Ricardo Montalban - 1975 Chrysler Cordoba Commercial

[Nostalgicguy100]

Thanks for uploading and for the classy dates of life and rip.

[killaqueen15]

one of the sexiest cars ever, drove like a dream and had balls to spare. RIP Cordoba, you will be missed.

[C0LL1N]

the most beautiful car ever made *cough*

[adelgado75]

How was the gas milage?

[jbmbryant]

How come it ain't lowered? wtf

[anasuikishibe]

that ssssoft Corinthian leather must be really sssssoft

[vid0385]

Small Chrysler? That Jew canoe is is big as a football field!

[bestamerica]

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this car was so strong with 2 metal bumpers front and rear better than today,,,

today car is so weak bumpers on both

[itsmegp46]

Well engineered, absolutely beautiful car. But with Chrysler's usual build quality, it sucked.

[TNO73]

I have musch more in this SMALL Chrysler!?!?

[19553129]

Ricardo Had Class no matter what he was doing in a commercial or on stage or movie.

[acla9000]

@19553129 He would get to sell even an used skateboard or an old handcart.

[skylarkchan]

He could sell me anything with his voice God have mercy!! Loved him in Star Trek and in The Naked Gun and Fantasy Island anything b/4 that is beyond my yrs.

[oreokookie1000]

this ad set back the Spanish about a thousand years......what a humungous hunk o' junk...hard to believe this company once made the 1970 aar cuda

[TheAndyinSeattle]

What the hell is Corinthian leather?

[logik316]

@TheAndyinSeattle

It was just ordinary leather sold out of some warehouse in New Jersey. There was nothing particularly special about it, except for the way Mr. Montalban sold it. He was a smooth talker, that's for certain. The Chrysler Cordoba was basically a poor man's Cadillac (Cadillac being the world's best luxury vehicle back in the 1970's). It was a pretty decent car in it's own right, and I've certainly seen much plainer and less equipped cars being advertised as "affordable luxury".

[moochincrawdad]

@TheAndyinSeattle It's soft Corinthian leather - as described by Paul the apostle!

[drakian]

anyone know where the bob and tom skit about this is?

[OldCarsAreBest]

"Small Chrysler". Wow how things have changed since then.

[logik316]

@OldCarsAreBest

I used to own a 1977 T-Bird which was about the same size as the Cordoba. Yes, people are pretty surprised when I tell them it was considered "mid-size" back in it's day.

[MonkeySeeism]

I must buy one of these RIGHT NOW!

[streetcarjay]

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAN

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAN

[bodieofci5]

Soft KHAAAAAAAAN! Leather :)

[auaiao9]

@bodieofci5 it was good stuff.

[cochranexyz]

This car was something of a hog.

[torkerbmx]

aunt Gloria had a chrysler cordoba with Leather of course

[DogPatch1149]

LMAO @ "small"...look at the size of the engine compartment! You could stand inside it and work on the engine. But, this was small compared to beasts like the New Yorker and any of the Cadillacs of the time.

[Jaydublus]

Leather imported from....Corinthia! Who could ask for more?

[Furball2k]

RIP Ricardo

I hope your final wish to be buried in a 1975 Chrysler Cordoba was met.

[arkansastrash320]

They called them the small chrysler!But i had a 76 cordoba and believe me it was not that small big 400 cid engine.Maybe smaller compared to the older chryslers.Luxury and comfort yes and a very beautifull car indeed !!

[cab00se447]

Ricardo Montalban makes ANYTHING sound sexy!

[CEOkiller]

@cab00se447 He could sell poop on a stick!

[arkansastrash320]

I had one of those Cordobas>To me a prettier car has never been made!Mine had some electrical problems but other than that is was nice!I wish cars still had this great styling and good looks.Plastic ugly bubbles are what they are now if you ask me!

[MonkeySeeism]

how can you not want a cordoba after watching this

[05Forenza]

Love it/..."The Small Chrysler", still humongous by today's standards.

[AlWheelin]

Whatever, I loved this commercial and wanted one of these cars, and like 30 years later I got one, hated it, horrible in the winter, no traction, and the thing rusted out so bad under the front subframe that i sold it to a kid that was driving it in a smash up derby, good riddens.!

[telamontamyrlin]

@AlWheelin

You drove a 30 year old car as a daily driver in the snow and weather and it rusted out on you, and you are complaining? How many 30 year old Corolla or Bugs do you even see for sale anymore, let alone on the road? Very few, because they too have rusted out. So the Cordoba is no worse for rusting than any car of the time. And your comment about traction in the snow is too stupid to address. If I could, I would vote your comment down twice.

