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62 different new cars for 1980!

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ธ.ค. 2015
  • Beautiful ladies! Groovy music! and 62 new cars for 1980! Here is a list of the cars shown in order as they appear in this video:
    1. Plymouth Volare
    2. AMC Concord
    3. Ford Fairmont
    4. Mercury Zephyr
    5. Dodge Aspen
    6. Volkswagen Dasher
    7. Chevrolet Citation
    8. Oldsmobile Omega
    9. Buick Skylark
    10. Pontiac Phoenix
    11. Honda Accord
    12. Chevrolet Chevette
    13. Renault Le Car
    14. Volkswagen Rabbit
    15. Fiat Strata
    16. AMC Spirit
    17. Honda Civic
    18. Datsun 210
    19. Dodge Omni
    20. Dodge Omni 024
    21. Maserati Merak
    22. Guanci SJJ1
    23. BMW 633 CSI
    24. Mazda RX-7
    25. Pontiac Turbo Trans Am
    26. MGB
    27. Alfa Romeo GT Sprint Veloce
    28. Chevrolet Camaro Z-28
    29. Datsun 280 ZX
    30. Chevrolet Corvette
    31. Chevrolet Corvette Turbo
    32. Cadillac Eldorado
    33. Pontiac Grand Prix
    34. Chrysler Cordoba
    35. Oldsmobile Tornado
    36. Buick Riviera
    37. Excalibur Phaeton Series IV
    38. Dutchess
    39. Clenet 2
    40. Avanti 2
    41. Cadillac Fleetwood
    42. Buick Electra
    43. Chrysler New Yorker
    44. Jaguar XJS
    45. Pontiac Bonneville
    46. Lincoln Mercury Versailles
    47. Mercedes 280E
    48. Ford LTD
    49. Plymouth Gran Fury
    50. Buick Century
    51. Chevrolet Caprice Classic
    52. Mercury Monarch
    53. Dodge Diplomat
    54. Pontiac Catalina
    55. Oldsmobile Cutlass
    56. AMC Eagle
    57. Toyota Corolla Tercel
    58. Subaru STD
    59. Audi 5000
    60. Ford Thunderbird Silver Anniversary
    61. Datsun 310
    62. Volkswagen Rabbit convertible
    63. Mercury Anster (Concept)
    64. Plymouth Turismo Spyder (Concept)
    65. Mustang I.M.S.A. (Concept)
    66. Lectric Leopard (Concept)

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  • @FerrariCarr
    @FerrariCarr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    So wild to see these cars literally BRAND NEW. I know it’s the lighting, but the chrome and accents on all of these cars really sparkle. It’s very rare to see most of these cars today in pristine condition. Whenever I see an old car in bad/fair condition, I always wonder about its backstory how it went from showroom, to owner, to condition it is now yet still able to run.

    • @AlejandroP1980s
      @AlejandroP1980s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Made in USA and no unnecessary technology

    • @dickritchie2596
      @dickritchie2596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That era was the worst of the worst. Many of those models didn’t last three years.

    • @bodybyfisher44
      @bodybyfisher44 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lights and wax

    • @bodybyfisher44
      @bodybyfisher44 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dickritchie2596 was not. Worst era of cars were 1940s

    • @matthewbucher8954
      @matthewbucher8954 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlejandroP1980s z

  • @jrichieander6832
    @jrichieander6832 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Give this woman an award cause she made shit sound like gold

  • @CJDiecast
    @CJDiecast ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's amazing how 70s this 80s video is. I know this is right at the start of the 80s but if I didn't know any better, I would've swore this video was made in 1975. All the bright vivid colors on the facades, the disco style lights, the funky music, the hair, the clothing, and the grainy video footage. It probably wasn't until 1983 when the 80s truly had its own identity. 1980-82 still looked and felt like the 70s.

    • @timothyhh
      @timothyhh ปีที่แล้ว

      You could say that for every decade. 1990 looked very 80s, 2000 looked very 90s, etc. Ever heard the expression "The 60s really happened in the 70s?"

  • @hialeahsprings9805
    @hialeahsprings9805 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    When they showed the ElDorado/Toronado/Riviera, I just wanted to go back in time and once again ride a smooth car with virtually no engine noise!

