Funky Automotive Interiors - The 1985 Buick Somerset & Its Tech-Centric, Porsche-Inspired Interior
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- Learn more about the 1985 Buick Somerset and it's technology-centric interior, along with how some elements of it were inspired by the Porsche 928.
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My mom owned a 1987 Somerset with a 2.5 "Tech 4". when I was growing up. I'm a mechanic now and this was the first car I ever worked on. The only things needed replacing in 150k miles were an oxygen sensor, oil pressure sensor, and the headlight switch. Very simple to work on. She traded it in for a 1993 Grand Am with a 2.3L Quad OHC, and that engine was a nightmare to work on. I was 16 and the head cracked, and this was the first major repair I ever did and it was soo difficult. I went for a job interview once and was asked about my experience and I stated that I replaced the head on a Quad4 by myself when I was 16 and was hired on the spot.
That’s awesome
I would have hired you too! That's kinda impressive.
What a coincidence. A friend of mine had the same experience. They had a white Somerset Regal that served them well until it was broadsided by a red light runner, replaced with a Grand Am that was the butt of endless jokes.
I had a 1987 Somerset, too. The first car I ever bought. Had it 10 years and never any major trouble.
The 2.5 iron Duke was awesome, especially the late 80s one with balance shafs.
Adam is putting out content at an amazing rate. All of it quality too.
So true and it's great content too!
One of the best car channels on TH-cam
Almost at 100,000 subs.
I look forward to the weekends when he posts the most.
I love your understated delivery in these videos. Your calm demeanor is perfect. And you don’t self-promote, which is unheard of in today’s society. Thanks, Adam!
I tasteful guy Adam is indeed. I love his delivery too.
And for me as a non native english-speaker it also is very good to understand!
@@Romiman1 I do as well. Adam has a PhD and a pretty impressive resume. He could be very in your face and justified in doing so. But he's happy rebuilding a carburetor or talking about plastic interior parts. Hes my number one go-to in this genre and thats saying alot. Very impressive channel.
So much better than channels where they annoy you with attempts at comedy and irritating music. Adam's vibe is perfect.
Hey I didn’t know Diane Chambers from Cheers also did car vids for Buick in the 80’s.
Anyways, I remember seeing a Somerset at the yearly new car show in 1985. It was powered up and they had the pod radio playing and I remember the awesome look of the interior and the blue-green digital everywhere. The stereo sound of that delco was pretty amazing too, at the time.
I love your 80’s-centric content Adam. Growing up in this era, it’s a great trip down memory lane for some very obscure cars. Having owned a K-car 1985 Reliant wagon and H-body 1988 LeBaron GTS, it’s nice to remember some of these extinct cars that were once a dime a dozen on the road.
This hit home for me Adam! I worked at a Buick dealership from 1985-86. I recall well the Sommerset Regals when they came out. I drove one of the salespeoples Demo And will never forget it. It was Red with red interior too! My impression was it was pretty smooth and very peppy considering it’s small displacement. Also for a 21 yo kid the electronic dash was super cool at the time! I also remember the excitement when the Grand Nationals first started coming into our showroom! I saw several unloaded from the car carrier! I never thought then that they’d be classic , highly collectible and a legend in their own right! Cool I was around to experience them brand new !!!
My Mom had an '86 Calais with the Tech 4, and it was a really good car.
I really miss those mid to late 80's GM's where even the advertising was "the great American road belongs to Buick".
Thank you once again Adam. You can see the downsized 1986-1988 Buick Riviera inside and outside on this car. The 1989 Riviera model could not come fast enough. I also know that standard digital gauges went away in 1987 or 1988 and switched to analog cluster. They used to call this car Buick's little limousine. The sedan looked like a pint sized downsized 1985-1990 Buick Park Avenue. I did like the interior door handles and digital cluster. They car finally got power eventually. This car was forward thinking. It is interesting how the downsized Riviera took this theme and scaled it up in size. That hurt Riviera too. It was the same at Oldsmobile at the time because the Oldsmobile Toronado and Oldsmobile Calais were the same way with different interiors. The sedan Calais at Oldsmobile looked like a pint sized Oldsmobile Ninety Eight. These were so difficult times for GM indeed. GM was hurting itself. I also know that these cars the N Bodies were supposed to replace the G Body cars, but did not. The Grand Am was supposed to replace Grand Prix and Calais was supposed to replace Cutlass Supreme and this car was supposed to replace the Regal. Hence.. Somerset Regal. Thank you Adam. You have had some great content.
