i like the dramatic flow these have with that unique tail light lens. its a familiar shape i miss seeing in traffic. its also nifty because its one of those cars you think is a coupe when you're not looking at it and in your peripheral it looks like a hardtop. when it comes to late 90s and early 2000s designs, its quite unique and sorely missed.
the best of the last of the Oldsmobile breed.. imagine if Oldsmobile was still around, it likely would have been driving along side Tesla, Mercedes, bmw, and more. A shame that the brand died out 5 years after this film was taken
yeah gee whiz sure too bad we don't have another stupid identical electric idiot pod with a name that did and deserves better on it. you sound like the people who think pontiac would have been immune to the retardation of the automobile in the social media age.
Jaciee87 where do you live? Exactly. I hate American cars but Olds was a different breed, nothing like the junk out the other brands. And for the record Honda and Nissan build pure horseshit*, check their transmission reliability rate. Now go look silly in some corner and think about how dumb you sound when you’ve probably never once been in an Olds GURL!
domestic cars got worse because we stopped putting effort into things. No one has a passion for the cars they design. They just have to be good on gas and live long enough to make it out of warranty
@Jaciee87 Oldsmobile was a pre luxury car like Buick. However, OLDs was the research and development center of GM. They were building high quality and down market Olds. The Achieva was built to compete against midsize imports. The Aurora was built to compete against entry level luxury type cars.
This was olds return to the standards of the past. The Aurora was a upscale division car. They were supposed to bring another upscale car. However, GM pulled the plug on Oldsmobile.
I owned a '97 Riviera with a 3800 series 3 engine and an '06 DTS with an L37 Northstar. Both cars weighed about 4,000 lb, but the engines behaved totally different, the Buick supercharged v-6 pulled stronger off the line, the Northstar was stonger above 4,000 rpm, the Northstar made a beautiful v-8 sound, the 3800 moaned on full boost but got 3-4 more mpg on the hwy. Both needed premium gas, oozed oil, but were reliable.Both had 4 speed hydramatic tranny's and both provided ample passing power and were superior to my '86 IROC-Z 305/215 HP
the Aurora V8 had the infamous northstar v8 by Cadillac these motors where known for blowing head gaskets and this car featured the same engine as in those Cadillac's from the time period.
@@mellyzaurora1277 Wrong, in fact the term "blowing head gasket" is wrong, they never blow, what the issue was the head bolts thread depth wasn't deep enough, but the head bolts were too narrow from the start so any deeper cuts would've been no better; but that flaw combined with being mated into an aluminum inset, seeing as the whole block is aluminum, couldn't handle the high compression ratio banging into the top of the block; so the result was the compression forcing the threads to fail, or condensation getting into the inset and rusting, causing the bolts to fail. The dexcool issue is a fallacy, the only thing there that could kill the engine was the coolants mixing and creating blockage and making it harder to cool the block, and to fall to that issue denotes a crappy coolant flush.
they're coming back. the 2010s cars are being recalled for most of the country and smashed into pepsi cans, except for the amazon warehouse towns where everybody drives pods so no cars anybody cares about get screwed up in their psycho nightmare of colorless hoa neighborhoods with ring cameras and everyone uses tiktok.
I sold Oldsmobiles for 14 years and whenever some old codger said "the engine is in sideways", I would reply "No, the engine is forward, the car is sideways!" Always got the sale!
I got a 96 champagne one 130000 miles and her name is old reliable. Ive had more problems with way newer cars but u know who always starts first crank. The aurora plus its an autobahn edition😎
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I am a big fan of USA car industry.I must say that I dont agree with discotninuing of Oldsmobile,Pontiac,Saturn..Look at this beauty..Original,brave,handsome design..Limousine for everything..I like it!!!
Man I always loved the first Gen Aurora. Ahead of it's time and the Northstar v8 was more durable than the 4.6 variant found in all Cadillac's during the 90s.