[Nostalgicguy100]

@telamontamyrlin Post has me thinking how much a person can do to prevent rusting. There must be good products...I sometimes see a Bug or 80's GM vehicle (Beretta, Corsica) on the road here in the South West...My guess is Chrysler didn't offer limited slip differential as an option. I could be wrong, though.

[logik316]

That was a "small" Chrysler?

[megaswenson]

"Corinthian Leather" !!!!! Now I know what my Parents are parodying! Now, If someone knows where the commercial is with "Sorrento Vinyl", my knowledge of history will be complete.

Beautiful car, though.

[cheomire]

guaranteed to rust or youre money back

[surfdude2000]

@cheomire >> Five stars for your comment!

[McMahonHater]

@surfdude2000 One thing is for sure, what ever you think of Chrysler, Ricardo Montalban's voice work never gets old.

[darkdragon1234567891]

@cheomire

mine hasnt rusted yet really

[neneshubby]

All I remember is Ricardo going "Cordoba".

[PimphatAnon]

CORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR­RRRRRDDOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRDD­DDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 0:08

[Simon5005]

Please tell me this commercial wasn't 35 years ago...........OUCH!

[Pinballpete007]

@Simon5005 I hear you.! ...My buddy drove one to high school in 1980. I still can't believe it's been that long...seems only yesterday I went for a ride in it. Getting old sucks :-(

[arkansastrash320]

AAHH i miss Ricardo he was chrysler he was so smooth in his talking and those were and are real automobiles believe me the electrical kind gave a few problems.But the rode and drove like a dream power and softness combined and i think they were a very beautifull car i love that body style.It was the small chrysler if compared to the older ones yet today it seems giant.Don't know about you but i feel safe with that big body around me and a 400 CID under the hood.They were not bad on gas either.

[LookFierce]

OMG ..This was my first car !! Funny !

[tflyer98]

I love when he says "Small Chrysler" - that car is the size of a Yacht. I guess thats what was considered a small car in the 70's.

[ReaperSound]

Why was this commercial so... sexy *melt*

[byf1864]

I want to buy me a Cordoba with the RE(e)CAR(d)O Soft Corinthian Leather seats!

[Dearion89]

Zevran anyone?

[swans1997]

Woul'd've been great if they had him plugging that vinyl repair kit, in the vein of this one.

[acla9000]

@phmike69 (LAUGH) I meant that because of his charisma (SIGH). If he could sell even an old handcart, just imagine a fashionable car of then!

[theonlyantony]

Soft Corinthian Leather. ooohhhh !

[pinncushion]

In 1990 my Father gave me his old Cordoba as my first car. I guess you can only imagine what it was like driving this HUGE YACHT like car around when all my friends were driving hondas and mustangs... lol.. those were the days and i have to admit i loved my cordoba...

[McSoylentDonalds]

Seats, the fine Corinthian leather. These are the cushioned voyages of workmanship Cordoba. Its quality mission: to luxurious new highways, to need a pleasant price and new automobile, to ask for nothing... beyond.

- Star Trek

[alexandersname]

who eats who

[TriumphTSX]

NoelPeace, you are right, I miss the 70's too........They used to call it the "me" decade...They were wrong, the present is the "me" decade, pace of life today sucks, yes we have technology up the ying yang, but no class to use it....Those were heady times.................RIP Mr. Montalban

[swans1997]

@TriumphTSX yeah, considering most of the pop songs nowadays all scream ME ME ME whine whine whine

[acla9000]

I believe he could sell even an old handcart.

[MonkeySeeism]

Damn this makes me want one!

[aleu650]

"COrdoba" not "corDOBa" RicArdo MontaBAN

[Tiglatfalazar]

@aleu650 Si, se pronúncia "CÓrdoba", no "codÓba"... maldito chicano cipayo hijo de puta, que bueno que se murió ese pedazo de mierda traidor a su sangre y su lengua.

[aleu650]

@Tiglatfalazar Hay un video donde el se ríe de esta publicidad y el "soft corinthian leather".

El "vendió" para Chrysler por muchos años.

No juzgues a la ligera, ni condenes con tanto ímpetu la vida de los demás...nunca sabes si no te toca la misma suerte.

[zundey2000]

Small Chrysler? WTF that looks like an average size car, or were cars bigger in the 70's?