My general impression of the N bodies was that GM had gone too far with the downsizing and that the discontinued Omega was a better car for the money, although it lacked some of the innovative features of this car. Car & Driver complained that the driver's seats in the N bodies made the driver slide forward into a hunch, so one had to keep pushing back to maintain a tolerable driving position and that didn't surprise me. GM probably tried too hard to carve out some of the limited legroom for the rear passengers and ended up making both front and rear passengers a little uncomfortable.
@@pcno2832 very well stated. The whole downsizing era at GM 1985-1987 went way too far. GM suffered and paid for it big time. Ford and Chrysler cashed in. They( GM) had to spend money upsizing the cars from 1988-1992. They then were right sized. The new issue was in the 1990's and 2000's the midsized cars were too close in size to the full size models and then the suv and crossover era took off.
Ordered a 1985 Somerset Regal Limited coupe in March and it arrived a month later . It was loaded with every option including US Royal self sealing tires with very subtle, small white lettering.
Kept it 2 years and drove it 24,000 miles. Loved how it rode and drove. Only warranty repair was replacement of the right Bose door speaker with a built-in amplifier because it developed a buzzing noise shortly after delivery.
Thanks Adam for this great video, I had forgotten some of the unique instrument panel features.
The Bose option was pretty rare on these.
Adam, writing from Australia...your channel has really grown over the past 12+ months and nicely filled a niche particularly for your overseas subscribers who never saw these cars on our roads. Your quality presentations and lack of ego is a breath of fresh air.
Thx!
My best friend ordered one of these fully loaded with the V6. At night, he'd always drive it with the instrument cluster at full brightness; from the outside, you'd think we were filing a TV show in there! How he drove it with all that BRIGHT green glow in his face will always be a mystery to me!
We used to do that back then so we could lowkey show off that we had a car such hi tech instruments lol
THE best in-depth automotive styling/features channel...thx Adam...
The Buick Somersets with the standard AM radio had a built in extra. The radio functioned as a police radar detector. With the radio turned on when the car approached police radar in use the radio sound would turn to static. Great video Adam.
Wow that's cool. Love the radio in this car
We had one of these!
Dad drove the family to Disney World in 1986 for Easter. I was a nine year old in third grade. It was on that trip that Dad played The Beatles Greatest Hits 1962-1966. I became a drummer on that trip and continued to this day.
After our Somerset Regal, we got a white Buick Century. In 1988, my Dad bought my mom a Regal for Christmas. I drove that car through high school.
I really loved those cars. My Dad taught me how to wax a car with the Century. My best friend showed me how to use an orbital buffer on the Regal - and I make my living polishing and coating cars these days...
A lot of my life happened in these 80's GM cars.
After the Regal, I got a 93 GMC Safari, then a 99 Cavalier off the lot, a 2003 Monte Carlo SS red, my late father's 2006 Dodge Charger, and just recently my gf's old 2004 GMC Canyon. Next car might be an older Monte Carlo again, or a Charger in better condition.
The cheesiness of these old factory videos is both terrifying and satisfying to me. I say bring more on! 👍😎👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
You should do a video on the Reatta, cool little cars
I had a 1990 Buick Skylark Custom Coupe with the 2.5, it was loaded and it was a very reliable and comfortable car.
Nice little car. I like the radio arrangement too.
I always look forward to your productions; they are consistently engaging and thought-provoking, but they often make me a bit too nostalgic for my youth. Looking forward to your next installment!
The same digital cluster was also used in the LeSabre and Electra as the optional digital cluster. The 86-89 Riviera used a slightly different version with the gauge options on the right replaced with a digital clock since the gauges were in the GCC.
I had one! A 1985, really nice car! Loved it and miss it!
