This is one of those rare designs that I like just as much now as I did when it debuted. Nice lights, a little too much Pontiac cladding, but a smooth and sleek body. The coupes were pretty also.
Totally agree. It would have benefited by having a redesigned front bumper and the removal of the side body moulding, but I’d love to have one now, as a summer car here in Ontario! Peace
@@redkos I probably should have "Pontiac-type" instead. Didn't really specifically mean '89 Grand Am GT or '92 Bonneville SSEi, but if you know your cars, you'll understand.
C'mon Bill! You CAN do it! The last four episodes have each gotten slightly longer, but you have not yet broken 59 minutes. WE WILL ALL FOLLOW YOU THROUGH THE PORTAL! ONE-HOUR PLUS OF BILL IS A NIRVANA!
But probably half of that hour would be rambling and babbling about things other than the car. Especially complaining about the heat and humidity of Florida.
I own one of these, inherited it when my dad passed. Has 74 k on it . Same color scheme as this car. Mine has the 5 spoke Olds wheels, no steering wheel buttons, same drive train. Wonderful road car
I loved this car. The one and only present I got from my Grandparents was this same car. It was a awesome. When I graduated in 1997, I sold it when I left for college. I wished I had the money to get it back! My first car and I will never forget it. I had the greenish blue one with black interior. Peace!
Even with it's rotting rear quarter panel, I loved my '75 Cutlass Supreme (if I wasn't careful taking curves, I could lose whatever was in the trunk!).. The 350 4BBL was the stock engine which would burn rubber but I was always envious of the older ones with real horsepower...
I started my car sales career at 18 yrs old in 1989. It was at an Oldsmobile dealership too. At the time, you don’t appreciate the unique and innovative designs. Looking back, there were plenty of cars being made then that can truly claim ‘classic’ status today.
@@Stressless2023 ok , I had a Chevy venture and those engines were terrible. I didn't realize it until I had it for a little bit but the bearings tend to wear on those as compared to a Toyota sienna.
@@chriscornelius2518 Yeah the 3400's were problematic. Toyota vans were definitely more reliable. I'd steer away from Honda Odyssey vans from those years too since they had an unusual amount of transmission failures.
I bet that looked pretty tough back then. Loved those versions over the base models with the 3100 because they had the lip spoiler on the trunk and the quad exhausts.
@@Stressless2023 It was black on black with a set of Alba Eclipse wheels. I thought I was the baddest kid in school! They weren’t slow either…by 90s standards lol
Bill, what a great song to come on the radio in this sweet Olds time machine. Amanda by Boston. You cracked me up when you couldn’t think of the group. Getting back to this car, I love Oldsmobiles and especially Cutlasses. This one is a winner. Too bad it doesn’t have the 3.4 liter, or it would be perfect. It is still extremely nice though. Great video Bill, and watch out for those damn birds.
We had a 1994 4-door (non-convertible) in lovely 90s Teal 😁A very comfortable car with that excellent (Reliable!) GM 3.1 V6 that managed about 240k and still ran when we got rid. Transmission as you would expect was rough by that time! The 2-door was quite a looker in its time and overall this Cutlass Supreme Gen was one of the last distinctly American designs (inside and out) from GM.
Happy Christmas Bill, and remember that if you see something moving at the end of the bed in the middle of the night, it may not be Father Christmas, but don't shoot your big toe off!
Had a friend with one of these way back in 92 or 93. I remember driving it from Boston to Cape Cod in the summer. A very nice driving and fun car. I always liked the "targa" roof bar. Made the car seem more muscular. Bill just love watching your videos. We are from the same era and I can totally relate to your "cars of your youth" commentary. Keep up the great work! And Merry Holidays!
What a Friday night find! Bill reviewing one of my favorite cars: the Olds Cutlass...and from a time I’d skipped over in the car universe. It’s a fine looking car: love the sinister front end & the linear headlight pods. Olds did a pretty good job on that interior: good rear leg room & a decent looking dash + surprisingly, full gauges. Not a fan of the rear tail lights but the top down option is what scores points. Sleek design overall. Too bad she doesn’t have more horses but then again, what would you really do with them in a front driver? Merry Christmas & happy holidays... Bill, you ARE my Corona virus whiskey (these videos help...They really do.). Oh geez! A Porta-potty!!!!
Yeah these cars don’t get the love because it was the 90’s. Everything was front drive back then but still built well. Do you think these cars will ever be classic?
@@marcusallen2951 Yes. Bill was hinting the same. Eventually people come around to things from their youth & want them again...I think they have pretty good styling that works in their favor. One man’s junk is another’s treasure...
The cars he reviews are cool but Bill is the real star of the show.Auto haha of Naples have 2 beautiful woman try to do the same thing Bill does.I'm a red blooded American who loves woman but these beauties can't hold a candle to the best in the biz......that's our boy Bill.
I use to have a 94 Cutlass Supreme 64k original miles had the 5 spoke Convertible wheels with the heads up display, fog lamps, upgraded stereo with Equalizer Settings and the 3.4 dohc. Loaded with everything except leather. Man I miss it. I want a Convertible with the 3.4 not the weak 3.1
To put things in perspective, when this car was new the very first Mustang was a 29 year old car. Cars from the sixties were absolutely antiques in the 90's. The only sixties cars that were still on the road in the 90's were hot rodded collectibles. It goes to show how good 90's cars are. I still see them on the road in respectable numbers (despite "Cash for Clunkers"), unmodified and barely maintained, used as daily drivers by people without much money. In the 90's you would rarely see anything earlier than the 80's in common usage. I've always liked the 90-95 Cutlass, and thought the handle bar was pretty cool. It reminded of the one on the 1st gen Dodge Viper. I hope this one finds a good forever home.
@@user-tb7rn1il3q No I think the 90s was peak reliability for the most part. My theory on this is that the 90s were a confluence of good baseline technology (such as fuel injection) but without strict CAFE standards driving the automakers to make really questionable design decisions and over complicate the engines and transmissions. CAFE standards were frozen for a solid 20 years from like 1985 to 2005 and in that time frame reliability and power went up substantially. But when CAFE started tightening you really started to see problems that we are still dealing with today. Perfect example is the active fuel management or similar system. Or low tension rings causing oil consumption. Or oil sludge due to excessive oil temps. Direct injection/turbo issues. Complicated transmission designs. Etc. I would argue that the most reliable engines ever made came out of the 90s.