  • @devonnewest7990
    @devonnewest7990 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I can't believe I just found this! Lovelovelove this! Thank u so much for posting, my husband and I are such huge car show fans (of the NYIAS). Please don't take this down. I wish I could go back to 1980, boy this was great!

    • @djdon60
      @djdon60 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Indeed, Mrs. West; I want to watch this multiple times!

    • @bobbywest7970
      @bobbywest7970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Devonne West Great isn’t it!

  • @jeffking4176
    @jeffking4176 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    There is not one of these cars I don’t well remember.- I’m getting old!
    Thanks for posting.

    • @wendyokoopa7048
      @wendyokoopa7048 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jeff King I remembered the omni my grand dad had one and I knew fiat was here in the 80s

  • @Hitman-ds1ei
    @Hitman-ds1ei 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I remember as an apprentice learning the fuel injection on the 280zx, it seemed to be space industry technology

  • @DavenHiskey
    @DavenHiskey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Im an 80`s kid this is soooo cool!!!

  • @asd36f
    @asd36f 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    0:25 - AMC must have blown the entire promotions budget for 1980 on those flashing light bulbs!

    • @mikemassino
      @mikemassino 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Too funny

    • @matthewbucher8954
      @matthewbucher8954 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True but you gotta admit those amc cars were tanks

    • @operator91210
      @operator91210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Knowing AMC They probably saved money by taking all the light bulbs from the factory

  • @rickster348
    @rickster348 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    - wow, I need to get to my AMC dealer today!

    • @matadorman78
      @matadorman78 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      rickster348 fuck you

    • @MrCarguy2
      @MrCarguy2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah ask the salesman why there is Jeep/Dodge/Chrysler dealership instead of AMC or better said, Renault

  • @dadelives1
    @dadelives1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    This lady dam near could convince me to buy anything. HER VOICE 😩😩 where is she now?? Somebody find her!!! She needs to see this

    • @qrud
      @qrud 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SiMP!

    • @jessesan2003
      @jessesan2003 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Legend has it she is in a senior convelesent resthome

  • @jamessawyer8889
    @jamessawyer8889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To watch this video over & over again, I was there, but I was looking at cars like the Regal, Monte Carlo, & others as a replacement for the gas guzzler Cutlass I drove, I ended up having a Chevette, that car is a story in itself

  • @LakeNipissing
    @LakeNipissing 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    20:12 . . . AMC was 30 years too early offering a luxurious and capable SUV, that few buyers had an interest in between 1980 and 1985.
    The irony now in 2010 - 2017 !!

    • @blebhan8213
      @blebhan8213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Tab of luxury suv's

    • @solomongrundy1618
      @solomongrundy1618 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      AMC would have been kicking everyone's ass now if they were still around

  • @aeHyde
    @aeHyde 6 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    OMG a list of every car I've broken down in.

    • @continentalaquatics2725
      @continentalaquatics2725 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      a.e. Hyde That Mercury Zephyr in the beginning almost triggered a seizure in me. We had a ‘79 that we bought brand new for $6,500. Within 6 months, the car left us stranded over 35 times and just about every aspect of the car had failed. Things were fixed under warranty, but that thing was a nightmare. We sold it for practically nothing after a few years.
      The only vehicles we owned that rivaled the disaster of a Mercury Zephyr were a 1983 Dodge Aries wagon (it would be a shorter list if I were to tell you what didn’t fail) and a 1986 Buick Century (the car that was SO BAD, that there are members of my family who won’t buy American to this day based on that one car).
      I’ve since returned to American vehicles and I can tell you that GM and Ford Trucks are very good. I have a 2011 Ford Taurus Limited (brought pre-owned) that is as solid as a Toyota Avalon.

    • @AlejandroP1980s
      @AlejandroP1980s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@continentalaquatics2725 did you make sure to add water and gas

    •  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@continentalaquatics2725 did you take care of them?

    • @peterp4876
      @peterp4876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      so true... Had a 1980 ford thunderbird, always breaking down. K Car was another big disaster for me. Best car I owned was a Ford Mustang.

    • @revokdaryl1
      @revokdaryl1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peterp4876 What year was the Mustang? What engine and transmission?

  • @oregonian1966
    @oregonian1966 6 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    She could find something nice to say about a hurricane.

