Back in 1991 when the 98's first came out, I kind of thought that too. I actually would have liked to see some sort of big, round, mildly shaped bullet shaped tailights - kind of a retro look! But oh, how I miss Oldsmobiles immensely. My favorite brand.
It's 2024, I just picked up a 1991 Olds Regency Elite, and it was a 1-owner (grandma of the seller) with only 130k miles on it. Runs like a dream, and I couldn't ask for more considering I drive about 50 miles both ways for work each day, mostly on long flat stretches of Kansas highways. Got it for $2500, and with the exception of some faded paint on the hood and trunk due to grandma living in Utah, it looks like it just came off the assembly line. I feel like it was well worth the money and I can see it serving me quite well for years to come.
I loved these type of cars. I would always buy mint used ones from old people. Not the most stylish but they are comfy to drive. This is an era when domestic cars were very reliable,
You definitely picked 2 nice ones. I never own one before but i did get to see both cars inside and outside the aurora and lss in mint condition. Coincidentally i seen both cars at different time at work an both times was a doctor. I have seen way more auroras than i have lss. Infact that was the only lss i have ever seen in person. They are rare.
All luxury cars go for these days is performance. It ruins the comfortable ride. Sure, you get so many more technical features and driver comforts but the ride and all around comfort will be compromised due to this insane need for performance or "sporty" feel. Not just luxury cars doing this, but mid sized as well. "A soft and wallowey ride" is not a bad thing!
I blame automotive journalists/reviewers for changing the minds of the manufacturers. Example: I drive a Kia Amanti. The biggest "negative" most reviewers had about the car (other than the love it or hate it design) was it's soft ride. They compared it to old Buick's. How is that a bad thing!? If you want a sporty car, buy a sports car, not one that weighs 4100lbs.
They would have been good if they had made a retro version of the 442 like the Camaro and the Challenger and the Mustang and the same goes with Pontiac they made the GTO but it didn't look retro that's why I believe people really didn't buy many of them
Wow. 23mpg. 0-60 in 9.0. Remote lock key, cupholders, articulated power headrest, retained accessory power. Steering wheel hvac and radio controls, ABS, airbag. It's the car of the future.
@@jblyon2 Only waiting for hours behind them at the stop light :) To be honest, when I drive my '99 Grand Marquis, people assume I'm going to leave the light slowly and they move to an adjacent lane if available. The usually end up disappointed that the lane they chose is moving slower :)
I had that very same V-6 engine (at 3:20) in my supercharged 1993 Pontiac, Bonneville SSEi. I never should have sold that car, they don't even build Pontiacs anymore.
These were such great looking cars, particularly the long and flat decklid area. Someday I'd like to own one. I still see these every so often, but most are very rusty and in poor repair.
I would have 15 or so when these came out, always thought this was one of the uglier Oldsmobile's. Obviously it wasn't made with my demo in mind - but all these years later, I still think it's pretty ugly. I did like other Olds however, and I knew right off the bat what car this was without reading the description, so at least they got that part right. But the Buick looked a lot better to me, although I still thought it was pretty blah.
No the best that GM ever made has to be the Chevy 350 Small Block in my opinion. Its the one that started it all. Hard to choose since there are and have been many great GM engines.
These were very good cars; the Touring Sedan had a ride that was more firm than Regency. The Regency I drove was sweet and didn’t have any torque steer. It drove better than any Cadillac I drove. The Imperial felt cheap, and the Buick had a different feel than the Oldsmobile.
@J L driving like a meth head, you mean. It's not like his trashed $200 car is in good shape. I know plenty of trash who drive old cars like this, it's because they have a drug habbit.
Thank you! Thank you for bringing this video to share. I own the 1995 version of this body style. It ran from 1991-1996. This was great to see. The instrumentation was upgraded and the interior as well in 1994. I appreciate you uploading this video.
I was just about to send you the link to this video, but I see you found it before me, such a cool car! I like the wheels too, they are very similar, if not identical to the ones on the Toronado Trofeo.
It's too bad they didn't keep the Touring Sedan around long enough to get the supercharged Series II 3800, though I guess with the Aurora and its V8 in the lineup it would have been a bit redundant.
They carried over the 3800 when it was upgraded. They created what they called a "touring package" on the Ninety Eight that was a fully loaded Ninety Eight with the touring sedan wheels and suspension and the supercharged 3800 V6 and a full set of analog gauges. It did not have bucket seats.The Eighty Eight LSS offered the Touring Sedan type package from 1992-1999. It used Aurora seats from 1996 to 1999, but it did not have power lumbar.