LOL Ricardo had everything in that Cordoba - tsk tsk tsk .. sadddd!

[fodera6]

The music is the famous Spanish song "Concierto de Aranjuez" by Joaquín Rodrigo and the accompaniment is an orchestra, not a mariachi band. Mariachi is originally from the State of Jalisco, Mexico and has nothing to do with Spain. Really funny ad though!

[surfdude2000]

@fodera6 Thank you for correcting me. I could only make out the guitar and the trumpet, so I assumed it was a Mariachi band. RIP Chan!

[darcyperkins]

@surfdude2000 that soaring backgroundsound behind the guitar at the beginning is the orchestra.

[maximushuts]

@fodera6 Miles Davis also does a stunning version of this song on his Sketches Of Spain album

[jvlivs2]

@fodera6 you're right. I believe that it was a three piece composition composed and performed by Rodrigo. AND Chick Corea used the opening bars of that tune for his world-famous composition "Spain". I can't get enough of either one of them to this day (and they're both before my time, too)!

[neoconsnightmare3]

LOL...when I was in college a buddy of mine had a cream colored 'cordoba'...and this was late 80s.

one day, i pulled the door handle to close the door, and the handle came off in my hand. he said, laughingly, 'DAMN, MAN...you're fucking up my fine corinthian leather'.

that car COULD get up in speed, from what i remember.

[big71mustang]

small chrysler? wtf 0:41

[ringbolt9]

awesome ....... they had style if nothing else in the 70s!

[conradragzoff]

So tell me... what kind of cinder blocks are you using to keep them off the ground???

LOL!!!!

[buffedbob]

Rich Corinthian cardboard

[surfdude2000]

Heh, heh, heh...

[conradragzoff]

And rich wood-colored veneer, like you can find on many huge console TVs!

[MetallicaFan035]

@buffedbob hahhaha true that

[army2k08]

RIP Ricardo Montalbán.

[conradragzoff]

"Corrrrrr-DOba"!!!!

yeah, gotta love the late great Rrrrricarrrrdo..... he could sell lingerie to the Pope.. of course, look at these cars now, they're probably all junked...

[acla9000]

(LAUGH) What you told about Don Ricardo selling any thing I second you.

[creepyh0ll0w]

not all of them... there are 2 in my driveway! LOL

[Jasonsfarm]

@conradragzoff They're really not all junked. I'm buying one here in a couple days that is BEAutiful. All original. As long as you believe, you will find.

[hamster700]

i remember my perant tokk the family to America for a holiday and we hired one of these cars it was outstanding if this was launched here in the UK it would have sold but in 1975 America in europe we had nothing like this except for the Lancia Virgo which was a damn good car but all in all european buyers got the short straw

[snoman003]

I can remember this commercial. Back then we had a 74 Imperial (Chrysler) with a 440 4 barrel and it was a huge "boat". We sold it bought a new Cordoba with a 318 4 barrel. Overall not a bad car except it didn`t handle hard cornering very well. And yea, as someone else posted here, the leather seats with the steel buckles burned the car sat in the sun for a while.

[ad356]

when i think of him, i think of kahn

[acla9000]

I believe Don Ricardo could have been successful even selling a banger, just imagine a Chrysler car.

[orchidtender]

Herb Tarlek wanted one of these SO BAD!!

[JeffN727]

These were considered "mid-size" "personal luxury cars" in the 1970's, intended to compete with cars like the Chevy Monte Carlo, Pontiac Grand Prix, and Ford Torino.

Very nice cars.

[TABOOVSKNOWLEDGE]

corinthian leather ?

And he went on for years as a car com sales man.

There is no such thing!

[tranurse]

i know corinthian leather was just a made up name. i was just being sarcastic.

[tranurse]

we had one of these when i was growing up. the fine corinthian leather seats had metal buckles, and we lived in florida. you got 3rd degree burns getting into the car during the summer.

[njot3]

Those cars WERE small by 70s standards. All Chryslers before that were full sized. The Cordoba appealed to people precisely because it was smaller and got better gas mileage. Our view today is skewed because we're 30 years removed from the inital downsizing of automobiles in the American market. In 1977 they came out with the smaller LeBaron, and in 82 the front wheeldrive Chryslers which were VERYsmall. The Cordoba rode beautifully and had great style. It was a very popular car at the time.

[mjiblet]

Gotta love the little bounce back when it stops. That's a quality piece of manufacturing.

