time, is all I can say. They cold have consolidated models or maybe merged some brands into a combination - Olds/Pontiac/GMC - or something. 'Course, I once owned a 1973 Cutlass S - a very good car - and also a Pontiac Firebird convertible (1969), so I am just a bit biased... Man, do I miss those days when America made exciting and affordable cars.
GeorgiaBoy1961 6 months ago
*jizzed in my pants*
xXxdorkxlightxXx 10 months ago
can you imagine a 2011 Oldsmobile 442? SWEET!
Basjuhdeuil 1 year ago
No way was it that much,15Gs got a Caddy.
jmac5058 1 year ago
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TheLizardKing1967 1 year ago
Thats a MONSTER and I bet it was only going for 15G's
Ladiespetmansthreat 1 year ago
Yes, it would be nice if i had a 442...
Reservoirdogs12 1 year ago
I'm no car genius and I own a '97 Grand Am but do I want one of these? Have I fantasized about having this car? Do I prematurely jizz whenever I see one pass me by and then a tear roll down my eye as it drives its beautiful bosom away? Is it a tease? Is this a car? Would this convert my Grand Am into a welcome mat with a mere pass by? Do I love this car? Would I hit someone's grandmother with an ice brick with my eyes closed to lessen my future mental damage? YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
JazzBass7 1 year ago
@JazzBass7: I suspect that I am older than you, old-enough to remember these cars. I just missed out on the muscle car era, as I was 16 in 1977. However, got to own a 1969 Firebird, and also a Cutlass S (1973). Always wanted a 1970 442, but now they cost an arm and a leg to buy... wish i'd bought one back in the old days when they were still cheaper. Now they fetch 50K and up. The W-30s are such monsters, and talk about sounding sweet! it'd lay rubber for a block, easy.
GeorgiaBoy1961 6 months ago
GM want to build "Gotta have it" cars .They built them already thats one of them and there is countless others. Dumbasses !
afvc1980 1 year ago
what a badass fucking car.
DimebagDarrellCFH13 1 year ago
I love olds I got a 71 442 I'm fixing up
SuperGreedyboi 1 year ago
@SuperGreedyboi: SuperGreedy, I want to buy one, but can't find one for reasonable money, only top-dollar ones for 50K or more. Mind letting on where you found yours? I've wanted one of these cars for years.. I've gotta make it happen somehow.
GeorgiaBoy1961 6 months ago
How the hell did Buick outlast Olds? Oldsmobile was always the "Experimental" division of GM, they would try things first on the Olds cars that they wouldn't on other GM's, such as the all almuinum turbo V8 back in the 60's, the first production overhead valve v8 in 1949, the automatic transmission, front wheel drive, and much more, sure do miss Oldsmobile, GM has lost it way. They should have never taken the money. The automotive bailout was a bailout of the union, not the automakers themselves
Gaspipenicklioni 1 year ago
Slide in the 8 track and cruise.
mhtfixit 1 year ago
Well fellas she's over any way you look at it. GM is now Government Motors and it is building worthless $41,000 Chevy Volts with a 40 mile range. The decline of America is no more evident than in what we will be forced to drive in the future. We will be forced into government run mass transit busses or trains if we need to travel any distance. The day of free long distance travel in the USA is quickly coming to a close thru a fake energy crisis and soon -to-be $3 per gallon gasoline tax.
jake97760 1 year ago
@jake97760 Your post nails it. Good post.
photog455 1 year ago
I have one it's a '69.
nicholasyoder 1 year ago
A guy in my neighborhood has one ... always nice to get a look when we're passing by.
jerryg1964 1 year ago
If GM was smart and still made cars like this (A modern Equivelent) we'd still have Oldsmobile!
I own a 1972 Cutlass S
madcapromanian 1 year ago
You can thank Bob Lutz, Roger Smith and the leeches at the Buick division for the demise of Oldsmobile.
ThunderAppeal 1 year ago
Guitar player forgot to take his acid, hes bored.
mercmarc 1 year ago
Funny how the announcer pronounces W "dubya". Would you buy a car from someone who doesnt know how to pronounce a letter correctly?
mercmarc 1 year ago
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dks442 1 year ago
is that glen campbell?
SpooksHill 1 year ago
NICE car... sweet.