I had seen the 1985 Buick sales training video before, so I knew about most of the Somerset Regal's features before watching this video. However, watching this video does give me some slight renewed appreciation for this car. The Somerset Regal name started life in 1980 as an optional package on the 1980 Buick Regal. This was an appearance package with a 2 tone navy blue and tan paint scheme, along with 2 tone navy blue and tan seats. I personally was never very impressed with the N body cars - but being reminded of some of the technology they used in the Buick version may have changed that slightly. The styling was, in my opinion, generic and not very inspired. They could have done better there. The powerplants, as you mentioned, were not all that impressive - though at least they used fuel injection on both the available powerplants, and not a carburetor, like they did on the base engine in the 1985 Electra! It amazes me that they had a fuel injected 3.0L V6 available in 1985 and they didn't use it as the flagship Buick, the Electra's, base engine! It also sort of amazed me that GM and Buick put so much effort into this car that is really just an economy car. But making smaller, more fuel efficient cars was the way the market was going at the time. I also think GM knew that at some point, the ultra popular rear wheel drive Regal was going to be replaced by a smaller front wheel drive car. That did ultimately happen when the W body came out in 1988 - but maybe the N body car, by calling it the Somerset Regal, gave customers the idea that, here is a smaller, more fuel efficient version of the then very popular Regal for your consideration. The high level of technology did not continue on this car very much past 1985 though. By the time the Skylark name was put on the coupe as well as the sedan in 1988, these cars had standard instrumentation. Adam, you get credit for praising some things about an 80s GM car that many people would have either dismissed or bashed. I personally liked the Buick brand in the 80s. They were a full line brand with 7 or 8 different models throughout the 80s. Any Buick model with a Limited trim level came with a very nice interior. And as you mentioned - they offered the interesting T Type models for a number of years on most of their models. I think the CRT in the downsized 86 Riviera and later Reatta, as well as what they did here on the Somerset Regal, were honest attempts at keeping Buicks modern and forward thinking. If someone hadn't bought a car since 1980 and walked into a Buick dealership in the mid 80s, I think the technological advancement would be evident.
Adam this was so awesome!!! So glad you’re venturing more in depth with BUICK! My favorite GM brands! Still restoring my 1990 Electra Park Avenue with the 3.8! Can’t wait til she’s ready! ❤️❤️ hope to see more! And more of your Buicks in your collection! My grandma had a 1985 Buick Skylark that looked like some that you showed. It was a nice little comfortable car! Very reliable too!!! ❤
Wow ! Who ever saved these oddball cars do have great cars ! Very interesting cars !
had an 86 slylark , wife had the 86 somerset. we loved those cars . both had the 2.5 L four cyl . a good engine .
Love the Buick Somerset, great vid!! 👍👍
This video brings back good memories. My ex-brother-in-law (now deceased) worked at the GM Tech Center. He bought an 84 Skylark T-Type with a manual, but soon sold it to a close friend of mine and we had a blast driving that car around town, even taking it to Chicago, very quick with a cool interior.
OMG I didn't know about that zoom in feature on the last quarter of a tank of gas! Probably encouraged people to wait till the last second to fuel up, which is not a good idea! 😂
Another great video about features that fly under the radar! Adam is building us an unmatched archive! Bravo!
Attractive interior and exterior.
If I recall the 79-80 Buick regal had an Somerset trim package that looked very similar to the 78-79 Ford's Bill Blass Lincoln MK Vs, with that white and deep navy blue trim patterns externally and in cabin also. Saw a 1980 Buick Somerset at Syracuse Nationals 3 or 4 yrs ago , reminded me alot like the Bill Blass color scheme. I understand they are quite rare.
I had a Somerset in high school. It was a pretty cool ride!
I loved the 2 door Somerset with the V6. It was a quick car for the day and quite well built. Most all Buicks were well built when compared to other GM's as component failure rate seemed way better. I say that as a dealer tech in the late 80's at a Buick, Pontiac, Cadillac, GMC dealer. Cadillac was the worse for quality and Pontiac was next with assembly quality being their main issue. GMC, even though built at the same plant, seemed to have better assembly quality than the Chevy.
That said, my Dad's 89 Lesabre that he put a little over 200K on before wrecking had 3 PCMs and 5 alternators replaced in it's life. LOL The crappy TH440 trans lasted the life of the car though with services performed religiously every 15-20K miles. And of course there were a couple of waterpumps.
Loved the sporty Somerset though. Probably the only front drive classic I wouldn't mind having. Well, maybe a Reatta if I could live with the inop screen.
Thanks Adam!
80s were FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very cool. What a blast from the past.
Owned a silver 85 Somerset…I remember the digital high tech interior very well! Had a 5 speed in it as well…enjoyed that car a lot!
I had an 2 1984 Buick Regal T-type turbos. It introduce sequential port fuel injection and distributorless ignition. They were previewed on the 83 Twin turbo Riviera that paced the indy 500 in 1983. I always admired Buick for being ahead of the technology curve. Love the Porsche 928. My second favorite Porsche behind the 911.
Adam finding the dash and instrument pod from a '93-'95 928 GTS in the public domain! 928s pod did move up and down with column when it was tilted.