@@kevin9c1 The facts and my experience do not back that up. Reliability had increased a lot in the 90s, but it continues to improve. I owned a 96 Blazer that was total junk. Hondas and Toyotas were just starting to become reliable, but still had a bunch of issues. I remember people saying that port fuel injection and DOHC engines would never be reliable. A new technology comes out and reliability drops initially, the bugs are worked out, the design is tweaked over time, and it becomes even more reliable than the technology it replaced. There is nothing inherently unreliable about turbos, displacement on demand, direct injection, low tension rings, or low rolling resistance tires. Most manufacturers have figured things out. Warranty repairs are increasingly rare on new cars. GM 4 speed automatic transmissions of the 80s and 90s were anything but reliable. Japanese cars of the 80s loved to blow head gaskets, etc. I could go on forever. On modern cars when there is an issue it’s usually a bad supplier.
@@user-tb7rn1il3q Yeah I think there are certainly exceptions to my comment. But I think it works in more cases than it doesn't. Many equivalent engines got less reliable after the 90s, not more reliable. And I think this works for Japanese, American and German powertrains. By the way, I thought I would clarify that I am just talking engines and transmissions here. Other electronics are a whole other category and frankly that has gotten way out of control.
@@user-tb7rn1il3q I'd agree with this. Listen to "The Best of Cartalk" from the 80's and 90's, and it's surprising to hear about all the problems those cars had. But, thinking back, my 80's and early 90's cars were always in the shop. My 2009? It's only been in the shop for recalls, nothing else. It's had a few odd plastic things break and need replaced, but that's easy DIY. I'd have to think business is tougher now for independent garages.
I never got to legally drive it, but my first car was an '88 Cutlass Supreme coupe that was white with tan cloth. Very rare combo for some reason. Most white ones had the navy or red interior. It had the full digital dash and I loved it. This car harkens back to that one for me. Nice walk-through of it. Beautiful car too. Merry Christmas.
There was a lot of abuse heaped at GM for the door-mounted seatbelts. While they looked stupid and were terrible to use as a passive restraint, they were miles better than the stupid motorized shoulder belts in other vehicles at the time, since they could just be used normally as regular seatbelts. Of course, if GM hadn't pissed away untold billions on the Saturn experiment, maybe they could've put airbags in these from the outset and skipped the door-mounted seatbelts altogether. The 3.1 was not a bad motor, though the 3800 was the superior engine in all respects. The Cutlass Supreme also had the best dash layout, as they weren't messing around with the stupid half-width radio controls in the other early 90's GM-10 platform cars. This is one of the better 1st gen GM-10 vehicles built, and this example is pristine!
Or more appropriately, if people had used their common sense and buckled the damn seatbelts in the first place in the 1970s, we might not have had the unbelted carnage in the 70's and 80s prompting these ridiculous nanny safety laws in the first place. Blame human stupidity for the government having to rescue idiots from themselves.
And a very merry Christmas to you, Bill! I stumbled across one of your videos as a suggestion in the YT sidebar and have been hooked ever since. The birds, the rabbits, the goats, the chipper Canadians in the back seat, the infants in the boot/trunk, the shitty Florida weather, and the Coronavirus whiskey are a treat and a great tonic to my humdrum existence. Your research and knowledge of cars borders on encyclopædic. You reign supreme in the pantheon of online car reviewers. All the best for 2022 from Australia. Garry.
I have a 1998 Lumina, with 210,000 miles, and it still runs great..The 3.1 V6 is the more reliable engine--but after the first 100,000 miles the upper and lower intake manifold gaskets had to be replaced...blame it on GM, for using crappy gaskets!...cost me around $900 to repair...otherwise it is still a solid car...but I wish GM had offered traction control on the Lumina.
As a fellow 1989 graduate, I was starting to get disappointed that you were drawing a blank on Boston, but you redeemed yourself. Well done, once again, Bill.
I echo all your sentiments on the Cutlass Bill, it's a good looking ride. You can't go wrong with a Cutlass, any of them except the four door models in the late '70's. If I had the cash I seriously would snatch that up even in that white/grey *edit burgundy leather, it looked grey.. I prefer the blue with black top/leather. My Mother (not to be a broken record) had a black on black '93 hardtop. I picked the car out back then and later I wanted her to upgrade to the convertible version but the Cutlass was eventually traded off for a loaded '95 Eagle Talon Tsi AWD 5 speed. A fun ride but I was a little lukewarm about it as it was such a small car. I wasn't making the payments so it wasn't my business. Excellent review on the Cutty. 👍🏼👍🏼
I love Bill's constant complaints about animals and especially birds 🐦 . He cracks me up about it. Then he hates the warm weather. I think he'd be happier in Alaska. Also his jabs at Dalton's sucky detail work is classic. But overall he gives a great review of the cars he drives.
God bless you Bill! Your channel is the only thing that get my newborn daughter to stay asleep, we run a continuous loop of curious cars here. As a bonus I get to watch great content.
Circa 1997 my 2nd car was a 93 Cutlass convertible. Took over my buddy's loan so he could buy a manual S10 step side. Cutty was teal but I painted it black a year or so later when my GF keyed it and slashed the top . Really fun car! Hardly see them anymore.
@@R.J.1 My comment didn't have anything to do with your car man lmao I was joking (but serious) about the song he mentioned that's all lol. I don't doubt how cool that Cutty vert was back in the day, knew a guy my senior year who had more girls packed in his '95 (he had the updated interior) after school than dudes in Camaro's and Mustangs.
Great video, as usual. I had a 1995 Olds Cutlass Supreme Coupe. It was one of the best cars I have owned. By '95 GM had worked out most of the bugs with this car. They added a new interior that was more in tune with the Camrys and Accords of the era. Gone were the hundreds of small buttons for everything replaced by simple switches and knobs. They also added a passenger air bag and the seat belts went back to the B pillar where they belonged. I believe the 3100 V6 got a small bump up in HP and torque in 1995. The car was not a hot rod but it moved down the highway confidently on 16 inch rims and Goodyear Eagle GTs (from the factory). The car was definitely the end of an era. Later in the 2000s I would get a last generation front drive Monte Carlo coupe. It just didn't have the same class as the Olds.