@@texan903 they managed to be the most sold car in America for 4 non conductive years (Cutlass from '78 to '83) but died 3 decades later? The real reason that they failed is that GM couldn't be bothered to make diferencial products that didn't fight each other (preoil crisis era they just could afford to fight each other and still hold large market share) the last generation of the Cutlass (gone with the brand in 2004) sold 300k cars. Is that a failure?
Sadly, GM killed off a division of great looking near-luxury cars. Plush and comfy on long hauls, without looking geriatric like their Buick counterparts. I always believed they should have axed Buick, and kept Chevy-Olds-Cadillac as their 3 tiers. Olds made some great engines that found their way throughout the GM fleet, too. RIP, Oldsmobile.
If you,ve ever driven a 1991-93 98 touring sedan with or with out the supercharged v6, you,re still in for a treat, the car doesn,t run, ride, or feel it,s size at all, the same kind of characteristics that should used in today,s full sized cross overs, if oldsmobile could do it then why can,t they?
My grandma had one of these. I wish new cars paid more attention to detail and materials than they do. Older cars had a richness in the interiors that is considered strange and dated now. I can still remember the smell of the leather in that car. It was a great car for long trips.
I would love to see MW's episode from the early 1990's which featured a road test of Cadillac's DeVille Touring Sedan. I believe it would have been in either the '91 or '92.
Love the 3800. Had used a 92 park ave with it and i put over 300k miles on and sold it for what i paid for it. Then my Olds intregue had 3800 and i coukd get up to 46mph highway but normally it was 38-42. Great engine!
@ 02:13 - So the car they give Motor Week has computer problems... Nice job GM... If you can't get THAT car right, you certainly didn't give a damn about the cars you sold your customers... Absolutely pathetic. 👎
Great retro review. You were right on the misses, John. That price was higher than that Buick and Chrysler, but less than an LS 400, Legend, Q45, and 7 series. And over 50 switches on the dash?? Not even those foreign competitors had those many switches.
It was LINCOLN who "took" GMs taillight looks, Sometimes (OK, Most of the time...) from Buick,( The ass end of full sized Lincolns looked like Buicks form the 60's thru the 80's) Sometimes from Oldsmobile, Sometimes from Cadillac. There has NEVER been a "Lincoln" exclusive ass design except for the fake "spare" tire.
2:13. Gee............a computer glitch in a brand new GM vehicle made the retained accessory feature work intermittently, huh?!!!!!!! As Joe Pesci's character Vincent LaGuardia Gambini famously said in My Cousin Vinny, "Well, THERE'S a fuckin' surprise"!!!!!
I remember those when they were new----never liked 'em, always thought they were bland and boring. They did however offer that traditional American boulevard ride, and the 3.8 Buick engines were as reliable as any Japanese engines.
Because when these cars were new, I remember only older folks bought them. Sinatra was the voice of the WWII and Silent generation so it would only make sense to match their cars with their taste in music.
The ironic part is that Sinatra was a close friend to Lee Iacocca. He help advertise Chrysler cars a decade earlier and the Imperial even had a Sinatra edition.
Thank you for uploading this video! I am so proud to drive a 1996 Ninety Eight every day! The radio only plays classical or smooth jazz, and I always wear a cap, gloves, and great big Uvex safety shades to keep alive the spirit of the greatest generation. I am twenty eight years old but in this car I am eleventeen and shall live until I tire of living.
Though I prefer the 88 exterior over the hearse looking 98, but man that interior of the Touring is just phenomenal so far ahead of it's time considering it was the early 90s and it still looks gorgeous today.
One of my favorite Oldsmobile's. Unfortunately when the Aurora came along the 98 ended up playing second fiddle to the Aurora (another of my favorite Olds.)
@@supersportus - I had the 2nd gen Aurora - a 2001 with the "baby Northstar". It was my definitely my family hot rod! That car was balls-out FAST. Then the all-too-familiar Northstar oil leaks started, and it was then time for it to go. It's too bad that Oldmobile couldn't have manufactured it's own little Rocket V8 engine especially for the Aurora.