Thanks Adam for sharing this informative video, the Buick N car was indeed quirky!!! 👍👍🙂
I really enjoy your videos Adam. 👍✨ Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
My mom got the 1986 Riviera when it came out. I thought it was a pretty cool car back then.
I had the 1985 Olds Calais with the Tech 4 aka Iron Duke 4 cylinder. It was silver with blue interior and talk about plush everything. I got a lot of compliments on it.
I loved everything about that car except for the engine which left me stranded once because of oil pressure issues and when it did it again I drove it all the way home knowing it was ruining the engine. I had had it.
I still think to this day that was the most well designed little personal compact luxury vehicle I've ever seen and it's too dang bad they couldn't work out the issues with that pushrod 4 because it was very torquey and efficient and had a lot of potential!
That pod radio looks like it would be a pain in the butt to adjust the volume or stations while driving.
This is actually impressive, and the dealer video is great!
Love these videos and the ones focused on the 80/90's era of tech and advancement. I found a 85 Somerset in a junkyard a few years ago. Sad one as it was very rare. Dark green with tan cloth, 5 speed manual with power windows/locks. It had this same beautiful cluster and radio pod. Also a 4 cylinder car.
I was working as a mechanic at a Ford dealer during this time. I worked there from 1983 - 2006. Buick was at the top of their game in the 1980s, they were certainly offering more than Ford was putting out there. Thankfully, Buick.didn't offer trucks or they would have cleaned Ford's clock. I had a friend that worked at a Buick & Olds dealer during that time so I had an inside look at what they were selling. I wasn't aware that the Somerset came with an automatic trans. I didn't know much about the car anyway, but the two that Mike showed me were both manual transmissions. I just figured all of them were.
It looks like a cool little car; a bit ahead of its time. The 1980s weren't a good era for any domestic automaker, but Buick sure made the best of it.
Back in the 80,s Buick was really kicking ass and taking names,high tech interior design the world's first fuel injection V6 engine for the regal Grand national producing an unheard of 200hp300lbs.torque,at the time they're 6v engines built from high tech and racing technology and when it came to luxury, it wasn't about comparing Cadillac vs Lincoln , for once it Cadillac vs Buick.
Gotta love the thumbnail image... Buick Mom chillin' on the beach, leaning on her car, half full of Sangria, and laughing at everyone that is running toward the crazy person that was driving on the beach. 🤣
So much advertising during this period was just bonkers.
I really liked the mid 80s gm interiors, especially the somerset and camaro berlinetta. Also the photo shown of the gorgeous burgundy velour interior is simply awesome. Really wish modern cars had half the luxury these cars offered. Novel, interesting video
40 thousand dollars for a Porsche 928, now that might get you a used standard pickup truck. Really like the "Buick Lady." Thanks to Adam for posting.....
Love that sales pitch, Adam. Very cool 😎
My 4th grade teacher Mrs.Castel bought a brand new blue 1985 with a black vinyl roof 😊 she was such a nice lady.
Buick has always been one of my favorite makes... as well as radwood era cars... Oddly enough when you showed the CRT on the riviera the date April 19th was my birthday
A curious and interesting premise. I look forward to more great content.
That interior is pretty rad for 1985. Kind of cracks me up how many different variations GM offered on lights, wipers, cruise control functions over the years. You get into a Toyota or Lexus from the 80's until perhaps 2017 and the controls for the lights, wipers, and cruise control are EXACTLY the same. Yeah the stalks might look a wee bit different over the years but they work the same and all of them have the same high quality feel, from a base pickup up to a Lexus LS460.
Well done!
I miss this old car,I had a 1985 Buick Somerset Regal,2 door, V6 2 tone blue car with aluminum spoiler,and aluminum rims..
Pretty peppy car,but had 13 inche rims,used tires like a siv..
Eventually I will buy another to relive my teenage yrs..
I had a Buick Electra T-Type in 1985... it was a great car
LOVE the N-body❤, and great video
"Inspired by the Porsche 928"
LOL!
That is like me painting a watercolor picture of my face sans an ear and calling it "inspired by Van Gogh"!
I went to Bedford High School down in Temperance in the 1980's and there weren't many hard drugs but a portion of my class did smoke weed; The comment above certainly makes me think that the ad executives were doing exactly that when they came up with THAT whopper! I DROVE an '85 Porsche 928S2 for 19 years, I think I have the credentials to make that comment. Adam, that instrument panel has absolutely NOTHING in common with a Porsche 928's!