Yeah the updated interior was better in 95, but those damn rotary knobs all had plastic housings and just disintegrated over time - I must have replaced like 4 of those.
Thanks for this one, Bill.. I remember these well.. I was working sales at a GMC-Oldsmobile store in South FL when those were new.. I wasn't a huge fan of the "basket handle" bar, but at least it's a convertible. 1994, you take what you can get.. The beer tap door handles were controversial as well.. That's a great example you found with ultra low mileage.
At 47 years old …as a kid growing up in the mid 80s the name of this car for some reason always made me hungry! Cutlass supreme ..it sounds like something you would order at Taco Bell! I’ll take the cutlass supreme with hot sauce please!
I can't believe this video comes out and what passed me last night going to the mall for Christmas shopping? A teal Gutlass convertible in marginally ok shape. Unreal. Merry Christmas, Bill.
Good morning Bill from Ron in Manchester in England, hope you are keeping well, what a fantastic car to review Bill. Glad your weather is cool and all well is with the world. Glad the animals are keeping their distance. Happy Christmas to you and your family.
My late Father had a 1993 Cutlass Supreme S Coupe in red with 3.1 engine, grey velour interior and digital dash. I learned to drive in that car at the age of 14. Very comfortable and good looking car with a lot of room inside for a coupe.
@@jiggity76 The car was a bit strangely equipped. It was a red '93 Supreme S coupe, with 3.1 engine and steel wheels with wheel covers. With digital dash that later broke and didn't show anything. Super ice cold AC (colder than any other car I've ever sat in including luxury cars) AM/FM Delco radio (no cassette) no rear window defroster. It was a very comfortable car with thick body panels that made any rain go quieter than other cars. That's what I remember, and I remember the smell that I'll never forget.
When I was 11 years old , in 1999. In spring of 1999 my Mom had a friend that had a all red one with black convertible top. I took a ride in it a few times. This was in New Orleans, Louisiana by the way.
never was lucky enough to ride in an Oldsmobile though I always liked the styling of some of the Cars I.E. The Cutlass particularly the 442 the 98 holiday coupe the Delta 88 and Custom Cruiser/Brevada though my dad learned to drive in a 1974 Cutlass S with dual exhaust though he later traded it in for a 1979 Toyota Corolla station wagon
If the memory serves me correctly, for 1990, the actual standard powertrain for a Cutlass Supreme was the H.O. Quad4 with a five speed stick. During that year, Motor Trend tested one in a sedan that also was FE3 equipped. It wasn't especially fast, but it was more fun than average, I'm sure. Happy Alcolholidays!
@@rodger7029 You aren't kidding. If my local Oldsmobile dealership was any indication of what was happening nationally, the dealer body was of no mindset whatsoever to sell much of anything that didn't come with a velour interior, whitewall tires and fake wire wheel covers. You can't sell what you don't stock, and my local Olds dealer wouldn't have dared stock a Cutlass Supreme with a five speed manual. Judging by the numbers seen here when they were new, your typical Oldsmobile salesman had no clue on the 98 Touring Sedan or the Toronado Trofeo, either.
Memories. My grandfather had this car in 4 dr. Form: same color, same seats, dash, wheels. Pretty loaded up for a sedan. He lived in Sarasota so of course it had the required retiree aftermarket “carriage roof” simulated convertible top in maroon to match the interior. He was pimpin ’ hard in that baby. That said, It really was a nice car to drive. Decent enough power, rode nice and actually went around corners ok too. Thanks for the memories!
I always loved this quirky model run. One of the few front wheel drive cars GM was doing at the time that actually had sporty ambitions. Got to say I'm a sucker for the "roll bar" as well. Great indepth look and talk as always!
Clean design. Looks good till this day. Perfect mix of sport and class. This and the Grand Prix were great looking coupes. The Olds was the mature one of the two.
Cars and Concepts as mentioned by Bill actually really strengthened the structure with extra bracing and such. This made the verts pretty heavy but very strong and rigid. The basket handle didn't really strengthen the car, wasn't suppose to. In addition, there is a front and rear strut tower brace that helps tremendously.
I love these videos. Reviewing a nice car while talking about an altogether different car and time and place. There was a time when GM cars looked alike? They still do look alike don’t they.
My mother bought a 1994 Cutlass Supreme SL. I was 11 years of age at the time and remember going to the dealer with her to purcahse the vehicle. It was a great vehicle that was reliable with some heavy doors. I bought it off her in 2004 and drove it for a few years before parking it in the yard due to bending the rear control arm on the right side. Great sportly looking car that was a ton of fun to drive. I'd totally buy another but they're going up in price and rather hard to find in good shape.
Our IT guy had one identical to this one back in 96, and I jokingly asked him if he wanted to sell it to me. Apparently his had nothing but issues from new and his warranty had run out and he said he was tired of throwing $$$ at it. He added that he would never sell it to anyone he knew because he knew it was a money pit. He traded it in for a Honda Accord lolol. Smart man. I still thought it was a cool car and realized it had value as being rare. Oh well, it wasn’t meant to be. Excellent video as always Bill, I love watching all of them and really appreciate your no bullshit candor. That is beyond rare for someone in sales, like you. Keep it up Bill and I’m glad we help you decompress a bit through your TH-cam channel. Hopefully it’s increased your sales a good deal, you have earned it and deserve all the success you can get from this fucking brilliant marketing on your part. Merry HOE HOE HOE to you Bill.
Had a virtual clone of this Cutlass on vacation in Oahu back in '93. For what it's worth, a very nice ride indeed. Nothing better for blasting Waikiki.
Around 2007 or so i was working at a shop we had one of these come in for an oil change. It only had 15,000 miles, and was red with white seats and a black top. The guy said he bought it from the original owner a couple months prior. He said it had a white top, but the prior owner never put the top down. The first time he put the top down after buying the car. It disintegrated and he had to put a new top on it.
