Rad '80s/'90s Cars You Should Buy Now!
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I’m once again spending way too much time looking for rad cars from the '80s and '90s that I want to buy! In this video I take a look at 6 vehicles that I love, from the wedge shaped Isuzu Impulse, to the odd looking Nissan NX2000, to the mostly forgotten Chrysler Laser. And we see if we can find any for sale in the US. Come join me!
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Table of Contents:
0:00 - Rad Cars?
1:19 - Isuzu Impulse!
3:23 - Toyota Sera!
6:00 - Chrysler Laser!
8:20 - Volkswagen Fox!
11:43 - Nissan NX2000!
15:16 - Cadillac Allanté!
18:43 - Which One?
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Which rad car from the '80s or '90s would you want in your garage?
The NX always intrigued me. We had a 95 se-r but like the one in the video, it was an auto.
I already have an SW20 mr2 in the garage. Would like a YJ wrangler, Isuzu Amigo or Rav4 convertible.
Already have my 4th Gen fbody but would love an RX7, another Supra or MR2.
I loved my 1984 Isuzu Impulse. It ALWAYS got lots of looks. We drive it for 177,000 miles. The single front wiper always amused me, and the instrument pods were cool.
I have a 1982 Datsun Maxima diesel 5 speed in my garage
And a 1993 Mercedes 300sd w140 turbodiesel
Anyone buying a Laser has a project on their hands regardless
that's any old car
Chrysler or Plymouth laser??
Chrysler Laser is probably more reliable because it's all Mopar stuff I stead of Mitsubishi
@@boosted_spiritI think it's also the Dodge Daytona
Even thought I grew up in the 90's, I've always had a soft spot for the Mitsubishi/Chrysler Starion/Conquests twins. They(87-89) still look good today.
Back in the late 80s/early 90s a guy at my church had a first gen Impulse. I loved that car.
That VW Fox with quad headlights had BMW 5-series headlights and marker lights stuck on it somehow
Weird!
I needed a cheap car in the late 90s and found a high-mileage Isuzu Impulse for $500. I loved how it looked and it appeared to be in good condition. I convinced myself that I could take this Impulse back to Warp speed but it just wasn't meant to be. I took the Impulse to a mechanic who gave me a laundry list of issues the engine had that would cost a few thousand dollars to repair. I didn't have the money so I junked it. The lesson here is never to buy an Impulse on impulse.
That white nx2000 in WA was in my FB saved list for a minute. Neat car, great European-y stying.
So many unique cars and especially a lot of "sportscar-inspired" sporty coupes that were fun to drive and be seen in. I miss my Fiero and wish I had somewhere I could have just kept it to tinker on and drive once in awhile. An ex GF had a little Pulsar NX SE that was fantastic.
The VW Fox 2-door wagon was a fantastic car. I drove a 5-speed one as an auto-parts delivery car back in the very early 1990s, great fun.
I love these videos when you search for survivors for sale today. Some very interesting choices here!
I still got my 1990 Mazda mx6 gt
Oh man, an awesome trip down memory lane with some of these! Nice video!
Thanks!!! :) :)
Of the listed cars I liked the Isuzu Impulse and the Cadillac Allante. The 1980s were a great period for cars!
I have a 1992 Fox! Not running but thanks for the inspiration to get it back up
Yes, I have lusted after the Isuzu for quite a while.... Love that thing
Ford Panther Platform, ANY model...The parts interchange is a huge bonus....And it's got a little aftermarket support too...
The issue with most of these is going to be finding parts. Curious to hear about that as I feel that is the biggest challenge with Radwood era cars.
Except for the Fox if you have people down in brazil or argentina, they sold quite well down here, so OEM and aftermarket support is always good.
@@osvaldovidela6466 The VW Fox sold in the US was very different than the one sold in Brazil (VW made over 2,000 adaptations to make it comply with US law). You may easily find some mechanical parts in South America for cheap, but most cars sold there never had EFI. On top of that, headlights, side markers, and bumpers were exclusive to the North American market. If you can't find North American spec exterior components for your Fox, you must downgrade to South American ones.
My 1988 Alfa Romeo Milano just got back from the shop! It's definitely rad!
You pronounced Schenectady correctly! As an upstate New Yorker that warms my heart.
Always awesome to watch ... I Thank You!
Ethan, As we survey the options listed here, it occurs to me you need to learn to overcome your 'impulses'. 😉
My dad bought a Chrysler Laser new in 1984. It was gold over a tan interior, stick shift, had the digital dash, and those swiss cheese wheels. It was very cool and I loved when my dad dropped me off at school in it.