Adam, as usual....Great video!
The lady hosting that dealer training video has the classiest accent. It's sort of like an 80's version of the transatlantic accent of old.
These were nice little cars...my Grandfather (Mom's side) bought an '87 Limited new in Rosewood in and out. The color was quite attractive. They were much fancier than any of the competition inside, and fairly comfortable. The options list was very long...his car had about half the equipment. It was on the lot vs ordered personally or even searching inventories nearby. I wanted him to buy one with the 6 cylinder, but he said he would save gas with the 4, along with the equalizer and Concert Sound (if not Bose), but his had the regular cassette radio with extended range speakers in the rear. It sounded decent as I recall, aside from that exaggerated mid bass to make up for not having actual bottom. We had it even after he passed on at the end of 2000, where at the beginning of 2003 my father was using it and got into a bad accident, which totaled it.
I really liked the Somerset. In fact they were introduced when I worked for a Buick dealership. We got a one-year used one on the lot which had everything, including the color (charcoal gray), that I wanted. The dealer let me drive it home one night. As much as I really, REALLY liked it I was afraid there was no way I could afford it. I didn’t care for what came after it. So it was a desire that I had to pass on regrettably. Thank you for this story.
I was in college when this came out but didn't even look at American cars at the time, having been burned in the seventies. You're educating me with these excellent videos!
Buick salesman: Check out this beautiful instrument pod, inspired by the Porsche 928. Prospective buyer: 9:28? I’m in bed by then! But I do like sitting on my porch.
I am surprised most mornings during my commute to the office, meeting one of these Somerset coupes in traffic. It looks like it is in excellent condition, and definitely shows pride of ownership. It's the only one of these I've seen in years. . . . I bought a new Grand Am LE sedan with the 3.0 V6 in 1986, and it was a great car. I drove it until 1997.
We had a 1986 Somerset from new until a drunk driver totaled it while parked in front of our house in 2001. White with a blood red interior. Started with my mom, then dad, brother, sister, before finally ending up with me. Loved the way it looked and drove, even with only four cylinders. Most comfortable car I've ever owned. Survived three student learners and at least 200k miles. Our Custom had crank windows and just the pod radio. Looked cool as hell, but there was no easy way to add a cassette or CD. It was a good little car, until I had it at the end of its life. Left me stranded many times. Loved that car, but it taught me that sometimes its best to walk away, before you spend three times what you paid for it in repairs!
Wow, this brings me back to my younger days. Back in 85 I was 21 and I was a mechanic for Grand Buick, in Jamaica Queens. I remember all of these cars.
Fantastic video! I owned an 85 Somerset Regal as my first car and really liked it, very comfortable and a great ride. The interior was definitely hi-tech , but I always thought the pod radio was a bit strange. Overall it was a great car. I replaced it with a 95 Grand Am.
Adam, I highly recommend subscribers visit and enjoy Somerset County in England when they get the chance. The Buick Somerset... less so. 😁
Not New Jersey?
@@DanEBoyd 😂
@@DanEBoyd Ha Ha... Greetings from Monmouth County.
Such wonderful ideas and features -- I wonder if most buyers shopping for a car in this class considered it or knew of the high level of content. They were such "me too" GM cars it would have been very easy to pass it up. I will say I knew some folks who had the Pontiac and Oldsmobile versions -- long and pleasant ownership experiences for them.
There are three major factors in the design of any car: Form, Function and Cost. GM of that era put almost all of its effort in Form and Cost.
That clunky GM door slam she does @ 8:57 is hilarious 🙂On presumably a brand new car! I remember all GMs of that time period having that. Took GM abut 20 years to finally solve that "clunky" door closure on SOME of their Buick's and other offerings.
And a bad sounding squeak when she gets out and closes the door again.
Oh you caught that too??? LMAO. I was thinking damn now I know what turned me off to these cars and era. At the time I was driving a 73 Delta 88 Royale Coupe and a 70 Mark lll.
You might remember Adam has both of those cars in his collection too and has even reviewed them on this channel. (black 75 Olds 88 coupe I think that he got in my home state of Wisc!). He points out the difference in the door closures and over all build quality in both in reviews🙂 His Mark lll is built significantly better.....
@@jakereal3604 By the time these Somerset Regals went to full production, Roger Smith's destruction of General Motors was in full force.
He'd have ordered every car be built out of paper mache if they could just to save money.
