Yip,now they only build crap with stolen ideas from the Germans etc.No more American muscle car its a mixed salad car with designs&engineering ideas and patents stolen from other cars
That 66 Caprice is Supet Tight, it's got Gold Emblems & Nice Color. Looks like it is driving some where in the Tucson Mountains. Beautiful desert scenery
My very first car. 66 Caprice with a 396. Gold (sort of) with what used to be a black vinyl top. It was a little rough but loved to eat firebirds and trans ams.
They obviously skewed this commercial to favor Chevrolet, a common advertising tactic of the era, it was a great car, nonetheless. I'd still take any of those '66 models over anything made today! Those were real, non-computerized, *ALL-AMERICAN-MADE* mechanical masterpieces! From the time I was 5 or 6 years old in 1965-66, I can remember how my father bought new cars for both himself and my mother biannually. Pop usually bought Ford, Lincoln or Mercury products, but, he'd occasionally come home with a GM product, usually a Cadillac, Fleetwood; if it was a good deal. The 1967 Caddy Fleetwood he came home within 1968 was particularly exceptional beauty! That Fleetwood was a floating battleship, with luxury in every inch of her massive carriage! When the govt. began to mandate MPG and force 'The Big Three' to install 'Smog-Control' devices which choked the life out of the best American engines, it was the beginning of the end of the traditional American car market, option packages and the like are pretty much gone today.
It is weird to hear Chevrolet pitted against B,P, and O, but it makes sense when you consider the chassis and styling was different across all of them.
My father had a red two door Caprice with a black vinyl hood and a 283 in it. Sadly it was written off around 1970 with me driving (not my fault).I T-boned a new Dodge Coronet that pulled across the highway in front of me.No one seriously injured...
I like the drag race against the Ford where they used 4 door versions which reminded me that the Impala 4 door is a hardtop like the one used in the movie "Dirty Mary/Crazy Larry. I loved those seeing those old car movies and the cars made into stars.
The Caprice was a beatiful car and some of the things car enthusiasts would do to them was unbelievable, they didn't make that many of them. I had a '66 Impala SS 327CID in high school, I was forever replacing ball joints on that car and it ALWAYS had a camber issue. That engine had so much torque, seems like it'd chew starters up every month but, before that, I had a '65 which had NONE of those issues.
Yeah, I was 10 years old and was so envious of the teenagers that hung out down by the river at Astoria Park in Astoria Queens, with their smokin' hot girlfriends and their beautiful new Impalas. ✌🏻😎
In 1965, the flagship of the full size Chevrolet line was the Impala SS. But in '66, Chevy was moving away from performance in their big cars. The emphasis was shifting towards luxury. And perhaps in response to the Ford LTD, Chevy introduced the Caprice.
How was the last race filmed? From a helicopter? An airplane? Very impressive production that must have been filming that. I’ll bet they did lots of runs to get that outcome without one of those cars having a mechanical issue considering the heat! Also, since most of the other cars were also GM products, weren’t the heads of those other GM divisions all pissed off that their own parent company was trying to take their sales? I mean aren’t they kinda biting them selves in the rear? They should have raced against all other non-GM cars no? What am I missing here?
Back then there was only GM, Ford, and Chrysler. If they were to film a race without other GM cars there would be two other cars. Also, this is partly what contributed to GM's eventual bankruptcy. There was no way to avoid GM cannibalizing itself when Chevy, Pontiac, Olds, and Buick all had essentially the same car. Too many divisions selling the same car. It started with chassis sharing in the 50s, then in the 70s they eliminated divisional engine designs, and by the 90s they were selling 4 rebadged versions of the same car.
Joe It was fun times. I mean they did the same in the 00s Pontiac Aztec & Buick Rendezvous, Chevy Equinox and Pontiac Torrent, Chevy Cobalt and Pontiac G5, Cadillac Escalade and GMC Yukon Denali. Ford and Chrysler did the same things also. I think Oldsmobile was canned because sales where dropping since the mid 90s and they where dead weight. Hummer, Pontiac, and Saturn got the hammer because of the recession. At least we can say with the exception of the Escalade, the Cimmaron, and the Allante has designs and engines all of there own..
@@TRUCKOCD I think the Cadillac Cimmaron was basically a Chevy Cavalier with a higher output 4 cylinder some fancy badging bells and whistles. Basically the same car with a steeper price.
@Big Bill O'Reilly there going to china now GM is laughing at the average American now people are driving Japanese cars made in the USA while People in there near future are if they Buy GM Its going to be made in China.