Would love to have a Lexus LS400, Acura Legend and a 88 Buick Rivera
I might have a 98 LS400 for sale soon.
I love my 1989 Audi 100 Quattro. 4 doors, 5 speed, and BBS wheels from the factory.
My uncle had a Fox when we immigrated to the US. 8 year old me thought it was so cool. My dad only had an Accord.
The Volkswagen Fox seems super cool! Can't believe I don't remember hearing of it at all. I like that they seem to have tried to have it replace the Beetle, but we all know that's an impossible task. That one Fox looks like its front end was switched with a mid-80's Golf's front end?
I still have my 1990 VW Corrado G60 supercharged! Love it!!!
Hay i had a 1992 mx6 gt turbo just another fun sports car that never gets talked about
I had a 1983 Impulse. So many questions about that car. It was a real head turner.
My brother had an 73 Impulse he bought in 84. He kept it for five years and loved it
Great video. I loved the MX-3 that I had. Still kicking myself for selling it.
Was laughing at all the Fox models listings as a automatic but were not. They were all manual for sale here, which was part of the reason sales were not great.
Haha yep good point!
Pontiac Fiero is super underrated! Very nice ones are well under 10 grand. Parts are dirt cheap and you'll get plenty of looks.
I agree! Fiero is a very nice vehicle to own as a toy! They still look modern.
Love the first gen Impulse, as I had an epic college road trip in one back in the early 90s. Parts were hard to get then, as most were exclusive to the Impulse. So if you get one, get the best you can find.
wow, all of these cars are on my bucket list (which has already included 50 cars). But the one I have wanted my whole life is the Gen1 Isuzu Impulse. I remember seeing it on the cover of Road & Track back in 1983 and the design blew me away then, and it still looks great today: pop-up headlights, flush-mounted windows and a sexy Pininfarina design. Sign me up!
I watched the video in its entirety liked it and I'm respectfully suggesting that the Nova twin cam could be such a great draw to your channel with a few mods and maintenance videos😊✨
I like the Allante vibes. I could see myself cruising in it on some bags.
I would take the Isuzu impulse as they are very rare and I love the half pop-up headlights. Finding parts would be challenging
Sick video Ethan!
Thank you!!!
Great list.The NX2000 is the winner!
Impulse underpinnings come from the Isuzu Gemini. The Chevette was like the first cousin; related, but not directly.
Love the toyota Sera. I've seen on in my hometown of Vancouver once.
Good video 🥰
I want that Izuzu Impulse now!
Go get the Laser. I’ll watch all the videos you make on it.
Ethan, you’re a man after my own heart. I had a 2dr. ‘87 Fox bought used in ‘89. I loved that thing. It took a lot of abuse from 19-20 year old me. Fast forward a few years (and a few cars) and I bought a new 5 spd. White 93 Sentra SE-R, a car I had coveted since its launch in ‘91. I wish I still had it. A few months later, on my recommendation, my girlfriend (now wife) traded her ‘88 Cavalier Z24 on a low mileage one year old 92 NX2000 in Ruby Pearl that we found at a local Buick!!?? Dealership. It was unfortunately an automatic, but still a great fun little car. We used the T-tops whenever weather permitted. Another car I wish we still owned…though maybe a 5 spd.
So many of these cars, I remember from my 86-90 high school parking lot.
I've always loved the Allante and if I were ever seriously going to look at buying something from that list, it would probably be one of those. If I were ever going to look for an NX, it would be the Pulsar, not the 1600 or 2000.
my whole fleet is 80s and 90s gems I daily a 1994 cadillac seville SLS and she has been great! northstar and all.
I have a 1991 Dodge Shadow convertible that I rescued. It's laughably slow and the body twists more than it can handle a winding road, but I love it. I have my eye on 1991 Mazda 626 GT hatchback, but I've been offered a great deal on a 1989 Mazda RX7 convertible that I can't pass up. Oh if only I had unlimited funds I'd own unlimited 80's & 90's cars! LOL
Interesting cars and the Nissan indeed might be my choice too, it was called Nissan 100NX here in Europe. Loved these little sporty Coupes from Nissan and Mazda. Subaru SVX was quite unusual Coupe as well in the early 90's with the concept car styling.
Fox station wagon would be sweet, on BBS's
Piazza turbos are rad for sure!
ive owned a first gen impulse turbo and a 2nd gen awd turbo , both were fun but really hard to maintain because parts were hard to find even back in the 90s
i tried to get a Sera for decades and when they were finally legal to import i came close to getting one then doug demuro made a video on one and they shot up in price
the NX200s were a really fun pocket rocket
the allantes were nice cruisers, id suggest a non northstar one, less power but more reliable , honestly id get a buick reatta over one
All VW Foxes were manual, there was never an automatic option for them. 4-speed across the board at first, at that. A 5-speed was included on the 2-door "GL Sport" for 1988, expanded to the "regular" GL 4-door and wagon for '89. Even so, the Fox kept VW alive in America for a time in the early '90s when the Golf-Jetta III for the US market was suffering interminable delays.