I have an 1992 red olds convertible with 180k mils and I approve of this message. I love it because it was my first car but im scared to drive it because it will break 🙃. And I agree slow as balls 0 to 60 at some point. It's funny after 1992 they did a couple small changes for example your roof switch is my fog lights and your headlights is where my roof switch and my headlight switch is next to the air vent on the left of the stering wheel
I sold the very first "CSCV" in southern California in August 1990; they were a late model year release. Back then our dealership would bring a car like this back for oil changes. While I parked at a Coco's restaurant with the customer's car, two other guests saw it and drove right to my dealership three blocks away and bought one also. I had seen their mid-80s Chrysler convertible in the parking lot. I have owned one 1995 twice. I bought it from a dealer in Washington state while I was purchasing a 2000 Silhouette GL from them, eventually sold it to an Oldsmobile Club member in Chico, California and then bought it back. I painted mine the 1995 Aurora Black Cherry color. License plate was OLZ RCKT. Now it is in Colorado with it's third owner. The '95 was the first year of the new dash and console. My first NEW car was a 1995 Cutlass Supreme SL coupe which leased to any employee for $245 per month for a $20,000 car.
Bill, I haven't owned a car for almost 30 years, with living in the city! But I'm ready to get out of the city! Your videos are the best, The closest I come to owning this car, was my first car! A 1961 Oldsmobile F-85 I paid $300 back in 1971, it was in excellent condition. I would drink a bottle or two of whiskey with you. I'm half Irish so I'm drinking right now! Merry Christmas! F-them if they don't like Christmas!
I like the interior and general styling. I just dont remember ever seeing one, specially the rag top. but your sept 17 video on the red cutless convertable from 1971 was an incredable looking car.
I Bought A 1994 Olds Cutlass Supreme Convertible in December of 2001. Mine was red with black top and blackish charcoal grayish leather. I love That car although I would Have preferred a different color, not really a red car person since that is my favourite car in the world. The best color olds made for that car is the hunter green with tan top and tan leather. I payed $7000 for it. I got it financed with a good small car dealer in California at the time. I saw it at night when I picked up my girlfriend from work at the time and the next mourning I checked it out. It only had 72,000 miles on it. One of the best cars I ever owned. Will buy another one day. A guy burned down my car in march of 2006, so I never got to enjoy it for a long time like I thought I would. I thought I would have that car 4 ever. To this day it hurts me to remember the sad fate my car met at the hands of another human. I will never 4 give him for that. That is truly one of the best times of my life when I got in my convertible and dropped the top and cruise around California.
Merry Christmas Bill!! I can’t tell you how I look forward to your videos. They are entertaining, informing, and frankly an escape from the pressures that each day brings. It is the most unique car review channel on TH-cam for sure. This faceless man car review. … God bless you Bill in this new year.
Awesome find again. I bought a red 1995 with black interior and loved it. Only owned it a little over a year. I let my girlfriend borrow it and she rear ended a semi and was rear ended herself. She wasn’t hurt but the was toast. I replaced it with a supercharged Grand Prix.
This is one of those rare designs that I like just as much now as I did when it debuted. Nice lights, a little too much Pontiac cladding, but a smooth and sleek body. The coupes were pretty also.
Totally agree. It would have benefited by having a redesigned front bumper and the removal of the side body moulding, but I’d love to have one now, as a summer car here in Ontario!
Peace
Car still looks good
The Pontiac ground effects are completely different from Oldsmobile.
@@redkos I probably should have "Pontiac-type" instead. Didn't really specifically mean '89 Grand Am GT or '92 Bonneville SSEi, but if you know your cars, you'll understand.
Wow, you must've had a trashed car,@@rareblues78daddy I've never experienced any of those issues w/ my '92 Cutlass convertible.
C'mon Bill! You CAN do it! The last four episodes have each gotten slightly longer, but you have not yet broken 59 minutes. WE WILL ALL FOLLOW YOU THROUGH THE PORTAL! ONE-HOUR PLUS OF BILL IS A NIRVANA!
But probably half of that hour would be rambling and babbling about things other than the car. Especially complaining about the heat and humidity of Florida.
@@larryturbide2179Yes, and your point is...?
I own one of these, inherited it when my dad passed. Has 74 k on it . Same color scheme as this car. Mine has the 5 spoke Olds wheels, no steering wheel buttons, same drive train. Wonderful road car
Bill,
I really enjoy the history lesson you tell your audience and these classic vehicles.
Don't forget his complaining about the Florida weather.Bill is a natural treasure & he's all ours.A product of our sunshine state.
I’ve always loved the styling on these. The convertibles especially
I hated them at the time. Absolutely love them now.
A friend of mine had one in the greenish blue or bluish green -- very nice looking car.
These have aged well. I was a senior in high school when this was new. This brings back good memories.
I loved this car. The one and only present I got from my Grandparents was this same car. It was a awesome. When I graduated in 1997, I sold it when I left for college. I wished I had the money to get it back! My first car and I will never forget it. I had the greenish blue one with black interior. Peace!
this car was ahead of its time. it has aged wonderfully.
The 3.4 was the one to have, remember a friend having one, great punch for the time.
Even with it's rotting rear quarter panel, I loved my '75 Cutlass Supreme (if I wasn't careful taking curves, I could lose whatever was in the trunk!).. The 350 4BBL was the stock engine which would burn rubber but I was always envious of the older ones with real horsepower...
I started my car sales career at 18 yrs old in 1989. It was at an Oldsmobile dealership too. At the time, you don’t appreciate the unique and innovative designs. Looking back, there were plenty of cars being made then that can truly claim ‘classic’ status today.
"...Folds faster than Superman on laundry day," genius.
I had a ‘94 Cutlass Supreme SL 4-door with the 3.4 V6 and I loved it so much. Was a great machine.
Pretty rare. The DOHC 3.4L was always an option but "most" of the sedans came with the 3100.
Was that the same 3.4 L in the venture minivan
@@chriscornelius2518 No the Chevy Ventures used the "3400" V6 which was OHV, different than the DOHC 3.4L's.
@@Stressless2023 ok , I had a Chevy venture and those engines were terrible. I didn't realize it until I had it for a little bit but the bearings tend to wear on those as compared to a Toyota sienna.
@@chriscornelius2518 Yeah the 3400's were problematic. Toyota vans were definitely more reliable. I'd steer away from Honda Odyssey vans from those years too since they had an unusual amount of transmission failures.
My first car was a 94 SL coupe with the 3.4L in 1996. This brings back so many memories of my teenage years.
I bet that looked pretty tough back then. Loved those versions over the base models with the 3100 because they had the lip spoiler on the trunk and the quad exhausts.