    • @carlcushmanhybels8159
      @carlcushmanhybels8159 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes. 'A luxurious, quality, personal hurricane for special people. Optionally: Tornadoed.'

    • @yamahonkawazuki
      @yamahonkawazuki 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      or a shop vac. this shop vac truly sucks, with the optional blow for truly special people

    • @dekelanson5280
      @dekelanson5280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She could make covid-19 sound good.

    • @darkmatter9726
      @darkmatter9726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A fantastic adventure of some of the greatest winds you'll ever experience! You don't want to miss it! You don't often get the chance to experience the incredible thrill of Cat 5 conditions!

  • @dave1956
    @dave1956 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was fortunate enough to attend the Chicago Auto Show every year from 1979-1988 at McCormick Place. It was magical. I went twice again at McCormick Place West in 2003 & 2004. It wasn’t nearly the same. Oh, how I miss the good old days!

  • @DavenHiskey
    @DavenHiskey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I love these ladies know how with class

  • @PhilOsGarage
    @PhilOsGarage 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That BMW 633 CSI looks absolutely fantastic!

  • @transrus1
    @transrus1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember living in Toronto & my friends older brother bought a 1979 Le car sport 5 spd. This crazy "Pork chop" would put this thing on 2 wheels around corners ! I thought i was going to die.

  • @dkt1976dt
    @dkt1976dt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I was 4 years old in July of 1980 and i can remember some of these cars.

    • @TheOzthewiz
      @TheOzthewiz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In 1980 I was 36 and I would LOVE to FORGET ALL of these cars. I'll probably get my wish soon when the alzheimers kicks in.

    • @scott6504
      @scott6504 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too!! I was 4 and I still remember when the 80s began. The box rocks!!

  • @EricLehner
    @EricLehner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    All those magnificent whitewalls!

    • @hondotoo
      @hondotoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      another thing of the past

  • @steveferguson823
    @steveferguson823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Miss 1980 cars was class of 1980 who else was class of 1980. Wanna relive my 1980 prom 1980 had good music

  • @johnnyballenatl
    @johnnyballenatl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Of all those 62 cars featured, only four of them are still being made to this day: the Honda Accord and Civic, Chevy Corvette, and Toyota Corolla.

    • @mattd9161
      @mattd9161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mustang: '64 to present day.

  • @turowat
    @turowat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Nothing compares to the pleasure of driving a car with a long hood. Those were real cars!

    • @JeffDeWitt
      @JeffDeWitt 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like my Mustang... or the Studebaker Hawk I was driving in those days.

    • @buddymack9606
      @buddymack9606 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or the BMW 3.0CS I owned for years then sold to help with grad school

    • @MrCarguy2
      @MrCarguy2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      if you think a car from 1980 has a "long hood" I invite you to see the cars of 5 or 7 years prior '80
      Cars from the mid to late 70s were known for having quality control issues but 1980 that was just the REAL rock bottom
      I would say a car from '75 is as far you could get, but if really push it, a full size from '78 and thats it

    • @Derek-tk4wf
      @Derek-tk4wf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The long hood gave plenty of room to lay down and rest on while waiting for the tow truck.

  • @TheSpritz0
    @TheSpritz0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    OMG if I could go back in a time machine I'd buy a brand-new FULLY LOADED Plymouth Road Runner!!!!!

  • @PeaceBrotha
    @PeaceBrotha 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    What a find! Thanks so much for sharing this.

    • @rubber20021
      @rubber20021 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks for showing this part of irreplaceable automotive history!

    • @kennethcrawford7582
      @kennethcrawford7582 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Peace Brotha

    • @devonnewest7990
      @devonnewest7990 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I know!! it was posted 2 years ago, how have I never seen this? what a treasure :-)

  • @gregt8638
    @gregt8638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thanks for posting this video! This remindeds me of why Auto Shows used to be so fun to go to. All the cars were so interesting and different. Now they honestly are all of the same, and while the quality is good now, they are b o r I n g. It's also nice to see a young lady who speaks well, who is slim, with a nice complexion and no tattoos!