Look into the Mitsubishi Starion Chrysler Conquest before they are put of reach, they are exploding in value lately
I had one of those (a Starion) back in the mid-90s. I loved that thing!
I currently have for sale what I consider to be a very cool but slept on car. A 1997 Lincoln Mark VIII LSC. Black on black with only 31.5k original miles. 32V DOHC 4.6 liter V8 with 290 horsepower. Same engine they later put in the Cobra Mustangs. This car is in like new condition. Power everything and damn quick.
This is a list of cars I, my family, and friends have owned/wanted to own.
My dad had an silver 84 Impulse with the quarter pop-up lights. It was the early 90's when we got it, I was in junior high, and for some reason other students thought it was a DeLorean... I may not have corrected those people. 😂
My friend Chris had a Laser with the "Voice Chimes" and every few minutes would announce "Your washer fluid is low." 😂 I had a Daytona.
My aunt had a Fox. My dad's friend had a NX2000.
And oh god. The Caddy Alante. What a wild thing those were when new. My father's client had one, and I remembered that whenever he had an appointment at our shop, everyone stared at it, customers and employees, as it was such a wild car for it's time!
My father collected them. They were “neat” but I HATED driving them. The hydroboost brakes in those never felt right. Even in the one he bought new.
This is the contentI I like😂
I did the "smart" thing a got 2 Pulsar NXs (both projects) one with the sportbak. Those are wildly weird and interesting to me so I had to get them.
To find a clean non rusty 80/90's cars like these, you have to go out west or go down south. Even the PNW has cars that are relatively rust free
Want the NX!
Couldn't find and Isuzu Piazza here in Finland. I did find a jacked up trooper with a PT cruiser body though.
My sister had a VW Fox. I remember that it had a very narrow foot well. Hard to clutch and brake if you have clown feet.
G'afternoon Ethan 🤠 . I had a cousin to the laser, an 87' Daytona turbo Z w/ the 2.2L & 12 lb turbo that Dodge sourced from the TC by Maserati w/ a 5 speed stick. For what it was that car was a lot of fun and damn fast. It was an early non intercooled blow through turbo design and they all suffered from the same flaw. The map sensors were faulty and when they would die it would let the turbos spool up until they were glowing red hot and they would catch the fuel return line on fire and they would burn up. That's why there were so many of them that were all toasted in the junkyards 🙃 ..
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If you want the ultimate in odd cars, try and find an Innocenti De Tomaso. It was designed by Bertone, so you'd be tempted to think sports car... Nope, this is a boxy sporty economy car from the late 80's. All of them came with world class Italian engineering, so that says a lot about reliability 😁
Chrysler Conquest
When I was a kid one of my dad's friends had a silhouette I thought it was a van from the future.
I had a co-worker that bought a used Allante about 10 years ago. He mentioned finding parts were a nightmare. He was an older guy though, so maybe its not so bad searching online. I am considering selling my JZX90 Chaser for an Aston DB7, so I guess I am looking for different car ownership pain, haha.
Lmao I had 3 foxs.
88 four door a 90 four door and a 87 wagon!
Fun lil cars 😂
daytona cs was great l used to own rabbit gti, 944, vettes in mine
I had an 88 XT6. I’d trade 2 of my grandkids and one of my sons for one. It was a great car
I want that $4,000 Chrysler Conquest if it’s running and manual transmission.
I have a turn key 85' JR impulse in FL, i used it in a few scca rallycrosses but its mostly sitting. LF calipers locked currently, non turbo, manual, on a fuel cell atm, tank had pinhole in pickup. She rips, I have too many cars....
I hope to one day own an Isuzu Piazza/Impulse, but they're even harder to find in Europe. A few were sold in the UK, but rust and RHD can be dealbreakers and any decent examples are now worth over 20k which is WAY out of budget for me at the moment. Who knows, maybe the perfect one will pop up for sale in the future!
I would love to get a Mazda Precidia V6 or a Volkswagen Corrado VR6
What? No Cimarron on your list? haha. I was thinking how cool it would have been to see you list one. There's a few out there, but none that have the look that my red/silver 1988 has (remember I'm the guy you spoke with at Radwood. I love my old Caddy's, but I"m honestly thinking of selling one of the two I have. I just don't have the time for them.