@@Stressless2023 It was black on black with a set of Alba Eclipse wheels. I thought I was the baddest kid in school! They weren’t slow either…by 90s standards lol
Your car would have been a rare one being a 96 LQ1.
Love the W bodies!! I had a 96 Cutlass Supreme, same color but graphite cloth interior and it was a coupe. I loved that car!!
I graduated from high school in 94, great car ! Thanks for sharing.
Merry Christmas Bill and everyone reading this comment!
Bill, what a great song to come on the radio in this sweet Olds time machine. Amanda by Boston. You cracked me up when you couldn’t think of the group. Getting back to this car, I love Oldsmobiles and especially Cutlasses. This one is a winner. Too bad it doesn’t have the 3.4 liter, or it would be perfect. It is still extremely nice though. Great video Bill, and watch out for those damn birds.
Had a 3.4 Camaro back in 94, I thought it was pretty punchy compared to other v6 cars back then. I think it was underrated at 160bhp.
We had a 1994 4-door (non-convertible) in lovely 90s Teal 😁A very comfortable car with that excellent (Reliable!) GM 3.1 V6 that managed about 240k and still ran when we got rid. Transmission as you would expect was rough by that time! The 2-door was quite a looker in its time and overall this Cutlass Supreme Gen was one of the last distinctly American designs (inside and out) from GM.
Happy Christmas Bill, and remember that if you see something moving at the end of the bed in the middle of the night, it may not be Father Christmas, but don't shoot your big toe off!
All the best to you at Christmas Bill. I love your videos and always look forward to the next one.
Had a friend with one of these way back in 92 or 93. I remember driving it from Boston to Cape Cod in the summer. A very nice driving and fun car. I always liked the "targa" roof bar. Made the car seem more muscular. Bill just love watching your videos. We are from the same era and I can totally relate to your "cars of your youth" commentary. Keep up the great work! And Merry Holidays!
That bar always made me think of the Volkswagen "Cabriolet." I hated them too.
What a Friday night find! Bill reviewing one of my favorite cars: the Olds Cutlass...and from a time I’d skipped over in the car universe. It’s a fine looking car: love the sinister front end & the linear headlight pods. Olds did a pretty good job on that interior: good rear leg room & a decent looking dash + surprisingly, full gauges. Not a fan of the rear tail lights but the top down option is what scores points. Sleek design overall. Too bad she doesn’t have more horses but then again, what would you really do with them in a front driver?
Merry Christmas & happy holidays... Bill, you ARE my Corona virus whiskey (these videos help...They really do.).
Oh geez! A Porta-potty!!!!
Yeah these cars don’t get the love because it was the 90’s. Everything was front drive back then but still built well. Do you think these cars will ever be classic?
@@marcusallen2951 Yes. Bill was hinting the same. Eventually people come around to things from their youth & want them again...I think they have pretty good styling that works in their favor. One man’s junk is another’s treasure...
Bill doing the math at 39:05 got me laughing alot. Just super funny. And dang, the man is a treasure. I just love him.
Adorable car.
*a lot
The cars he reviews are cool but Bill is the real star of the show.Auto haha of Naples have 2 beautiful woman try to do the same thing Bill does.I'm a red blooded American who loves woman but these beauties can't hold a candle to the best in the biz......that's our boy Bill.
@@richardmorris7063 Totally agree with you. WE LOVE BILL.
I love those head lights so much it looks so good to me
We totally appreciate your comments/perspective. You’ve been a godsend to this TH-cam channel. Keep it up brother and happy holidays!
Doug Demuro is considered the best at reviewing car.That's because the haven't seen BILL yet.
I use to have a 94 Cutlass Supreme 64k original miles had the 5 spoke Convertible wheels with the heads up display, fog lamps, upgraded stereo with Equalizer Settings and the 3.4 dohc. Loaded with everything except leather. Man I miss it. I want a Convertible with the 3.4 not the weak 3.1
To put things in perspective, when this car was new the very first Mustang was a 29 year old car. Cars from the sixties were absolutely antiques in the 90's. The only sixties cars that were still on the road in the 90's were hot rodded collectibles. It goes to show how good 90's cars are. I still see them on the road in respectable numbers (despite "Cash for Clunkers"), unmodified and barely maintained, used as daily drivers by people without much money. In the 90's you would rarely see anything earlier than the 80's in common usage.
I've always liked the 90-95 Cutlass, and thought the handle bar was pretty cool. It reminded of the one on the 1st gen Dodge Viper. I hope this one finds a good forever home.
Cars keep improving. In 2050, 75% of 2021s will be on the road driven by the lower class.
@@user-tb7rn1il3q No I think the 90s was peak reliability for the most part. My theory on this is that the 90s were a confluence of good baseline technology (such as fuel injection) but without strict CAFE standards driving the automakers to make really questionable design decisions and over complicate the engines and transmissions. CAFE standards were frozen for a solid 20 years from like 1985 to 2005 and in that time frame reliability and power went up substantially. But when CAFE started tightening you really started to see problems that we are still dealing with today. Perfect example is the active fuel management or similar system. Or low tension rings causing oil consumption. Or oil sludge due to excessive oil temps. Direct injection/turbo issues. Complicated transmission designs. Etc.
I would argue that the most reliable engines ever made came out of the 90s.
@@kevin9c1 The facts and my experience do not back that up. Reliability had increased a lot in the 90s, but it continues to improve. I owned a 96 Blazer that was total junk. Hondas and Toyotas were just starting to become reliable, but still had a bunch of issues. I remember people saying that port fuel injection and DOHC engines would never be reliable. A new technology comes out and reliability drops initially, the bugs are worked out, the design is tweaked over time, and it becomes even more reliable than the technology it replaced. There is nothing inherently unreliable about turbos, displacement on demand, direct injection, low tension rings, or low rolling resistance tires. Most manufacturers have figured things out. Warranty repairs are increasingly rare on new cars. GM 4 speed automatic transmissions of the 80s and 90s were anything but reliable. Japanese cars of the 80s loved to blow head gaskets, etc. I could go on forever. On modern cars when there is an issue it’s usually a bad supplier.