I had one of these baby’s. I miss it so much!!! I bought it for around 1200 from Toyota’s used lot back in 2016. Had only 12k miles on it! Thing was like new, expect for a ring on the hood. Probably from being kept it a grandmas garage and something like a can kept on there for ever. But man, was it a good car. So comfortable. So smooth. So solid. Had all the bells and whistles those fancy cars had back then which were still nice present day. Def got rid of that cassette player and put a new mp3/CD player in lol. Way too many buttons on the original. I had to get rid of it when I moved across the country. It was such a good car though, they don’t make them like that anymore. As a 23 year old buying it I was so happy. If I ever come across one again I’m getting it and putting money into it.
That car should've been the regency sedan, once again Oldsmobile let a good opportunity slip through their dumb hands, that would've proved that it wasn't your father's Oldsmobile, that's why Oldsmobile is gone today, hopefully GM will soon follow😮😂
To bad they didn’t rust proof these better. They are one of the most comfortable cars ever. I had a 1996 olds 98 regency elite that I loved but was completely rusted out, so bad that the engine and trans fell out of it
It was sad that General Motors made the wrong decision of killing Oldsmobile. I love Olds and Buicks Buick had smooth rides and comfy interiors. Oldsmobile was more top of the line cars with luxurious as Regency 98 and Aurora, before Toronado had the digital dash as Riviera. When GM decided killing Oldsmobile I was upset doing that time Olds was making some stylish cars all of their models were beautiful except (Century twin Ciera), Achieva, Cutlass Supreme which were probably more family cars but other cars in the lineup as Regency 98, Aurora, Intrigue were some nice looking cars. Believe the reason Oldsmobile died because they didn't advertised them enough although the 98 is more a older person ride I would had still taking it over the Imperial as I liked those too. Back in those old days cars were made luxurious and had digital instrument cluster absolutely love and comfortable interiors. Well only thing these old cars brings back lots of memories sure miss when we had great cars in the day now these newer cars aren't same anymore. Rest in Peace Oldsmobile.
great car! I sold them new! The owner of the dealership had one and we all wanted it!!! 3800 is one of the best motors ever made! Bucket seats! etc! Car will be a classic!!!
IMO the restyled 1991 88 & 98 were the cars that killed Oldsmobile. Terribly ugly cars that only appealed old people who fought the war and were already loyal to the brand. You can argue the horribly received 1988 Cutlass Supreme was the car that killed Oldsmobile, but IMO big 2 door cars were on their way out by the late 80's/90's. The sedan was the bread/butter body style of the 90's, and Oldsmobiles of this era were horribly ugly(or if its an Aurua, a very pretty unreliable POS)
Hard to pinpoint any one model, but more of an overall mistake. Already by the 1950s it looked like GM had too many brands, with Olds, Buick & Pontiac. They found a nominal niche for Pontiac in the 60s, but ultimately they still had so many models sharing the same components, without brand exclusives. It continued through the 70s, 80s, and 90s, where a Skylark was a Calais was a Grand Am, except for some cheap plastic cladding. I don't recall anyone ever being excited about a new model from any of those 3 in the 80s or 90s. GM pushed them out with all the gusto of completing a weekly TPS report, and passed the enthusiasm onto the customer.
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50 buttons, great! Far better than damn screens with endless menus and sub-menus. And a very nice comprehensive dashboard.
I hate modern garbage crossovers with their giant screen in the dash!!!
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Underated car. Has the best v6 GM ever built. Truly ahead of it's time
No joke, every one of my friends had a 3.8 series 2 in high school. 2 of them had over 300k. 1 didn’t have first gear
I always thought the back end looked a bit like a Town Car
Well, Since the ass end of Lincolns looked like Buicks, I guess it's fair.
When John said it doesn't look like any other GM big car...I thought hmmm looks like a Pontiac front with Buick sides/body lines and a Cadillac rear
Exactly ! I always thought the same thing!
Back in 1991 when the 98's first came out, I kind of thought that too. I actually would have liked to see some sort of big, round, mildly shaped bullet shaped tailights - kind of a retro look! But oh, how I miss Oldsmobiles immensely. My favorite brand.
This car is so attractive and I don’t know why
These are so hard to find nowadays. If I could find one in good condition, I'd snap it right up.
I have an like new 1988 Regency Broughm I will be selling soon.