    • @azhurelpigeon
      @azhurelpigeon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is such a boomer comment. Everyone thinks their era of stuff is the best. 1980 was the Malaise era, it couldn’t get more pathetic for power & quality. And for God’s sake modern day women aren’t all fat tattooed idiots. 🤦‍♂️

  • @silverwings11035
    @silverwings11035 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved the cars from back then! Look way better than they do now!

  • @mgrella63
    @mgrella63 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wish I could go back in time to this auto show and see all those beautiful cars in person

  • @leemer1
    @leemer1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Ah the Cordoba. I request nothing beyond the thickly cushioned luxury of seats available even in soft Corinthian leather.

    • @anotherview9604
      @anotherview9604 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Beautiful car. Used to rent them on business trips.

    • @styldsteel1
      @styldsteel1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      On another youtube video someone mentioned that Ricardo Montelbon was talking to a talk show host and said he had no idea what the hell fine Corinthian leather was. LOL. it's one of those who shot JR timeless mysteries. lol

    • @boataxe4605
      @boataxe4605 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      leemer1 Ok Mr Montalban!

    • @landyachtfan79
      @landyachtfan79 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "But it is on the road where Cordoba best answers..........my demands...........(music plays). I have much more in this small Chrysler than great comfort at a most pleasant price. I have great CONFIDENCE, for which there can be no price. In Cordoba, I have what I need!!!!!!"

    • @seed_drill7135
      @seed_drill7135 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So you can rest in comfort while waiting for your tow. My grandparents had a 1980 Cordoba. Apparently it didn't like the heat when they drove it to Florida.

  • @ProJanitor
    @ProJanitor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Isn't it absolutely weird as fuck to see how shiny they all used to look?

  • @zoinks244
    @zoinks244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why do I love this so much?

  • @tammyturbo2273
    @tammyturbo2273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I miss going to the Detroit Auto Show! I went every year until 1984,when we moved out of state. Thanks for sharing!

  • @darvillebo
    @darvillebo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    the alfa romeo wasn't supposed to be part of this car show, it just happened to break down outside the venue and the owner abandoned it in place

    • @frankez1975
      @frankez1975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Now that made me laugh!

    • @davegoldspink5354
      @davegoldspink5354 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂🤣😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Sounds about right I was grateful here in Australia in ‘80s I was mostly working on simple V8 and 6 cylinder Fords, Holdens and Chryslers I had seen a few Alfas apart they were mongrel things to fix but what Italian car isn’t.

  • @discerningmind
    @discerningmind 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Both women gave a flawless dialog. I don't how they did that without one mistake. Nice presentation that moved right along.

    • @anotherview9604
      @anotherview9604 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cue cards and great eyesight. Wonder if they have a blooper reel?

    • @turowat
      @turowat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      discerningmind : because on that time they used to hire by the talent, nowadays they hire by the tits size.

    • @boataxe4605
      @boataxe4605 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      discerningmind Well, she miss pronounced Renault but so did most Americans.

    • @coiledsteel8344
      @coiledsteel8344 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +turowat Unless you research these hot women, ir as old as i am, you have no idea how sexy they were - check out classic porn to see!

  • @ThomasTalbotMD
    @ThomasTalbotMD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1980-81 was probably the automotive low point for the US market

  • @chieftp
    @chieftp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    and to think 10 years earlier they had Chevelle SS454s, Mustang Mach I, Dodge Charger/Challengers, which by 1980 were practically worthless. geez.

    • @saxongreen78
      @saxongreen78 ปีที่แล้ว

      The used car market in this era was ridiculously juicy - what a shame I was just a toddler. Though, I did have a collection of exotic cars...in _Matchbox!_

  • @turbofiat
    @turbofiat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    People 30 years from now will be saying the same exact thing about cars built after 2010!
    My first car was a 1981 Honda Prelude. Hondas seemed to have the worst rust problem of any car sold at the time. Mine was 5 years old and already had rust on. You couldn't stop the rust from growing on these things! The rust grew from the inside out.

    • @bullrunready
      @bullrunready 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right there going to cars back then looked like insects!

  • @hardyboy1959
    @hardyboy1959 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Can you imagine how hard it must have been to make these cars seem attractive?! Truly the dark ages for the automobile!

    • @davidgarris2513
      @davidgarris2513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's relative to when you grew up. I grew up then, and their was nothing wrong with the cars.