[chompychomps]

It's from the supple springs used in "Luxury" cars. The slop is tolerating in order to preserve the comfortable ride. Admittedly, you see the same thing in worn out suspensions. I used to love how McGarrett's Mercury did that on Hawaii 5-0.

[briancerda]

nICE TO SEE mEXICANS IN A DIFERENT LIGHT....

[Lolita1982]

What?!?!!? Has he passed away? I hadn`t heard. So sad. :~(

[acla9000]

That's right, Lolita, it was on 14 January.

[utubemlb64]

Stay thirsty my friends!

[BigOldCar]

"Small Chrysler" my ass--the thing's like 18 feet long!

[grofuss]

LOL, that was exactly my comment. Mass always wins ;)

[LARUCUS]

KHAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!­!!

[markjaws1]

He was a wise and wonderful Catholic man and a true caballero.

[heh2k]

huge YELLOW arrow and letters FTW

I love that this was considered a small coupe. wtf. I guess people still smoked a lot of weed in the 70s.

[surfdude2000]

I added the huge YELLOW arrow as a tribute to Richardo's unforgettable line "Soft Corinthian Leather". Ahhh... Cordoba and Richardo, a perfect match! They just don't make commercials like they use to...

[kramrollin69]

@surfdude2000 Cool work, But the interior shown is NOT the CORINTHIAN leather interior, it is the cloth insert seats. Notice hes says, "seats, also available in soft Corinthian leather". Your arrow, tho nice, is pointing to the wrong interior. I should know, our 75 Doby still has the Soft Corinthinan Leather interior, on the correct high back bucket seats......Now you know. Also that is a '76 car, different grille design to the '75 cars.

[surfdude2000]

@kramrollin69 - Goods catch! You get the IMDB Goofs Catcher Award! The original post listed the commercial as 1975, so I just went with it. But, the cloth seats thing is hilarious. We all assumed these were "soft Corinthian leather", whatever that is. :)

[kramrollin69]

@surfdude2000 Actually, It probably still is a 1975 commercial. Remember, US new model year cars start in August/September. That means that a 1976 Model Year car is released in Aug/Sept of 1975. That is the way they've always done it. So even tho this is a 76 model, it was probably "Aired" in 1975, so you are correct. Look at any old or modern car interiors, the optional Leather interiors look totally different to the std cloth inserts. Is a nice arrow tho :).

[007bondspy]

The quintesential choice for the decerning sophisticated spik bastard.

[eekafl]

awsome GO STAR TREK!!

[SidJustice1]

Montalban had the ultimate voice. RIP

[retrotvfann]

KKKKKKHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN­!

[SidJustice1]

*lol* That is great!!

[treebella23]

I thought he had a sexy voice. :)

[McVaio]

Lol that caption XD XD

[kbrinks]

hahahaha i love the huge arrow pointing at the Corinthian leather

[oklahomasooners1]

The driving scene reminds me of a fat man trying to ascend a flight of stairs.

[dodgechryslersucks]

hahaha, my Grandma bought one of these new, she loved it but hated how how many problems she had and how many things broke and the bad dealer service.

[highnrising]

I don't know, but for some reason Ricardo makes it sound like his Cordoba came with a hooker as standard equipment.

[smirage22]

prolly did

[slimphotog]

I bought an '81 Cordoba used, which is probably why my hooker wasn't included.

[SidJustice1]

*LOL!*

[Pictor100]

Actually the whole commercial comes off like any standard porno flick from that era, ha ha.

[HickysBoy]

It was an option on the deluxe FM model. Chrysler is bringing it back - as soon as they come out of bankruptcy.

[linoleumcarving]

they were a hell of a lot eaiser to work on and even today the parts cost sooo little compared to say......my 2006 Camry !

[noelpeace]

That is a "small" chrysler. I miss the 70's it was so much better than now.

[biohazzarddiva]

Though that is a hideous car and I think Chrysler sucks, to have Ricardo Montalban as your celebrity spokesman is a treasure. I'm still in shock over his death. That beautiful voice will live forever.

[southernmagnus]

I think it's safe to say Ricardo Montalban was the best thing about the Cordova.

[inkey2]

yeh, i am an anglo and I think he (Montalban) had a fabulas voice for doing "voice overs" in commercials. His voice and phrasing even made a piece of shit like this Cordoba sound good.

[StukInBuf]

He was a legend indeed.

[crimsonKittie]

So sad to hear of his death. I loved his suave manner. Another great loss :(