These where powered by the Northstar engine, correct? I hear these engines have head gasket problems.. My other gripe about these cars is its a V8, but front wheel drive.👎
They did but the aurora was a little more durable. Saying that its an old v8 make sure all your fluids stay inside lol cheaper to replace gaskets than engine
People rightfully mock Oldsmobile garbage like the Bravado (ugh what a turd) but the 1st gen Aurora was pretty nice and looked great. Can't knock it at all. That said, comparing it against an LS400 is delusional. Then Old's had the gall to run a 0-60 against an older LS400 with the 4 speed auto and the 260 hp/tq V8, vs the newer LS400 with the 5-speed and the 290 hp/tq V8.
One of my favorite car from the 90s... aurora 929, Millenia, Riveria, Avalon & Diamante were my favorites ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
i like the dramatic flow these have with that unique tail light lens. its a familiar shape i miss seeing in traffic. its also nifty because its one of those cars you think is a coupe when you're not looking at it and in your peripheral it looks like a hardtop. when it comes to late 90s and early 2000s designs, its quite unique and sorely missed.
got to drive one of these on a trip to Seattle...loved this car...
Aurora is still a damn sexy vehicle.
the best of the last of the Oldsmobile breed.. imagine if Oldsmobile was still around, it likely would have been driving along side Tesla, Mercedes, bmw, and more. A shame that the brand died out 5 years after this film was taken
yeah gee whiz sure too bad we don't have another stupid identical electric idiot pod with a name that did and deserves better on it. you sound like the people who think pontiac would have been immune to the retardation of the automobile in the social media age.
that is when domestic cars were built with great quality
Yes sir loving my 96 Aurora
@Jaciee87 You've never driven one. Your 92 Sentra doesn't know what quality means sir..or maam...whatever you identify as siS.
Jaciee87 where do you live? Exactly. I hate American cars but Olds was a different breed, nothing like the junk out the other brands.
And for the record Honda and Nissan build pure horseshit*, check their transmission reliability rate. Now go look silly in some corner and think about how dumb you sound when you’ve probably never once been in an Olds GURL!
domestic cars got worse because we stopped putting effort into things. No one has a passion for the cars they design. They just have to be good on gas and live long enough to make it out of warranty
@Jaciee87 Oldsmobile was a pre luxury car like Buick. However, OLDs was the research and development center of GM. They were building high quality and down market Olds. The Achieva was built to compete against midsize imports. The Aurora was built to compete against entry level luxury type cars.
Welp, looks like I need to buy an Aurora!
I have one for sell 36000 miles
Clean asf
Good looking car. 21 years later, aged very well.
one of my customers had this car and they were always ripping it whenever they came by, they told me V8 and i was like oh well damn thats fun
Oh yes. Now (the Aurora is from 1995) it is almost 27 years old and still looks newer than today´s cars...
@@Romiman1 I 👍 👍
Cars are underrated
This was olds return to the standards of the past. The Aurora was a upscale division car. They were supposed to bring another upscale car. However, GM pulled the plug on Oldsmobile.
This was my achievable high school dream car (used) back in 2008. So few around today.
Try autotrader, ebay,, and craigslist
I miss that golden era, really beautiful cars!
I owned a '97 Riviera with a 3800 series 3 engine and an '06 DTS with an L37 Northstar. Both cars weighed about 4,000 lb, but the engines behaved totally different, the Buick supercharged v-6 pulled stronger off the line, the Northstar was stonger above 4,000 rpm, the Northstar made a beautiful v-8 sound, the 3800 moaned on full boost but got 3-4 more mpg on the hwy. Both needed premium gas, oozed oil, but were reliable.Both had 4 speed hydramatic tranny's and both provided ample passing power and were superior to my '86 IROC-Z 305/215 HP
Thank you for upload
I still want to find the trunk mounted BOSE shelf box
the Aurora V8 had the infamous northstar v8 by Cadillac these motors where known for blowing head gaskets and this car featured the same engine as in those Cadillac's from the time period.
They blow for not switching out the old dex cool coolant system must be flushed to prevent blown gaskets
@@mellyzaurora1277 Wrong, in fact the term "blowing head gasket" is wrong, they never blow, what the issue was the head bolts thread depth wasn't deep enough, but the head bolts were too narrow from the start so any deeper cuts would've been no better; but that flaw combined with being mated into an aluminum inset, seeing as the whole block is aluminum, couldn't handle the high compression ratio banging into the top of the block; so the result was the compression forcing the threads to fail, or condensation getting into the inset and rusting, causing the bolts to fail.