    • @larkatmic
      @larkatmic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ummm. It was 1980. It was a very unattractive time period….

  • @76calidude
    @76calidude 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    would love to get my hands on that Caprice coupe

  • @youtoobe169
    @youtoobe169 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, what a cool video find! Thanks for posting!

  • @jonny5777
    @jonny5777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I forgot how beige the 80's was

    • @TheOzthewiz
      @TheOzthewiz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Should have been at Studio 54. Get down and boogie. Groovy baby!

    • @231mac
      @231mac 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Earth tones, baby. Earth tones.

    • @continentalaquatics2725
      @continentalaquatics2725 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Making a comeback!

    • @michaelconverse5127
      @michaelconverse5127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The early 80s. From 85 on it was very bright.

    • @styldsteel1
      @styldsteel1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey. today is much better. don't you think? Light silver, medium silver, dark silver. Light gray, Medium gray, dark Gray. All topped off with a luxurious black hole interior.

  • @phekwig
    @phekwig 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome! I have owned and driven several versions of many of these cars, having been a taxi driver starting in the early 90's when we were using cars produced in the 1980's, and cars from these times were affordable used vehicles.

  • @nickrustyson8124
    @nickrustyson8124 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    They got me sold on the Grand Prix.

    • @stepheng3667
      @stepheng3667 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I Had a 1980 Grand Prix. It was a good car. 4.3 265 V-8. Kept it for 7 years and and 115,000 miles. Looking back at them now they seem so square.

  • @Blog4Justice
    @Blog4Justice 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the upload! 🇬🇧

  • @-fuk57
    @-fuk57 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The best laugh I've had all week: "You'll get a PILE of power"!
    Accurate.

    • @ZnenTitan
      @ZnenTitan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well, you got a "pile" alright.

    • @georgejacob3162
      @georgejacob3162 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And it was 'turbofied'!

  • @stevethemechanic8099
    @stevethemechanic8099 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    really like this video! interesting and nostalgic

  • @ScottDLR
    @ScottDLR 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Terrible time for cars but a great time for gorgeous women!

    • @bilalahmed2123
      @bilalahmed2123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Times seemed great back then ! Women weren’t fake as they are today and were always down to get laid.

    • @boataxe4605
      @boataxe4605 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      ScottDLR 😛

  • @buzzcrushtrendkill
    @buzzcrushtrendkill 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great vid, thanks for sharing.

  • @lm7bird680
    @lm7bird680 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    They called the rotory engine economical i couldnt stop laughing for about 2 minutes

    • @bones007able
      @bones007able 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they are economical.... when they are not runnng

  • @revokdaryl1
    @revokdaryl1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The 633 CSI is one of the best cars BMW ever built. They were very fast for their time too. Still a quick car today.

    • @RedBud315
      @RedBud315 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      When I was 16 my aunt had a '73 2800 CSI and I loved that car. She had to have the tranny rebuilt and then later the motor blew(I think her son raced it a bit too much) so she sold it without me knowing. I wanted the car to do a small block Chevy swap that I could take to Tune-Up Masters but, ride in style. Search for those cars today and people are asking as much as $70K or more.

  • @JamesTomlinson2
    @JamesTomlinson2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great vid thank you!!

  • @Steve-uw5bf
    @Steve-uw5bf 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is a real time capsule! Thanks for posting!

  • @PFR1930
    @PFR1930 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Oh, the cars and women back then...

    • @funkmike
      @funkmike 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The women, yes. The cars, ....no.

    • @RADIUMGLASS
      @RADIUMGLASS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah, women were actually feminine back then and gave a shit about their appearance.

    • @bobjohnson205
      @bobjohnson205 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Slow cars and hot women!

    • @GreatBirdOfHope
      @GreatBirdOfHope 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Social media killed it. Women have to much attention to focus on one man

  • @creekhed1
    @creekhed1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had a 1980 Omni 024...SLOWEST car in the WORLD!!!! But... got AMAZING MPG! I was stuck in a snowstorm with no money and 1/4 tank of fuel...and hyper-miled the car over 140 miles to get home! Crazy Days!