........said everyone's grandfather
It's 2024, I just picked up a 1991 Olds Regency Elite, and it was a 1-owner (grandma of the seller) with only 130k miles on it. Runs like a dream, and I couldn't ask for more considering I drive about 50 miles both ways for work each day, mostly on long flat stretches of Kansas highways. Got it for $2500, and with the exception of some faded paint on the hood and trunk due to grandma living in Utah, it looks like it just came off the assembly line. I feel like it was well worth the money and I can see it serving me quite well for years to come.
Maybe I am just getting old, but I still think this is an attractive car.
I'm 23 and I like it looks better than the Cruze Spark Sonic and all the junk GM makes today
There is nothing "attractive" about these cars at all.
Angelina Cortalano judging by your name you sound like a "attractive" Spanish woman am I right lol
11094DEREK judging by her name, she sounds like the type of women you are not physical "equipped" for. Am I right?
Always get an Oldsmobile
Sadly that 100th anniversary will never happen. But what a great looking sedan.
If Oldsmobile can maintain this momentum....
Oh, if they only knew.
The 100th Anniversary was held in 1997 in Lansing, Michigan. I was there.
I loved these type of cars. I would always buy mint used ones from old people. Not the most stylish but they are comfy to drive. This is an era when domestic cars were very reliable,
hey motorweek ..can we se a review of the oldsmobile aurora??? or lss supercharged
You definitely picked 2 nice ones. I never own one before but i did get to see both cars inside and outside the aurora and lss in mint condition. Coincidentally i seen both cars at different time at work an both times was a doctor. I have seen way more auroras than i have lss. Infact that was the only lss i have ever seen in person. They are rare.
All luxury cars go for these days is performance. It ruins the comfortable ride. Sure, you get so many more technical features and driver comforts but the ride and all around comfort will be compromised due to this insane need for performance or "sporty" feel. Not just luxury cars doing this, but mid sized as well. "A soft and wallowey ride" is not a bad thing!
Jim Sneakers A full size luxury truck would be the closest thing to a old land yacht. RIP Crown Victoria
Yeah come to New York and see how much you enjoy your cars rock hard performance suspension on these pothole filled roads.
Jim Sneakers The new Lincoln Continental has essentially brought back the land yacht comfort! Not as floaty but apparently rides amazing.
I blame automotive journalists/reviewers for changing the minds of the manufacturers. Example: I drive a Kia Amanti. The biggest "negative" most reviewers had about the car (other than the love it or hate it design) was it's soft ride. They compared it to old Buick's. How is that a bad thing!? If you want a sporty car, buy a sports car, not one that weighs 4100lbs.
Jim Sneakers I know! I'm tired of every car and minivan try to immulate a BMW.
That'll make a good daily driver. It's actually pretty nice.
I used to own a 1990 Touring sedan. It was the older body style. It was a super smooth riding car.
Had a 90 in college. It was a real hit ...
I laughed when he mentioned an 100th anniversary!
Rip
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Oldsmobile actually lived seven years beyond its 100th anniversary. 1897-1997, axed in 2004.
Oldsmobile..........RIP!
They would have been good if they had made a retro version of the 442 like the Camaro and the Challenger and the Mustang and the same goes with Pontiac they made the GTO but it didn't look retro that's why I believe people really didn't buy many of them
Wow. 23mpg. 0-60 in 9.0. Remote lock key, cupholders, articulated power headrest, retained accessory power. Steering wheel hvac and radio controls, ABS, airbag. It's the car of the future.
You're forgetting this car was designed 30 years ago! These features WERE a big deal ,back then!!
Actually it's got QUAD cupholders. Unheard of at the time.
How many other people have found themselves looking at the back end of this car from a distance thinking it was a Lincoln Town Car?
I don't think anyone had to look at the back end of this car from a distance with how slow the typical owner drove
I was hoping to find the Lincoln reference here
My grandmother who use to own one even confuses Lincolns with her old car. The taillights are very similar.
@@jblyon2 Only waiting for hours behind them at the stop light :)
To be honest, when I drive my '99 Grand Marquis, people assume I'm going to leave the light slowly and they move to an adjacent lane if available.
The usually end up disappointed that the lane they chose is moving slower :)
The redesigned Town Car was hot for 1990. They couldn't keep the lots stocked. I think GM definitely leveraged the back end of the LTC.
I had that very same V-6 engine (at 3:20) in my supercharged 1993 Pontiac, Bonneville SSEi. I never should have sold that car, they don't even build Pontiacs anymore.