I know in a previous video you said it was the worst car you've ever owned, but I'd really like to see you acquire another Scirocco 16V, and do some corresponding videos about being reacquainted for hopefully a better experience the second time around. (Almost thought one was included in this video, because that Impulse styling is so similar at first glance!)
I’d say that years after not having it I’d might like to have a GEO Storm.
Gimme a Sera!!
I recently picked up an 87 nissan 200sx turbo hatchback for scrap to rip around my trails. I think it goes by S12 in the car world. Fret not, it is NOT a nice example. It is so rotten underneath, that the rear end shifts every time you punch the throttle, and when you sit in it you have to slam the driver door closed. But the door works fine when you're not sitting in it. The interior looks like a pitbull was left in it for a week without food. Strangely enough, the engine runs pretty good other than some oil burning at higher rpm, and the transmission has all 5 gears. All that being said, I have sold the rear hatch, rear side glass, and the complete headlight assemblies to a local person who has a far better one. Anything else usable will be sold to help him keep his going.
This barely qualifies, being first produced in October 1999, but I would import a SEAT Leon. I've always been intrigued by the unique aesthetic, the five door hatchback layout, and the fact that we never got Spanish cars in the U.S. Here's hoping it's old enough for Radwood because I would love to roll up to the show in one as a left field entry.
my best friend had a geo storm gsi, basiclly the top trim impulse
The NX2000 was the car that Mork drove from Ork to Earth. Nanu nanu. 👽
Supercharged Riviera is awesome, hell all the 90s Buicks are imo
Does seem criminal to not have a Suzuki X90 on this list!
Haha I included that in a previous video! th-cam.com/video/4L_iAllzCD8/w-d-xo.html
@@HelloRoad So I see...Touche! 😅
There is a decent looking white Fox wagon with 200k miles on FB marketplace in Houston this very week listed at $3500.
Haha yeah I just saw that one! Looks a lot like the one I had but in much better condition
I had the NX2000. Fast fun little car, but I had a lot of reliability issues with mine. Having paid $2000 for mine back 2005, these prices seem absurd to me.
Great video
I think, everybody needs a „funky setting“. Period.
Gotta get funky, now and then. Just switch your setting to „funky“.
Ethan I was thinking about you yesterday, picked up an ‘06 Subaru Legacy wagon with a manual, and 277k miles and I was like “It’s official, I watch too much Hello Road”
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What was the blue van on the facebook marketplace results page for the Sera?
Toyota Ipsum!
Cool, thanks! I like your show!
I test drove a 1987 Impulse turbo and the turbo did nothing to move it along faster. That might have been a reason not many sold.
Isuzu could only bring in a few thousand cars a year to sell through their own fledgling dealer network, most of their VRA quota was committed to GM (Chevrolet Spectrum). There was one Isuzu car dealership in all of New England (Boch in Boston) and they were opening pickup/SUV-only dealerships.
Kinda interesting if you think about how many different coupes Nissan made in the 90s, and they all seem to have disappeared today!
I had a chance to buy a Fox wagon back in the mid-1990's. It was so cool looking, and I still regret not buying it. I'm not sure how well it would have held up with a daily commute, though.
You dodged a bullet.
@@mexicanspec Good to know! I thought that might be the case.
@@Gr8thxAlot A friend of mine bought a new one. A mechanic at the dealership told her to sell it before it got to 60,000 miles. I will take the mechanics word for it that they won't go much farther than that.
The Piazza's/Impulse's underpinnings are related to the original german developed Opel Kadett C from the 70's
The T platform… like the Chevette he said it was related to
@@Project_Low_Expectations Oh! Sorry! You are right!
I would love one of these
‘88 Mazda 323 GTX
Mazda MX3 GX with 1.8L V6
Prelude Si 4WS
Celica All-Trac turbo
Mitsubishi Gallant VR-4
Isuzu IMark II or Amigo
Acura SLX
Accord SE-I
Nissan 200SX or 240SX
Greetings from Glenn in Cleveland! I don't care for any of these cars. I always drove a higher end GM cars in the 80's and 90's. However, I always wanted a "95 Olds Cutlass Supreme Convertible with the built in roll bar in triple white.
Ok, it’s nuts that it is easier to find a Sera in the US than a first gen impulse.
I'm sure its been talked about but any volvo from the 80s/90s is great buy especially the 700/900 series could get them in any flavor. na 4 cylinder, turbo 4 cylinder, v6, inline 6, and even a diesel. can get as a wagon sedan and even a coupe for the 700 series. Also available in a manual or auto. most reliable would be 90+ 4 cylinder, basically indestructible