  • @tonyfriend7413
    @tonyfriend7413 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am glad that I found this video page! And Look back at The Cars for 1980! Since I graduated H.S. hat year I remember these cars Very well! Probably Be Hard Pressed To Find Any of them anymore except all rusted out and smashed in the old car dump! 3.06 p cst USA 1/18/19

  • @thebestisyettocome4114
    @thebestisyettocome4114 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Had '81 AMC Concord & 1982 Chrysler Imperial. '81 Lecar, 1980 Buick Skylark, 1982 Mazda RX7, 1981 4 door Accord by Honda. 1980 Cadillac Eldo , 1984 Maquis , '85 Grand Marquis LS, 1987, Skyhawk wagon, '87 Buick Estate Wagon, '87 porch 924 wrapping up the decade 1989 Lincoln Town car. Myself, wife and three teens back then. I am thinking from memory and may forgotten one or two. Thanks for sharing this. Good memories 👍 2018 down to just one. 2016 Ford Fusion Titanium 👍

    • @djkenny1202
      @djkenny1202 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would love an 87 924 S

  • @surferbri5346
    @surferbri5346 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    my first car was a grandma hand me down 1979 ford fairmont. it was clean, 50,000 miles, and only 7 years old. for a high school kid, it had 4 doors and could seat 5. the only complaint would be it's total lack of power, I think it only had 88 hp.

  • @davegoldspink5354
    @davegoldspink5354 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really miss the 80s back when I was young and my hair was thicker and wasn’t grey and I could move without pain or clicking. Didn’t have a lot of these cars here in Australia but I wish we did.

  • @saxongreen78
    @saxongreen78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    '...the Oldsmobiles are in _early,_ this year!'

  • @alexlevy322
    @alexlevy322 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    :15 seconds. Oh that Plymouth Volare RoadRunner. Gawd I wish I had bought one back then with the 4spd manual trans with the 318 Motor....Good old days !

  • @solomongrundy1618
    @solomongrundy1618 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Cars looks so much better back then and they're more reliable in my opinion or at least easier to work on my aunt still has her 1980 Honda Accord that she bought in high school yes it still runs

    • @franki3Ru550
      @franki3Ru550 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really? I feel like cars look futuristic and cool now especially the electric cars, I love it

  • @pimphand00
    @pimphand00 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The 1980 Turbo TA was and still is a handsome car. Too bad it and other cars of the era were strangled by all the emissions and low compression.

    • @operator91210
      @operator91210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some cars are just meant to sit on a turntable, the thought of how it performs is often better than the reality.

  • @EddieFly00
    @EddieFly00 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! Front wheel drive! That’s 𝘭𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘮𝘦.

  • @tonychavez2083
    @tonychavez2083 7 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    please build a time machine so I can go back!

    • @ZEZERBING
      @ZEZERBING 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tony Chavez as your self now, or at your age then?

    • @tonychavez2083
      @tonychavez2083 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hmm. had to think about that for a minute? My heart says back to my age then, but my logic says at my age now, financially I could be astronomically rich from stock market and professional sports betting. I would forgo riches to have youth. The money would complicate me too much.

    • @skmc6915
      @skmc6915 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm down with that !

    • @ZnenTitan
      @ZnenTitan 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      As they say. "I wouldn't mind being 21 again if I can take my (Add age here) year old brain with me".

    • @beezertwelvewashingbeard8703
      @beezertwelvewashingbeard8703 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wish I wasn't poor in 1993. Found a 68 charger for sale for $800 obo and a purple 74 barracuda 340 for the same price that year. Regrets.

  • @zzdakota
    @zzdakota 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, the old McCormick Place was a great place for the auto show back in the day.

  • @MrMenefrego1
    @MrMenefrego1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The 1980s were a very difficult time for 'The Big Three', (GM, Ford, and Chrysler), and even worse for 'The Little One', (AMC). In the 1950's you could look on the American roads for a foreign-made car all day and never find one. By the time the '60s rolled around Detroit was in a panic because foreign car imports went from 700 units per month in 1955 to 50-thousand per month in 1964. By the time the 1970s rolled around the situation was untenable. Then, good ole Uncle Sam stuck his nose into the U.S. auto industry yet again; First, there were the 'Smog-Control Devices' and minimum MPG which were choking the life, and horsepower out of the once-powerful, now detuned American V-8 engines. Then came the onslaught of foreign cars, 'Datsun', (now Nissan) Honda, Mitsubishi, BMW, Mercedes, etc., etc. right at the time when American automobile manufacturers were scrambling to figure out how to go from building massive 'Luxo-Barges', Personal Luxury Cars and Muscle Cars to building new, smaller, more fuel-efficient engines and cars of higher quality; they failed in almost every aspect of those assignments. I read an article back in the year 2000 or so which told of the closing of the very last American car automobile dealership in LA, California, a Chevrolet dealer who had been in business for over 80 years! I think we should have left Japan to their own devices and never helped them with their manufacturing processes after WWII, we did it to ourselves! Oh well, I've still got a few antique American cars, they will last for the remaining years of my life and beyond, so I'm all set.