If only they knew how many of those features would be so common today. To me, this one stands out among most of the retro reviews
There sound of that tasty 3800 engine starting up -I'm sold!
Had one of these in the family from 95-05.... went all over the map, loved that car
I had a 95 as well. It was my first car. Loved it. Great ride and comfortable. I do miss it.
I used to work on these at an Oldsmobile dealership back in the day, they were such easy vehicles to repair.
These were such great looking cars, particularly the long and flat decklid area. Someday I'd like to own one.
I still see these every so often, but most are very rusty and in poor repair.
uxwbill surprised to see you here!
Darkphoton In the 90s I always wished my dad would buy one.
I would have 15 or so when these came out, always thought this was one of the uglier Oldsmobile's. Obviously it wasn't made with my demo in mind - but all these years later, I still think it's pretty ugly. I did like other Olds however, and I knew right off the bat what car this was without reading the description, so at least they got that part right. But the Buick looked a lot better to me, although I still thought it was pretty blah.
Those had some of the most comfortable seats ever installed in a car.
Gf - “what are you watching”
Me- oh you know
Who the hell drinks caffeine free Diet Coke? The elderly who drove this car. That's who.
LOL My mother!!!
It was a 90s thing.
I did - it was the only soda at my Grandma’s house.
Lol Its still a thing. Coke Zero too
They probably had a McDonald's big Mac with fries and a McFlurry super-sized
Mw can you please bring back 1991 those were better times. K thx
Z-Bo No weeaboos and bronies for starters.
Ok Nathan. Go back. Make sure to stop 9/11 ok?
@@smoats8752 And the '93 WTC bombing
And dont forget to stop Hurricane Katrina and the OKC bombing along the way too.
@Uz 33 people where happier and got along better
Those Buick 3800 engines were pretty indestructible. Probably the best engine GM ever made.
Electone_Guy I would say yes, besides the Chevy 283 ;)
I consider the Oldsmobile Rocket 350 (mainly built from 1968 to 1976) to be the best engine GM has ever built) along with the Oldsmobile Rocket 455.
4.3l too?
No the best that GM ever made has to be the Chevy 350 Small Block in my opinion. Its the one that started it all.
Hard to choose since there are and have been many great GM engines.
Certainly the best V6.
These are the best FWD cars GM has ever produced.
tytotheler92 once they turned the engine sideways, they weren’t so good. I’ll take a 1979 Eldorado with the 350 motor.
66 through 69 tornado will beg to differ
These were very good cars; the Touring Sedan had a ride that was more firm than Regency. The Regency I drove was sweet and didn’t have any torque steer. It drove better than any Cadillac I drove. The Imperial felt cheap, and the Buick had a different feel than the Oldsmobile.
Aurora was sexier & more powerful
@@beb1527 yeah that 350 was built proof. It did drank gas though but i would still take that over the 3.8.
I have a 1995 Ninety-Eight, and I adore it. Wonderful car.
Wow, that's got to be worth $600, maybe $700 dollars!
Especially with a destroyed engine.
@@stephendavidbailey2743 oh, sorry, more like $200.
@J L driving like a meth head, you mean. It's not like his trashed $200 car is in good shape. I know plenty of trash who drive old cars like this, it's because they have a drug habbit.
It looks very very comfortable..
That's because it was.
Thank you! Thank you for bringing this video to share. I own the 1995 version of this body style. It ran from 1991-1996. This was great to see. The instrumentation was upgraded and the interior as well in 1994. I appreciate you uploading this video.
I was just about to send you the link to this video, but I see you found it before me, such a cool car! I like the wheels too, they are very similar, if not identical to the ones on the Toronado Trofeo.
The wheels, the steering wheel, the stereo, the seats, the engine are shared with the Toronado.
It's too bad they didn't keep the Touring Sedan around long enough to get the supercharged Series II 3800, though I guess with the Aurora and its V8 in the lineup it would have been a bit redundant.
They carried over the 3800 when it was upgraded. They created what they called a "touring package" on the Ninety Eight that was a fully loaded Ninety Eight with the touring sedan wheels and suspension and the supercharged 3800 V6 and a full set of analog gauges. It did not have bucket seats.The Eighty Eight LSS offered the Touring Sedan type package from 1992-1999. It used Aurora seats from 1996 to 1999, but it did not have power lumbar.
@ these old cars probably dont weigh as much as a new Challenger
I love these. Wish they still made them like this.