JET997u 1 year ago
This guy made the right decision, driving a big 455 V8 is much more fun than being surrounded by shallow bimbos :)
ThrilloVanHouten 2 years ago
i wish i had those cars back from way back .they all in the junkyard now.but those are the only real hotRODS..
oldviolinat48 2 years ago
IS THAT A BOAT!
mrgixxer100 2 years ago
hell yes it'd be nice if i had a 442
Notyourfathersolds 2 years ago
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mrvladtepes 2 years ago
these babies put out like 500 foot pounds of torque and 370 horse
krisduboy 2 years ago
I want one! Even a late 80s one would still be much better than those damn Aveos they're trying to sell us "young people" today.
ratfink409 2 years ago 6
@ratfink409: Somewhere, there is a repressed little federal bureaucrat ticked off because there are people out there actually enjoying life, being free and driving their cars... especially ones like this. They can't abide that fact, even though we are allegedly still a free nation, so they are doing their best to make sure no one has any fun whatsoever. They'll be happy about the time we're all walking or crammed into electric cars the size of golf carts.
GeorgiaBoy1961 6 months ago
"Wouldn't it be nice if you had a 4-4-2?"
Yes it would be nice if I had a 4-4-2!
ctperry06 2 years ago 13
An original 4-4-2 from 1970 goes for upwards of $50k and higher on the collectors' market these days. I had the misfortuneof selling mine for $1,000 in 1979, not knowing it would become an icon of the muscle-car era.
bhmartin 2 years ago 2
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A friend of mine bought one. Like most GM clunkers, it basically fell apart. Junk.
tripjet999 2 years ago
It wasn't just GM cars - all brands of cars back then fell apart, rusted to nothing, and wore out long before todays cars do. We tend to look back on the "good old days" with rose tinted glasses!!!
One thing I should add is that if a good reortation is done with modern hardware, the car will last longer than the first time around.
thekidrocks72 2 years ago 2
Ours survived new from 1970 and was in decent shape in the 2006 when it was finally fully restored. It was winter driven for 8 years and has over 100k miles. All it had done was basic bodywork and rust proofing along with a repaint in the mid 80s.
During resotration it didnt even need a new frame... but there were around $40 000 in parts to get it in show room shape. It will last forever!
tommyeflight89 2 years ago 4
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restodan 2 years ago
my 1970 still runs today with 200000 miles on it and its a canadian car!
baldwinvette77 2 years ago 3
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Fuck. you.
xM4DM4X 2 years ago
lol
carzakone333 2 years ago
the 442 with the w25 package was fast, the w31 package was faster...beautiful cars...they don't make cars like that any more...
chihene 2 years ago 9
You said it. Wouldn't it be great if one day GM finally said, "hey since people liked the older style cars with the bigger engines, why don't we give them that?" If they brought back the 4-4-2 designed exactly like the originals, it would sell like crazy!
ctperry06 2 years ago 16
yep...except it ain't gonna happen, GM has quit making Oldsmobiles...but If GM did resurrect the 442 in the old body style of 1969 or so, with a 455 ci engine...I'd bite the bullet and buy one....absolutely...
chihene 2 years ago 2
yeah i wanted them to do that i e-mailed them but they probably didnt even read it
wwiiguitarhero 2 years ago
@ctperry06 unfortunately gas economy and pretty much general economical worries will probably prevent that but that doesn't mean the newer cars aren't powerful the v6 mustang of 2011 will have a highway fuel economy of like 35 i think it was with 306 hp.. but for he record i am no enviromentalist freak i want to get me a 1970 Chevelle LS6
DylanR2008 1 year ago
@ctperry06 That would be nice. It's the enviro whackos that are blocking everything. What do you think the cash for clunkers is about? They wanted you to turn in the old polluting cars. The green freaks in government do not wanna see these cars coming back. Why do you think the government took over GM in the first place? The government is at war with the American consumer. They want us to drive smaller fuel efficient cars that don't emit too much carbon. They want to control us.
photog455 1 year ago
@photog455
It would make sense if what you wrote made sense, but it doesn't make sense . . . ya dig?
rosenb37 1 year ago
@rosenb37 I don't have a witty comeback. I'm not a internet troll, so I'm not gonna say anything else. I was just ranting a little bit. Sorry if it sounded like psycho babble.
photog455 1 year ago
@photog455: The government wackos and their supporters want us "little people," the everyday person, to drive little clown cars, death traps no bigger than a golf cart, but you can bet the elites will still be driving gas guzzlers, old hot rods, and supercars costing more than most of us have ever made. Rules are for the little people, right? I'm tempted to buy another muscle car just to give the middle finger to these micromanaging little bastards, even though I already drive a V-8 Mustang.