The dexcool issue is a fallacy, the only thing there that could kill the engine was the coolants mixing and creating blockage and making it harder to cool the block, and to fall to that issue denotes a crappy coolant flush.
@@deutschecreme3143 damn are you a mechanic?
Sheesh this is impeccable!! The design is so unique
15:03 looks like a car from the Future ! Sad that you MIGHT still see one drive by in good condition maybe "once" every Blue Moon.
they're coming back. the 2010s cars are being recalled for most of the country and smashed into pepsi cans, except for the amazon warehouse towns where everybody drives pods so no cars anybody cares about get screwed up in their psycho nightmare of colorless hoa neighborhoods with ring cameras and everyone uses tiktok.
I love this car i am currently on my 5th Aurora my 99 has 88,000 miles Still turns heads till this day Mellyzaurora1 i was here 2-8-2021
16:44 It looks way more modern compared to the lexus
Definitely not your father's Oldsmobile. I would have loved to own one back in the day! This was the real deal!
I sold Oldsmobiles for 14 years and whenever some old codger said "the engine is in sideways", I would reply "No, the engine is forward, the car is sideways!" Always got the sale!
My right ear enjoyed this video.
Imagine a salesman going through every ohs of these points 😂😂😂
This car was pretty equipped for 1999, sad Olds had to be killed off, but at least it didn't have to go through the recession.
I remember watching these videos
I love this
The frame used on this car was so strong it wrecked a few crash test machines bcoz of it so they used one for trucks
I want a first gen pretty bad, look brand new by today’s standards!
I’m selling one
I think this was the last year for this model. They didn’t make anything for 2000 and came up with that 2001 a year later if I’m not mistaken.🤔
I bought my Grandpa's Aurora and really like it, replacing the intake manifold is ouch on the wallet tho
I got a 96 champagne one 130000 miles and her name is old reliable. Ive had more problems with way newer cars but u know who always starts first crank. The aurora plus its an autobahn edition😎
GM didn't know a good thing when it saw it!!!! BTW, I have owned a 2001 Aurora 4.0 since 2000.
awesome!!
💯💯💯💯
Carlton sure have grown up
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10:26 wow, for a second I thought tgat was a DVD player. Nope. Giant 90's laptop lol
I am a big fan of USA car industry.I must say that I dont agree with discotninuing of Oldsmobile,Pontiac,Saturn..Look at this beauty..Original,brave,handsome design..Limousine for everything..I like it!!!
Man I always loved the first Gen Aurora. Ahead of it's time and the Northstar v8 was more durable than the 4.6 variant found in all Cadillac's during the 90s.
These where powered by the Northstar engine, correct? I hear these engines have head gasket problems.. My other gripe about these cars is its a V8, but front wheel drive.👎
not the caddy northstar its a variant of it, smaller and more durable
These Northstar v8s held up better
They did but the aurora was a little more durable. Saying that its an old v8 make sure all your fluids stay inside lol cheaper to replace gaskets than engine
No sound
Try it on another device I hear sound. It might not be in stereo
People rightfully mock Oldsmobile garbage like the Bravado (ugh what a turd) but the 1st gen Aurora was pretty nice and looked great. Can't knock it at all.
That said, comparing it against an LS400 is delusional. Then Old's had the gall to run a 0-60 against an older LS400 with the 4 speed auto and the 260 hp/tq V8, vs the newer LS400 with the 5-speed and the 290 hp/tq V8.
I had one, it was a mechanical NIGHTMARE one the worst mechanical pieces of junk I have ever had... Looked nice though...
The Aurora & Alero were great driving cars, but came out too late to save Oldsmobile. A real shame.
Don't forget the intrigue! The 3.5 was an absolute gem of a motor for its time. Drove better and had better build quality than a comparable buick.
The only way this could've been better is having rwd.