6:29 “...a 100th anniversary for Oldsmobile is quite conceivable.”
Until it’s not.
Oldsmobile should be brought back into the fold.
@Roger Dodger Yeah, I know. I am reminiscing about a bygone era.
@@texan903 they managed to be the most sold car in America for 4 non conductive years (Cutlass from '78 to '83) but died 3 decades later?
The real reason that they failed is that GM couldn't be bothered to make diferencial products that didn't fight each other (preoil crisis era they just could afford to fight each other and still hold large market share) the last generation of the Cutlass (gone with the brand in 2004) sold 300k cars. Is that a failure?
@@MrCarguy2 Typical american profit is everything screw everything else including quality attitude
@@texan903 Bring back Oldsmobile? I'm not sure Buick will still be with us in 5 years from now.
Sadly, GM killed off a division of great looking near-luxury cars. Plush and comfy on long hauls, without looking geriatric like their Buick counterparts. I always believed they should have axed Buick, and kept Chevy-Olds-Cadillac as their 3 tiers. Olds made some great engines that found their way throughout the GM fleet, too. RIP, Oldsmobile.
They did make it to 100. 1897-1997.
RoundenBrown they were the oldest car division ever when they were axed
They made to 107 to be exact, 1897 - 2004
RoundenBrown, the 50 and 100 year anniversary that MW spoke of was for the Olds 98 model.
@ Considering that the Chinese now practically own the USA, it's no wonder why.
If you,ve ever driven a 1991-93 98 touring sedan with or with out the supercharged v6, you,re still in for a treat, the car doesn,t run, ride, or feel it,s size at all, the same kind of characteristics that should used in today,s full sized cross overs, if oldsmobile could do it then why can,t they?
Hey Motor week, I love these retro vids! Do you guys have a review featuring a 2001-2003 Oldsmobile Aurora?????
Who the eF drags empty luggage out of he trunk like that?!
My grandma had one of these. I wish new cars paid more attention to detail and materials than they do. Older cars had a richness in the interiors that is considered strange and dated now. I can still remember the smell of the leather in that car. It was a great car for long trips.
Blue collar/Grandpa's car......but, damn I want to drive one now!! Heck, if I could, I would OWN one!
The Grandpa Glider!
Eric Eberle a sporty car for the mob.
Yet the interior smells like grandmas bingo wings...
My all time favorite car, smoothest ride ever!
I would love to see MW's episode from the early 1990's which featured a road test of Cadillac's DeVille Touring Sedan. I believe it would have been in either the '91 or '92.
Motorweek, could you find the 90's review of the Corolla gts/sr5 and the '92-'99 Bonneville gtp please and thanks
SSEi not GTP. GTP was Grand Prix and G6.
Park Avenue Ultra, like they mentioned, seems like an objectively better car unless you were really married to the Olds brand.
These retro motorweek videos remind me that life was slower back then!
Nice I have always like Oldsmobiles I miss them
Love the 3800. Had used a 92 park ave with it and i put over 300k miles on and sold it for what i paid for it. Then my Olds intregue had 3800 and i coukd get up to 46mph highway but normally it was 38-42. Great engine!
@ 02:13 - So the car they give Motor Week has computer problems... Nice job GM... If you can't get THAT car right, you certainly didn't give a damn about the cars you sold your customers... Absolutely pathetic. 👎
Yay! I get to here the Motor Week guy say Ohzmobile again! 😁
Great retro review. You were right on the misses, John. That price was higher than that Buick and Chrysler, but less than an LS 400, Legend, Q45, and 7 series. And over 50 switches on the dash?? Not even those foreign competitors had those many switches.
David Aubin this is where my around $30 grand base priced aurora comes in after 1994 though..
David Aubin Thing had more dash buttons than the space shuttle. Must've confused the hell out of the car's demographic
David M There's a happy medium. Toyota gets it. Keeping it simple.
Pleeeeeease send one to England for me! I love this body style and the V6 is a great engine
Nice... But what was the point of Oldsmobile when GM already had Buick? 🤷🏻♂️
@F L huh 🤔 interesting. Thanks 👍🏻
The rear taillights lights look like Lincoln rear taillights
They’re called taillights
It was LINCOLN who "took" GMs taillight looks, Sometimes (OK, Most of the time...) from Buick,( The ass end of full sized Lincolns looked like Buicks form the 60's thru the 80's) Sometimes from Oldsmobile, Sometimes from Cadillac. There has NEVER been a "Lincoln" exclusive ass design except for the fake "spare" tire.