@@user-tb7rn1il3q Yeah I think there are certainly exceptions to my comment. But I think it works in more cases than it doesn't. Many equivalent engines got less reliable after the 90s, not more reliable. And I think this works for Japanese, American and German powertrains. By the way, I thought I would clarify that I am just talking engines and transmissions here. Other electronics are a whole other category and frankly that has gotten way out of control.
@@user-tb7rn1il3q I'd agree with this. Listen to "The Best of Cartalk" from the 80's and 90's, and it's surprising to hear about all the problems those cars had. But, thinking back, my 80's and early 90's cars were always in the shop. My 2009? It's only been in the shop for recalls, nothing else. It's had a few odd plastic things break and need replaced, but that's easy DIY. I'd have to think business is tougher now for independent garages.
My father had a '91 Sedan. The International package gave it an awesome-looking digital dash.
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Being bald most of my adult life, I’m not much of a convertible guy, but this car is really nice. I miss having Oldsmobile and Pontiac around.
I never got to legally drive it, but my first car was an '88 Cutlass Supreme coupe that was white with tan cloth. Very rare combo for some reason. Most white ones had the navy or red interior. It had the full digital dash and I loved it. This car harkens back to that one for me. Nice walk-through of it. Beautiful car too. Merry Christmas.
There was a lot of abuse heaped at GM for the door-mounted seatbelts. While they looked stupid and were terrible to use as a passive restraint, they were miles better than the stupid motorized shoulder belts in other vehicles at the time, since they could just be used normally as regular seatbelts. Of course, if GM hadn't pissed away untold billions on the Saturn experiment, maybe they could've put airbags in these from the outset and skipped the door-mounted seatbelts altogether.
The 3.1 was not a bad motor, though the 3800 was the superior engine in all respects. The Cutlass Supreme also had the best dash layout, as they weren't messing around with the stupid half-width radio controls in the other early 90's GM-10 platform cars. This is one of the better 1st gen GM-10 vehicles built, and this example is pristine!
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Or more appropriately, if people had used their common sense and buckled the damn seatbelts in the first place in the 1970s, we might not have had the unbelted carnage in the 70's and 80s prompting these ridiculous nanny safety laws in the first place. Blame human stupidity for the government having to rescue idiots from themselves.
And a very merry Christmas to you, Bill!
I stumbled across one of your videos as a suggestion in the YT sidebar and have been hooked ever since. The birds, the rabbits, the goats, the chipper Canadians in the back seat, the infants in the boot/trunk, the shitty Florida weather, and the Coronavirus whiskey are a treat and a great tonic to my humdrum existence.
Your research and knowledge of cars borders on encyclopædic. You reign supreme in the pantheon of online car reviewers.
All the best for 2022 from Australia.
Garry.
I’ve had two of these and loved them both. A 93 convertible and a 97 hard top.
I have a 1998 Lumina, with 210,000 miles, and it still runs great..The 3.1 V6 is the more reliable engine--but after the first 100,000 miles the upper and lower intake manifold gaskets had to be replaced...blame it on GM, for using crappy gaskets!...cost me around $900 to repair...otherwise it is still a solid car...but I wish GM had offered traction control on the Lumina.
@@curbozerboomer1773 lumina's are good winter vehicles.
Beautiful car. These were easily the best looking of the GM 10 cars, at least too me. Merry Christmas, Bill!
Definitely one of the better cars to come out of GM. Always liked that car.
The coverable Cutlass, the Aurora, Bonneville, Grand Prix and the Reatta.
I love how he rants about the past
As a fellow 1989 graduate, I was starting to get disappointed that you were drawing a blank on Boston, but you redeemed yourself. Well done, once again, Bill.
Never knew that the front of these cars were styled after the Alfa Romeo Zagato SZ. Cool. Now that I know that this car looks even better.
Those cars were very popular in the 90's. still like them.
My cousin had one of these when they were almost new, in red. Very neat car. Thanks for shining light on some of these forgotten obscure classics.
I echo all your sentiments on the Cutlass Bill, it's a good looking ride. You can't go wrong with a Cutlass, any of them except the four door models in the late '70's. If I had the cash I seriously would snatch that up even in that white/grey *edit burgundy leather, it looked grey.. I prefer the blue with black top/leather.
My Mother (not to be a broken record) had a black on black '93 hardtop. I picked the car out back then and later I wanted her to upgrade to the convertible version but the Cutlass was eventually traded off for a loaded '95 Eagle Talon Tsi AWD 5 speed.
A fun ride but I was a little lukewarm about it as it was such a small car. I wasn't making the payments so it wasn't my business.
Excellent review on the Cutty.
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I love Bill's constant complaints about animals and especially birds 🐦 . He cracks me up about it. Then he hates the warm weather. I think he'd be happier in Alaska. Also his jabs at Dalton's sucky detail work is classic. But overall he gives a great review of the cars he drives.
God bless you Bill! Your channel is the only thing that get my newborn daughter to stay asleep, we run a continuous loop of curious cars here.
As a bonus I get to watch great content.
My girl turned 18 and her daddy bought her this exact car, color and all. Thanks buddy, boy did we break that in
Circa 1997 my 2nd car was a 93 Cutlass convertible. Took over my buddy's loan so he could buy a manual S10 step side. Cutty was teal but I painted it black a year or so later when my GF keyed it and slashed the top . Really fun car! Hardly see them anymore.
..."I dug my key into the side
of his pretty little souped up.....Cutlass Supreme Convertible!"
@@frazzleface753 The song playing in most karaoke bars 15 years ago sung by bitter and scorned women lol.
@@R.J.1 My comment didn't have anything to do with your car man lmao I was joking (but serious) about the song he mentioned that's all lol. I don't doubt how cool that Cutty vert was back in the day, knew a guy my senior year who had more girls packed in his '95 (he had the updated interior) after school than dudes in Camaro's and Mustangs.
@@Stressless2023 I apologize man. Merry Christmas!
Once again, another great video Bill, thanks!
My uncle still has one of these in sedan form. He bought new never let him down. He loves the car.