GeorgiaBoy1961 6 months ago
@ctperry06 They need to at least give us rear wheel drive cars again. It would be cool to see them produce the 78- 87 g body cars again except with new styling and a big V8 on the options list. I would love to see an old school 455 Olds with modern electronic engine management, I bet it would make 500 hp and 600 lbs of torque.
Gaspipenicklioni 1 year ago
@ctperry06 that would be awesome but there are now regulations against that lol
ScottPottorff92 1 year ago
I hope when Jesus does come back he comes back in my 442 that I had in 1970...SAVE ME JESUS!
BoomerNavy70 2 years ago 4
I miss my dad's '71 442 that I watched go through restoration when I was a kid. I guess I helped, seeing as I held the drop light.
He sold it for a Suburban when I was 9. ;(
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I WANT ONE
MNBluestater 2 years ago
My first car was a 1970 442 in 1978. I was 16yrs old and paid only $700 for it. No replacement for 455ci of displacement and nearly 500ft lbs of tree stump pulling torque off the line. Looked great and it it blew the doors off the smog motored new Z28s, Mustangs and TransAms at the time, wish I still had it. I remember this commerical from when I was in 2nd grade. Great car, great memories .
ninagingofarmcat 3 years ago 4
aww, man!!! missin' my dads red 69! my sixteen year old ass cried when he sold it...
Ricardodelamuerte 3 years ago
my dad has the one dat came out in the hitcher
jralexjaredblack 3 years ago
lol you are lying because in the special features it says it belongs to billy michaels and he lives in emeryville Ontario
Curtisstewartt 3 years ago
i own that car, in viper blue, or dark blue watever its sweet and has 550 hp
randomcrazyness 3 years ago
SMartcar?
inspirationxx 3 years ago
Beautiful car! Rebuilding my grandfathers 1970 442 now. I'm the 2nd owner. RIP Daddy..
ScottyIrie 3 years ago
my dream car
ultrabeastmode 3 years ago
I wish I had mine back!!!!
bigkahnefan 3 years ago
my brother in law had one it would pin you in your seat when he punched it bran new 375 horses
tomanyasses 3 years ago
commercials were fun back then!
missohio83 3 years ago 2
my father has a 1972 olds 442... god i love this car. i wish they still made cars like this
thor294 3 years ago
theres my dream car
sabrefirefighter 3 years ago
375 hp these could go fast and styling
tomanyasses 3 years ago
now that was a car.. a real car...
lothy59 4 years ago 29
Amen
Nikler 4 years ago 5
Exactly. The days of 1 h.p. per c.i.
schmulgelfisch 3 years ago
@lothy59 damn straight why cant they make cars like this anymore
d77543020 1 year ago
@lothy59 yeah no air bags or plastic crap that was when they made real cars
ChevyZ71djd 1 year ago
yes that would be nice if i had a 442 damnit
dain7 4 years ago
My personal muscle favorite was the 72'. What the hell did olds get themselves into, this was a big 3 staple, I owned three olds and specifically liked them better than buick,olds,pontiac. I own a GTP pontiac. Olds is gone now. They had such a performance approach in the 70's. The future is here I guess. RIP OLDSMOBILE-{
meatman310 4 years ago 8
It was sad to see them go. I think if they had stayed around a few years longer they could have pulled what Ford, Dodge, and Pontiac did bringing back the older style Mustang, and the charger and GTO. Maybe that would have saved them?
Nikler 4 years ago 8
I guess we have no new ideas, I don't, love these old cars, says alot about us old farts! I have a 1970 olds W-30 rag top as well as a 1957 bel air 2 door sedan. I say build "retros" of these old school cars and they would sell like hot cakes
mofokozmo 4 years ago 3
@mofokozmo: Fender and then Gibson printed money by responding to the huge untapped market for vintage "reissue" guitars made as close to original specs as possible. Your idea of reissuing classic iron is a winner, in my book. Of course, the killjoys at the EPA and on the political left wouldn't allow it, not in a million years, because of environmental concerns. I owned a 1973 Cutlass S, not as powerful as a 1970 W30, but still a great, stylish car - dependable, quick and easily-fixed. Why not?