2:13. Gee............a computer glitch in a brand new GM vehicle made the retained accessory feature work intermittently, huh?!!!!!!! As Joe Pesci's character Vincent LaGuardia Gambini famously said in My Cousin Vinny, "Well, THERE'S a fuckin' surprise"!!!!!
landyachtfan79 that's what I was thinking
The Big Brother to the Oldsmobile Achieva Sedan from 1992 to 1998.
I was a kid when these came out. I still think they were so very handsome!
My first car. Damn natives stole it, like every other Oldsmobile my family owned it was found crashed on a rez
My '91 Olds got stolen too, only in my case, a gang banger in Philly took it. He got caught by the Philly police after he hit a pole and ran.
That last commentary was heartbreaking! 6:30
Woah. That 3800 is strong to pull a fullsize to 60 in under 10 seconds. That's easily 305 territory.
I remember those when they were new----never liked 'em, always thought they were bland and boring. They did however offer that traditional American boulevard ride, and the 3.8 Buick engines were as reliable as any Japanese engines.
Agreed on all counts!
3rd...so anyways! I see these still on the road, comfy stuff and smooth ride ^^
And Ugly!
this loaded in my autoplay after "The Way You Look Tonight"- Frank Sinatra. Oddly fitting song for this car
arachnonixon
Frank drove Continentals, & Eldorado's so how exactly is that befitting for this car review??
Because when these cars were new, I remember only older folks bought them. Sinatra was the voice of the WWII and Silent generation so it would only make sense to match their cars with their taste in music.
When you have to explain it........
The ironic part is that Sinatra was a close friend to Lee Iacocca. He help advertise Chrysler cars a decade earlier and the Imperial even had a Sinatra edition.
BloomingOnion Got it right away. Frank and the Olds 98. Both for the same generation
Thank you for uploading this video! I am so proud to drive a 1996 Ninety Eight every day! The radio only plays classical or smooth jazz, and I always wear a cap, gloves, and great big Uvex safety shades to keep alive the spirit of the greatest generation. I am twenty eight years old but in this car I am eleventeen and shall live until I tire of living.
Though I prefer the 88 exterior over the hearse looking 98, but man that interior of the Touring is just phenomenal so far ahead of it's time considering it was the early 90s and it still looks gorgeous today.
One of my favorite Oldsmobile's. Unfortunately when the Aurora came along the 98 ended up playing second fiddle to the Aurora (another of my favorite Olds.)
Did they ever build any Auroras with anything OTHER than the Northstar? Heard those engines were temperamental to say the least. 3800 for the win!!!
@@schwenda3727 I had the 2nd gen Aurora, without the Northstar. It had a 3.5 V6.
@@supersportus - I had the 2nd gen Aurora - a 2001 with the "baby Northstar". It was my definitely my family hot rod! That car was balls-out FAST. Then the all-too-familiar Northstar oil leaks started, and it was then time for it to go. It's too bad that Oldmobile couldn't have manufactured it's own little Rocket V8 engine especially for the Aurora.
"touring sedan" sounds like an oxymoron nowadays
The best car ever made, the best engine.
Had one of these, and it had more mechanical problems then I could keep up with
I had one of these baby’s. I miss it so much!!! I bought it for around 1200 from Toyota’s used lot back in 2016. Had only 12k miles on it! Thing was like new, expect for a ring on the hood. Probably from being kept it a grandmas garage and something like a can kept on there for ever. But man, was it a good car.
So comfortable. So smooth. So solid. Had all the bells and whistles those fancy cars had back then which were still nice present day. Def got rid of that cassette player and put a new mp3/CD player in lol. Way too many buttons on the original. I had to get rid of it when I moved across the country. It was such a good car though, they don’t make them like that anymore. As a 23 year old buying it I was so happy. If I ever come across one again I’m getting it and putting money into it.
Oh dear - 6:28 " ... a 100th anniversary celebration for the Olds 98 is quite conceivable..." 😢 We know how that story turned out...
That car should've been the regency sedan, once again Oldsmobile let a good opportunity slip through their dumb hands, that would've proved that it wasn't your father's Oldsmobile, that's why Oldsmobile is gone today, hopefully GM will soon follow😮😂
New cars ride like shit compared to this thing.