  • @MrCarguy2
    @MrCarguy2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You have to remember before that bashing those cars that:
    There was an oil crisis in 1979 that didn't settle until 1983
    in '79 also Gov't ruled that CAFE standards will go as that year, so the big 3 had to discontinue whatever they were doing good in the 60s and 70s, and this was the result
    That doesn't makes them anyless awful of course.

  • @TimLucasdesign
    @TimLucasdesign 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow - I didn't know there where that many retro 30's looking cars in the 80's!

  • @northernrednecklife6268
    @northernrednecklife6268 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    This chick could sell everything.

    • @davehak2880
      @davehak2880 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What the fuck are you saying?

    • @MikeyRB77
      @MikeyRB77 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      So, Americans don't even try to pronounce French words? Just PHONETIC?

    • @CaptHollister
      @CaptHollister 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, she did have the ability to recite the manufacturers' ad copy for the camera.

    • @TimLucasdesign
      @TimLucasdesign 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mike I believe it's the Brits who pronounce Filet phonetically.

  • @Mr.Preston3991
    @Mr.Preston3991 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What cars could look like in 10 years. 20 years later and I'm happy my car has a CD player.

  • @skmc6915
    @skmc6915 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    The music in car commercials and porn was the same in the 1980s.

    • @turowat
      @turowat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      SKMC69 : yeah, I noticed that!

    • @leecanfil3066
      @leecanfil3066 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Car porn

    • @k.j.g.9601
      @k.j.g.9601 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So is the spokesmodel. It was the 80’s. She probably went from showing the cars to getting banged in them....

    • @johnbeer5242
      @johnbeer5242 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ahhaha😂😭

    • @76TomD
      @76TomD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because someone is getting sloppily screwed in both

  • @32rodrick
    @32rodrick 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    More like the Cars giving away to Contestants on "The Price is Right", "Tic Tac Dough", "Wheel of Fortune" and "The Hollywood Squares"

  • @jamesvradenburg3712
    @jamesvradenburg3712 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chevy Monza and Vega!! My first cars i ever driven. Wish I had them yet. This is such a cool video.

  • @jackhoule579
    @jackhoule579 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had a 1980 Plymouth volare station wagon with a slant 6 four speed on the floor I was so embarrassed to drive it to school . But it was the best $300 car I've ever bought. Dang I wish I still had that station wagon.

  • @550MustangGT
    @550MustangGT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love 80s cars

  • @patrick280zx
    @patrick280zx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    280ZX Turbo, Luxurious and sporty stylish looking car of the 1980s.

  • @stainedroof5217
    @stainedroof5217 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "... with reptile green padded vinyl roof. An quality car from Chysler." That really happened! Great video, thanks!

  • @paulparoma
    @paulparoma 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The Buick Riviera from those years was and remains a masterpiece of timeless elegance. GM has not been able to produce design of this quality since.

    • @dannycarrington1601
      @dannycarrington1601 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Riviera, Toronado and Eldorado were all beautiful cars. My only quibble is the rear roofline on these was a little too steep.

  • @ricardocavazos7114
    @ricardocavazos7114 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So Bob Barker & The Price is Right show ... beautiful lady she is !!!

  • @fordmavericksosx3569
    @fordmavericksosx3569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very cool! So many beautiful cars (Well, except for the GM X-bodies) Do you have any more old auto show footage?

  • @JDYOUNGEARTH777
    @JDYOUNGEARTH777 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just here to check out the cars put out the year I was born. Pretty cool.