GeorgiaBoy1961 6 months ago
The brand was hurt by its image as old and stuffy, and this perception continued despite a public relations campaign in the late 1980s that proclaimed this was "not your father's Oldsmobile." Ironically, many fans of the brand say that the declining sales were in fact caused by the "this is not your father's Oldsmobile" campaign", as the largest market for Oldsmobiles was the population whose parents had in fact owned Oldsmobiles
lovemymac 3 years ago
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These car manufacturers were doomed due to short-sighted management policies. They put the blame on the smog rules but they could have changed with the times.
Too much money spent on boss' salaries and advertisement and not enough on R&D is my opinion.
dicksatan 3 years ago
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Yes, I had a 1970 Vista Cruiser that I bounced off of a pole (fell asleep!) and was lucky it was a glancing blow. Cars today are meant to absorb energy of a collision now.
Now is the time for kick ass electric cars. 100% torque delivered immediately, no oil changes and recyclable without the mess.
dicksatan 3 years ago
@Nikler I think Buick is to blame for the demise of Oldsmobile. Buick was always scavenging the parts bins of the other divisions. But buick didnt build anything worth a damn since the GN. When Oldsmobile built the Aurora, Aurora V8, and the Quad 4. Buick was building shitboxes.
ThunderAppeal 1 year ago
This car came with a Hurst shifter, as did the Charger 500. These cars were fast and safe, you could bounce off telephone poles and keep going. Not like the crap today.
plutaris33 4 years ago 3
The car could bounce off the telephone pole and survive. Not you.
Nikler 4 years ago
I bounced my '73 Charger SE off a telephone pole, and we just kept on going. Had no idea how much damage there was to the Quarter Panel until we got to the Party. I was shocked.
That telephone pole is still crooked to this day.lol
plutaris33 4 years ago
Haha Well. If you're lucky you'll make it through too!
Nikler 4 years ago
@plutaris33: Modern safety conveniences are amazing, but the old Detroit iron wasn't bad... I should know, because if it wasn't for stout engine block and good old U.S. steel in my 73 Cutlass, I wouldn't be here today. I rear-ended a truck going too fast in the rain, as a teenaged driver, and the flatbed on that truck would have decapitated me if I'd been in a small car - but I walked away unharmed thanks to my Cutlass. The car was repaired and never gave me any problems afterwards.
GeorgiaBoy1961 6 months ago
i have the same model same year everything in my car is origanal thats very rare
Cdawgsmovies 4 years ago
my bad has an all origonal 1977 442 its super sweet
deathweilder 4 years ago
@deathweilder: 455ci? I think they made those until at least the end of '76, and model years usually started in September-October from what I know.
JaxieBoy 3 years ago
How much were they worth brand new of that year
spectorbassplayer 4 years ago
For 1969, I think they were like $3100. So I'm assuming it would just be a little more for 1970.
bonhamfreak48 4 years ago
i shed a tear
odelgado78 4 years ago
Oh and lets not forget how brilliant the Dodge Charger R/T 426 was either
MrKnoxville351 4 years ago
The best muscle car ever made. Besides the ZL1 Corvette and Shelby GT500
MrKnoxville351 4 years ago
the ZL1 corvette was alright, but not worth building. it was a very complicated engine, and for the same power as a standard LS-1 engine
R0JIBLANC0 4 years ago
My dad bought one new when he left the service, now only if he still had it...
TRJH1972 4 years ago
Yeah. I wouldn't mind gettin my hands on one myself. I'm looking into getting ahold of a '72 Cutlass S. Not quite the same by hey, better than nothing!
Nikler 4 years ago
this is true!
TRJH1972 4 years ago
"Oldsmobile - Escape From the Ordinary"
I love this commercial. Thanks for sharing.
MotoRooter 4 years ago
ya.. hehe 'it would be nice'..
sirlordwhitman 4 years ago
Great commercial! Makes me want my Cutlass back!
mitch7951 5 years ago
Thanks for posting this Oldsmobile commercial! I have the Oldsmobile commercials from the same museum. I do not know how to post them. I have a lot of other Oldsmobile stuff too. I added this to my favorites.
OLDS98 5 years ago