Great video, as usual. I had a 1995 Olds Cutlass Supreme Coupe. It was one of the best cars I have owned. By '95 GM had worked out most of the bugs with this car. They added a new interior that was more in tune with the Camrys and Accords of the era. Gone were the hundreds of small buttons for everything replaced by simple switches and knobs. They also added a passenger air bag and the seat belts went back to the B pillar where they belonged. I believe the 3100 V6 got a small bump up in HP and torque in 1995. The car was not a hot rod but it moved down the highway confidently on 16 inch rims and Goodyear Eagle GTs (from the factory). The car was definitely the end of an era. Later in the 2000s I would get a last generation front drive Monte Carlo coupe. It just didn't have the same class as the Olds.
Yeah the updated interior was better in 95, but those damn rotary knobs all had plastic housings and just disintegrated over time - I must have replaced like 4 of those.
The 3100 got a bump in power to 160 HP for 1994.
I think this was one of the best year in reviews you’ve done to date! Very entertaining.
Thanks for this one, Bill.. I remember these well.. I was working sales at a GMC-Oldsmobile store in South FL when those were new.. I wasn't a huge fan of the "basket handle" bar, but at least it's a convertible. 1994, you take what you can get.. The beer tap door handles were controversial as well.. That's a great example you found with ultra low mileage.
The one of best looking GM cars from the 90s
Always loved the Oldsmobile’s. I had a 1970 442 and I still have my 1971 Cutlass Supreme convertible. 👍
At 47 years old …as a kid growing up in the mid 80s the name of this car for some reason always made me hungry! Cutlass supreme ..it sounds like something you would order at Taco Bell! I’ll take the cutlass supreme with hot sauce please!
Just off to bed here in the U.K. and I notice bill has a new video ! I will look forward to Christmas Eve viewing tomorrow
I can't believe this video comes out and what passed me last night going to the mall for Christmas shopping? A teal Gutlass convertible in marginally ok shape. Unreal. Merry Christmas, Bill.
Classic Boston Amanda! .... and a beauty Cutlass to go with a killer song from the day....Cheers my Friend!
Good morning Bill from Ron in Manchester in England, hope you are keeping well, what a fantastic car to review Bill. Glad your weather is cool and all well is with the world. Glad the animals are keeping their distance. Happy Christmas to you and your family.
Love the channel Bill! Here's a request for a Grand National (or T-Type / Turbo T) review!
My late Father had a 1993 Cutlass Supreme S Coupe in red with 3.1 engine, grey velour interior and digital dash.
I learned to drive in that car at the age of 14.
Very comfortable and good looking car with a lot of room inside for a coupe.
Digital dash on a 93 car is a very rare option.
@@jiggity76 The car was a bit strangely equipped. It was a red '93 Supreme S coupe, with 3.1 engine and steel wheels with wheel covers. With digital dash that later broke and didn't show anything. Super ice cold AC (colder than any other car I've ever sat in including luxury cars) AM/FM Delco radio (no cassette) no rear window defroster. It was a very comfortable car with thick body panels that made any rain go quieter than other cars. That's what I remember, and I remember the smell that I'll never forget.
I truly and thoroughly enjoy your reviews. I enjoy the Canadian stuff as well as the description of storage areas for narcotics and small firearms!
I love this channel.
You kill me with your animal problems, while I sit up here in Maine winter, and enjoy the trips down memory lane.
You had me screaming "Boston" at my TV for five minutes!
Me too!
When I was 11 years old , in 1999. In spring of 1999 my Mom had a friend that had a all red one with black convertible top. I took a ride in it a few times.
This was in New Orleans, Louisiana by the way.
Dope. In 1999 I was 20 and owned one for a couple years. Really neat car.
@@R.J.1 Yep it is, sporty also.
Early 90s GM gauge clusters were some of the best in the business. Look at all that info and clean layout.
never was lucky enough to ride in an Oldsmobile though I always liked the styling of some of the Cars I.E. The Cutlass particularly the 442 the 98 holiday coupe the Delta 88 and Custom Cruiser/Brevada though my dad learned to drive in a 1974 Cutlass S with dual exhaust though he later traded it in for a 1979 Toyota Corolla station wagon
If the memory serves me correctly, for 1990, the actual standard powertrain for a Cutlass Supreme was the H.O. Quad4 with a five speed stick. During that year, Motor Trend tested one in a sedan that also was FE3 equipped. It wasn't especially fast, but it was more fun than average, I'm sure.
Happy Alcolholidays!
But sold almost zero
@@rodger7029 You aren't kidding. If my local Oldsmobile dealership was any indication of what was happening nationally, the dealer body was of no mindset whatsoever to sell much of anything that didn't come with a velour interior, whitewall tires and fake wire wheel covers. You can't sell what you don't stock, and my local Olds dealer wouldn't have dared stock a Cutlass Supreme with a five speed manual. Judging by the numbers seen here when they were new, your typical Oldsmobile salesman had no clue on the 98 Touring Sedan or the Toronado Trofeo, either.
@@rpsmith2990 we sold a good number of Trofeos and Touring Sedans. But couldn’t sell a stick shift. There just wasn’t a market for them.
This vehicle was pampered. I love seeing a well maintained vehicle. Also, that GM DELCO was rocking bro
I recently bought a 3.1 powered 93 in bright aqua, black top with graphite cloth interior. Can’t wait until winter is over!
I LOVED these. Never ended up buying one though. That and an Impala SS. Oh well 😏
Memories. My grandfather had this car in 4 dr. Form: same color, same seats, dash, wheels. Pretty loaded up for a sedan. He lived in Sarasota so of course it had the required retiree aftermarket “carriage roof” simulated convertible top in maroon to match the interior. He was pimpin ’ hard in that baby. That said, It really was a nice car to drive. Decent enough power, rode nice and actually went around corners ok too. Thanks for the memories!
Bill is the only guy on youtube that can play music and 100% will not get demonetized
I always loved this quirky model run. One of the few front wheel drive cars GM was doing at the time that actually had sporty ambitions. Got to say I'm a sucker for the "roll bar" as well. Great indepth look and talk as always!
I agree I really like the roll bar. I have one in the rear rear headrests in my Lexus SC 430 and never knew it🪐
Clean design. Looks good till this day. Perfect mix of sport and class. This and the Grand Prix were great looking coupes. The Olds was the mature one of the two.
That "structural bar" is probably there because without it, the GM-10 platform in droptop form would turn into jello.
Cars and Concepts as mentioned by Bill actually really strengthened the structure with extra bracing and such. This made the verts pretty heavy but very strong and rigid. The basket handle didn't really strengthen the car, wasn't suppose to. In addition, there is a front and rear strut tower brace that helps tremendously.