  • @joshuac4772
    @joshuac4772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man I would love to have that 6 series today

  • @MillerMeteor74
    @MillerMeteor74 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never even heard of #22 or #38, or any of the concept cars at the end, and I was at the New York auto show that year. Pretty cool old video.

  • @vlaramconnamory
    @vlaramconnamory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lord i love these cars here now these are real cars unlike today they are more computer than anything else.

  • @doug9066
    @doug9066 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember alot of three cars which I was in JR. High School at that time. Those were the days which I had a 1980 Mercury Zephyr which of course bought used when I got my drivers license later in the 80's which was my first car. I've always liked this Buick Skylark which I wanted one until redesigned later on. My grandparents had a Dodge Aspen wagon which was the model year with the round headlights which I liked that car plus had the wood grain option.

  • @mph5896
    @mph5896 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I had that 4 Door Honda Accord in the same color back in 1996. I paid $100 for it, there was not much left of it due to rust. The best part of it was the exhaust in which somebody fixed it by wrapping a soup can around it and using a coat hanger to hold it together. Gotta love being a broke kid.

    • @yamahonkawazuki
      @yamahonkawazuki 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      worked for a guy that had an 81 accord. since new, it now had err then had,m( as of 2 years ago, 629k miles on it) was a bit of a bear to start, but once running she did decently. she was fugly with rust though lol

    • @roberturkevich3233
      @roberturkevich3233 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I had a 79 cordoba rusted so loud i couldn't sleep

    • @fordshojoe8080
      @fordshojoe8080 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      My first car was like that but I loved that car more than anything I cherish my cars

  • @2bitrasputin793
    @2bitrasputin793 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    AMC Concord/Eagle looks great.

  • @mikejsretroarcade4612
    @mikejsretroarcade4612 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was 6 years old in 1980 and I remember my parents bought the Aspen coupe and station wagon that year, and Get this... they bought both cars brand new the same day and paid $5,000 each ($10,000) total for two brand new cars!! Unheard of now. We use to sit in the hatchback of the aspen wagon all the time as kids, great memories for sure!!!

  • @aidansenn9668
    @aidansenn9668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Recently bought a 1980 Camaro Z28, but I'm looking forward to finding the rest of the vehicles in this video. Lol.

  • @eldo59
    @eldo59 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the Grand Prix! Today I drive an '81 Regal.

  • @dnlcast2
    @dnlcast2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Uuuuugggly cars!

  • @rightlanehog3151
    @rightlanehog3151 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I hope the Smithsonian has a copy of this for future preservation. Rarely has the "Malaise Era" been captured in such lurid detail. On the positive side, those elocution classes really paid off for the hostesses. It would be churlish to criticize the sheer quantity of rouge applied as the clarity of a 4K screen was not even on the radar in those days.

    • @MrGoldenwaffler
      @MrGoldenwaffler 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Right Lane Hog cynical much

    • @RADIUMGLASS
      @RADIUMGLASS 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Smithsonian don't care.

  • @Free_Samples
    @Free_Samples 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Man... life was just better in everyway in the 80s

    • @NVRAMboi
      @NVRAMboi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Other than automobiles you are exactly right.

    • @CaptHollister
      @CaptHollister 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The motorcycles of the era were very good, some of the cars were great (this is the era that saw the introduction of hot hatchbacks), but most were mediocre at best and many were downright terrible. The only reason I would go back to the 80s is that I was a young man back then.

    • @2010BLACKNISSAN
      @2010BLACKNISSAN 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Except for the internet and TH-cam.

    • @231mac
      @231mac 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      jim_iddy_kriket I dump it in a second to go back. Times were much better then.

    • @watershed44
      @watershed44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @InfiniteMushroom At that point the wound was barely infected, today
      the USA is literally in the last stages of MERSA before death.

  • @josemontano7767
    @josemontano7767 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Damn I want the Grand Prix

  • @COBHC8890
    @COBHC8890 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I still prefer these cars, over anything new lol

  • @Madness832
    @Madness832 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was just amazing at how many of the American offerings had diesel options.

  • @Mirror1973
    @Mirror1973 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    We had a Volare growing up, it had an eight track player! I loved it, 1979 !,

  • @derplinkster
    @derplinkster 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool Vid.

  • @Phenom98
    @Phenom98 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Remember when FWD was a feature? Lol