You would have to ride in one to know.
And not some hoopty in the ghetto.
But a nice one.
This is like watching the death of GM. NO ONE wanted this car except for old people. And they bought Roadmasters instead due to RWD.
The touring sedan should've been the 98 regency,I prefer the bucket seats with or without extra power adjustments, the rest of the car was just fine.
When 16" rims were considered large.
If they built this now it would weigh 4200lbs. I guess modern car engineers don't know that weight=poor fuel economy.
To bad they didn’t rust proof these better. They are one of the most comfortable cars ever. I had a 1996 olds 98 regency elite that I loved but was completely rusted out, so bad that the engine and trans fell out of it
Not too busy at all… If you can read, and after you use them a few times, its easy. Try a Boeing 777, then you’ll be confused.
Definitely old school- not the car, pumping the gas while starting a fuel injected engine lol 3:03
The Gm 3800 v6 just about bulletproof and the only thing on this car that's stood the test of time well.
It was sad that General Motors made the wrong decision of killing Oldsmobile. I love Olds and Buicks Buick had smooth rides and comfy interiors. Oldsmobile was more top of the line cars with luxurious as Regency 98 and Aurora, before Toronado had the digital dash as Riviera. When GM decided killing Oldsmobile I was upset doing that time Olds was making some stylish cars all of their models were beautiful except (Century twin Ciera), Achieva, Cutlass Supreme which were probably more family cars but other cars in the lineup as Regency 98, Aurora, Intrigue were some nice looking cars. Believe the reason Oldsmobile died because they didn't advertised them enough although the 98 is more a older person ride I would had still taking it over the Imperial as I liked those too. Back in those old days cars were made luxurious and had digital instrument cluster absolutely love and comfortable interiors. Well only thing these old cars brings back lots of memories sure miss when we had great cars in the day now these newer cars aren't same anymore. Rest in Peace Oldsmobile.
A Computer Glitch on a Brand New Car! That's GM for Ya!
Kris One Ford and Chrysler were worst with those issues
Them still some good ole cars of ya can find one that ain’t had the ghetto treatment
Do you have a video on the 88 thru 90 Olds 98?
The best cars GM ever made, were their cookie cutter cars, their cars ain't shit now.
great car! I sold them new! The owner of the dealership had one and we all wanted it!!! 3800 is one of the best motors ever made! Bucket seats! etc! Car will be a classic!!!
Ahh the brown rust colorations of the classic Oldsmabuick.
The most beautiful Oldsmobile of the '90s.
Can I order it with a 455???
This was a very beautiful car ! The whole design was very beautiful. Don't see many of these around anymore !
Hey..In 91 yoass was the mac daddy rollin round in this
the 3800 v6 will definitely outlast the transmission
IMO the restyled 1991 88 & 98 were the cars that killed Oldsmobile. Terribly ugly cars that only appealed old people who fought the war and were already loyal to the brand. You can argue the horribly received 1988 Cutlass Supreme was the car that killed Oldsmobile, but IMO big 2 door cars were on their way out by the late 80's/90's. The sedan was the bread/butter body style of the 90's, and Oldsmobiles of this era were horribly ugly(or if its an Aurua, a very pretty unreliable POS)
Hard to pinpoint any one model, but more of an overall mistake. Already by the 1950s it looked like GM had too many brands, with Olds, Buick & Pontiac. They found a nominal niche for Pontiac in the 60s, but ultimately they still had so many models sharing the same components, without brand exclusives. It continued through the 70s, 80s, and 90s, where a Skylark was a Calais was a Grand Am, except for some cheap plastic cladding. I don't recall anyone ever being excited about a new model from any of those 3 in the 80s or 90s. GM pushed them out with all the gusto of completing a weekly TPS report, and passed the enthusiasm onto the customer.
1991 Oldsmobile 98 Touring: the Official Car of doing 20 kph below the speed limit because cataracts and 75+ year-old reflexes.
You might make it some day ,if you're lucky
the olds and Buick look way better than the Chrysler
Only the passenger side air bag is missing, no big deal.
Still better than what we see on today's roads.
If ths guy was a car, this would be him.
Quite handsome in European eyes actually lol.
GM's full size lineup was the best at the time
GM should have also gotten rid of Buick and kept Pontiac.. Big Mistake..
In a way, Buick HAS gone away............to China!!!