This is definitely in the top ten of cars you’ve reviewed for me. Great looking car. Merry Christmas, Bill. 🎄🎄🎄
That design really holds up, definitely looks more expensive than it is.
I love these videos. Reviewing a nice car while talking about an altogether different car and time and place. There was a time when GM cars looked alike? They still do look alike don’t they.
My mother bought a 1994 Cutlass Supreme SL. I was 11 years of age at the time and remember going to the dealer with her to purcahse the vehicle. It was a great vehicle that was reliable with some heavy doors. I bought it off her in 2004 and drove it for a few years before parking it in the yard due to bending the rear control arm on the right side. Great sportly looking car that was a ton of fun to drive. I'd totally buy another but they're going up in price and rather hard to find in good shape.
Our IT guy had one identical to this one back in 96, and I jokingly asked him if he wanted to sell it to me. Apparently his had nothing but issues from new and his warranty had run out and he said he was tired of throwing $$$ at it. He added that he would never sell it to anyone he knew because he knew it was a money pit. He traded it in for a Honda Accord lolol. Smart man. I still thought it was a cool car and realized it had value as being rare. Oh well, it wasn’t meant to be. Excellent video as always Bill, I love watching all of them and really appreciate your no bullshit candor. That is beyond rare for someone in sales, like you. Keep it up Bill and I’m glad we help you decompress a bit through your TH-cam channel. Hopefully it’s increased your sales a good deal, you have earned it and deserve all the success you can get from this fucking brilliant marketing on your part. Merry HOE HOE HOE to you Bill.
Had a virtual clone of this Cutlass on vacation in Oahu back in '93. For what it's worth, a very nice ride indeed. Nothing better for blasting Waikiki.
Around 2007 or so i was working at a shop we had one of these come in for an oil change. It only had 15,000 miles, and was red with white seats and a black top. The guy said he bought it from the original owner a couple months prior. He said it had a white top, but the prior owner never put the top down. The first time he put the top down after buying the car. It disintegrated and he had to put a new top on it.
I have a new appreciation for those Cutlass ragtops after watching this video. Merry Christmas, Bill!
Had a 1992 Cutlass Supreme international.....with the 3.4 and a HUD display.....which was the main reason i bought the car....never regretted it.....👍
Thank you Bill for all the nice films over the year , and i wish you a merry merry Chrismas from Germany
I have an 1992 red olds convertible with 180k mils and I approve of this message. I love it because it was my first car but im scared to drive it because it will break 🙃. And I agree slow as balls 0 to 60 at some point. It's funny after 1992 they did a couple small changes for example your roof switch is my fog lights and your headlights is where my roof switch and my headlight switch is next to the air vent on the left of the stering wheel
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I sold the very first "CSCV" in southern California in August 1990; they were a late model year release. Back then our dealership would bring a car like this back for oil changes. While I parked at a Coco's restaurant with the customer's car, two other guests saw it and drove right to my dealership three blocks away and bought one also. I had seen their mid-80s Chrysler convertible in the parking lot. I have owned one 1995 twice. I bought it from a dealer in Washington state while I was purchasing a 2000 Silhouette GL from them, eventually sold it to an Oldsmobile Club member in Chico, California and then bought it back. I painted mine the 1995 Aurora Black Cherry color. License plate was OLZ RCKT. Now it is in Colorado with it's third owner. The '95 was the first year of the new dash and console. My first NEW car was a 1995 Cutlass Supreme SL coupe which leased to any employee for $245 per month for a $20,000 car.
Power antenna was the first thing to go on mine...the seek/volume buttons embedded into the steering wheel were awesome! Drove like a dream.
Bill, I haven't owned a car for almost 30 years, with living in the city! But I'm ready to get out of the city! Your videos are the best, The closest I come to owning this car, was my first car! A 1961 Oldsmobile F-85 I paid $300 back in 1971, it was in excellent condition. I would drink a bottle or two of whiskey with you. I'm half Irish so I'm drinking right now! Merry Christmas! F-them if they don't like Christmas!
My brother had a '61 F-85 as one of his first cars in the mid 70's. My dad helicoiled the spark plug holes.
I like the interior and general styling. I just dont remember ever seeing one, specially the rag top. but your sept 17 video on the red cutless convertable from 1971 was an incredable looking car.
I love these Cutlass's from this year all the way back to the 1977 Cutlass Supreme.
Common history and cars from the past. I binge watch these videos
I Bought A 1994 Olds Cutlass Supreme Convertible in December of 2001. Mine was red with black top and blackish charcoal grayish leather. I love That car although I would Have preferred a different color, not really a red car person since that is my favourite car in the world. The best color olds made for that car is the hunter green with tan top and tan leather. I payed $7000 for it. I got it financed with a good small car dealer in California at the time. I saw it at night when I picked up my girlfriend from work at the time and the next mourning I checked it out. It only had 72,000 miles on it. One of the best cars I ever owned. Will buy another one day. A guy burned down my car in march of 2006, so I never got to enjoy it for a long time like I thought I would. I thought I would have that car 4 ever. To this day it hurts me to remember the sad fate my car met at the hands of another human. I will never 4 give him for that. That is truly one of the best times of my life when I got in my convertible and dropped the top and cruise around California.
Merry Christmas Bill!! I can’t tell you how I look forward to your videos. They are entertaining, informing, and frankly an escape from the pressures that each day brings. It is the most unique car review channel on TH-cam for sure. This faceless man car review. … God bless you Bill in this new year.
Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thanks for the great laughs over the year and also informative blogs.
Best wishes from UK 🇬🇧
Bill, best of the festive seasons wishes to you from New Zealand. And thanks for keeping us all entertained and educated. Cheers
I remember having my boss at BELLSouth getting one of these. She loved it. Merry Christmas 🎅
A car of my childhood. Thanks for the review Bill! Merry Christmas from Ottawa, Ontario.
Sweet ride, especially with the 3.4L
Awesome find again. I bought a red 1995 with black interior and loved it. Only owned it a little over a year. I let my girlfriend borrow it and she rear ended a semi and was rear ended herself. She wasn’t hurt but the was toast. I replaced it with a supercharged Grand Prix.