My 2005 Monte Carlo had it 😂
Those pod radios! 😎
Never seen one of those before
Had no clue that was the Grand Am platform!
I remember in auto tech school in 1985 at milford nebraska started a gm school. They had these cars.The instrument panel and rear taillights had a wow factor.
1980s business suites…& hair styles….takes you back.
Had a friend that had a 85'. It had a rare padded landau roof with smaller side windows. He had a lot of trouble with it, but it was a nice looking car.
They designed that fancy new radio pod with the digital display and electronic pushbuttons... yet it still came standard with an AM-only radio? And it looks like they responded to complaints about the vertical radio in the early X-Cars as being awkward to replace with an aftermarket radio (although some did have an optional vertical tuning dial to fit it), by making the radio impossible to replace with an aftermarket one at all!
Only the Citation had the vertical radio, all the other X Cars had conventional radio layouts.
My aunt gave me a ride home from school from middle school til the 10th grade along with her own kids in various grade schools all in a 1984 Buick Skyhawk station wagon. Talk about an oddball car. But it was very comfortable, plush and quiet (compared to my parents' various based Toyotas) and was very reliable up to a certain point when it started falling apart.
My aunt kinda looked down on my family for driving said Toyotas until that happened. Now all her family drives Toyotas and mainstream (aka well built) Fords.
Funny to call it tech centric. I remember these having a hot electronics smell in the winter, with the windows up and heater on. My 69Cadillac had more features but definity did not have dull blinking green and orange LEDs.
Wow I sure do miss my 2.5 Iron Duke 5-speed manual used to drive it all the time LA to Vegas have never let me down not bad but reliable it would always be my profile photo forever
Buicks marketing surveys indicated 80 year olds held the word Somerset in high regard.
I like the Somerset rotating radio pod...
I wonder how often people got confused when the fuel gage changed modes and ended up running out of gas
Owned an 86’ Chevy Z24 with a digital dash/speedometer. At about 5k miles it went dark and had to replace it. But it was cool when it worked!
My Uncle Bill was in charge of that CRT however, he was not real impressed and was provided a large sum to come up with something to bypass it altogether. Not real clear on what happened however, he ended up taking over all European Operations for most of the eighties until he was brought back to oversee some new designs such as, the Pontiac Bonneville convex cluster and hid then the presidential limo.
Ive made comments about some of his history before, he only thought of his work as "just a job"
He passed away last Sept at the age of 87.
Digital gages framed in brushed aluminum with Allen bolts.
My dad bought a red one in late January 1985. The next model year, 1986, the mandatory high-center brake light was standard. That year, 1986, everyone knew who had a new car.
Airwolf was on TV at that time. We used to turn the car on and play with the digital dash (I was 13 at the time).
The interior sucked. The plastic covering on the center console withered away.
He junked it about 10 years after purchase. I learned how to drive in that car.
Ahhhh, 'Somerset'!
What a way to make the Regal sound even MORE Regal-er, as if Regal wasn't regal sounding enough...😁
For an 80s GM car that interior looks pretty plush.
The electric window switches in the centre console was something GM Europe and Australia did. Saves money.
Fancy having a digital am only radio as standard.
BTW how futuristic did the Camaro Berlinetta's dash look!
Reminds me of the same period Mazda 929 (Luce?) Dash or the XF Ford Fairmont Ghia dash.
I never paid a shred of attention to these back in the day, the interior is pretty nice for the era, but my first impression upon seeing it was that the whole dash looked like it would rattle. I bet with the Iron Duke it would shake, too!
All of the GM dashboards of the era always looked to me like a kid took every last K-Mart audio component they could get their hands on and stacked them together...😂
You are very correct! The dash definitely had a buzz when it idled!
"Electronics are designed to last a long, long time." Oh, you sweet summer child.
There are many adjectives that come to mind when trying to describe this car, but "luxurious" is probably not one of them.
the quality and amount of your content is outstanding! do you sleep? if so do you dream of cars?
These videos are actually pretty easy to pump out. Might take me 2 hrs. All the info is already in my head.
I think the Buick spokesperson is actress Nancy Allen, she did do a lot of commercial work earlier in her career.
Adam,my sister bought a brand new Olds Calais and I loved driving it when she would let me.Mike the Greek
As an aside….. does anyone remember when Buick brought back hidden lights and put them on I believe 86/7 Skyhawk? Kind of odd but also cool at the time
I'm not a big GM fan, but these were a pretty car from every angle.
The Olds lady looks like every mom in any 80's sitcom.