I saw a 67 Chevy ss 427 pounce on a 390 Ford. Ford was pretty but the Chevy guy knew he would blow that Ford away. A four car length head start for the ford.. that Chevy was 8 car lengths at the end of the dragstrip. " that turned out to be a little short of a quarter mile" now you Ford guys don't start bitching on me, i was there and that Chevy was badass..
I know what the 427 Chevy will do. I still have one in a '66 Biscayne Wagon (owned since 1974). It even laid wast to a stock 440 RT Charger and GTO Judge.
When cars had color and elegant, distinctive styling. Now they're all black, dark gray, and white blobs. Without the badging you cannot tell one make from the other.
When I was a used car salesman in 1970, we had a 1966 Caprice on the lot. At that time the 1966 CHEVY was considered a very undesirable unit to have taking up space. Hard to sell.
Being from Europe I still find it very strange that back in those days there were only 3 car brands in the US to choose from. Well maybe 4 if AMC is included. Customers changing from other GM cars? How is that a good thing? Wouldn’t it be better to win over customers from the competition.
But the GM had six brands, while Ford has three, and Chrysler having three. Chevy, Plymouth, and Ford being the lower tier and Cadillac, Lincoln, and Chrysler being highest tier.
It was called "Sloans Ladder". The idea was start in a Chevy and over the years work up to a Cadillac as your income rose. In the 60's, many were still buying new cars every two to three years, some every year to have the newest looking car. My father traded every four to five years back then (about 50,000 miles). He went from Chevy to Olds, and eventually Cadillac. For some reason, he didn't like Pontiacs nor Buicks.
Beautiful car. I wonder if my Cadillac CTS w 318hp net 275 torque could beat it. GM still makes some good vehicles. I drove a 1970 caprice for 5 years.
Most Americans exceed the speed limit, and acceleration is important for onramps, and rights-on-red, and general driving satisfaction, no matter the speed limit.
Speed limits are made to be broken. Everyone speeds. Whatever the posted limit you can usually add about 10-15 mph. I think it's funny when people who have cars capable of doing well over 150 mph say they never go over 80. Yeah right!
@@davedavis775 I have an advantage here as I live in Germany and can test out my cars legally to my hearts content....though mine tops out at roughly 110mph. But it's also not meant to be a race car.
Yes you do according to the posted limit but being honest I will take a car to the limit. When I build a car I want to know. My first car I built was a 77 Trans Am. After modifications I buried the 160 mph speedo. I have never been caught going over 85 mph but that has more to do with luck. My current ride has been modified to over 200 mph from the 180's. I just enjoy finding the right spot and seeing what she'll do.
Top sellers are pickups and SUV's. Few are front wheel drive. Camaro and Mustang are rear wheel drive. Cadillac came out with some high performance rear drive sedans. There are more. In any case, your "everything" fails miserably, "Ace."
@Rex Kramer - Ace is simply WRONG. What makes his statement WRONG is the word EVERYTHING. Every vehicle does not fit into that category. Front wheel drive platforms are NOT the top sellers. according to Car and Driver, the top selling vehicles this year (so far) are: 1. Ford F Series 2. Chevrolet Silverado 3. Ram Pickup 4. Toyota RAV 4 5. Honda CRV The closest to the FWD platform in the top 5 are at 4 and 5 and are available with 4 wheel drive. www.caranddriver.com/news/g32006077/best-selling-cars-2020/?slide=25
Scooter George: Lol... Your top three are not considered passenger vehicles and owe a great deal of their sales to fleet work trucks. I agree not “everything” is front wheel drive, but you and I both know Ace of Spades was not being literal. Passenger “cars” ARE predominantly fwd.
@@Primus54 - The bulk of these sales are not commercial or fleet. Just stroll through a large parking lot and see for yourself what people are buying for private use. Extended cap pickups and SUV's are, for many, the sedans and station wagons of today. There are not sufficient fleet and "work truck" orders to make these the top selling vehicles. As for Ace, I admit that he was not being literal BUT it irks me when people speak in absolutes - everyone, always no one, never... In the majority of cases these people are WRONG. But when it comes to passenger cars, sedans, the front wheel drive format is very efficient in size and space utilization. The 1959 Morris Mini showed that. But have you looked at what Ford is doing? In the USA, this is the end for FWD sedans. The Fusion is in it's final year. The RWD Mustang will be the only "passenger" car. That should show you where the market is moving. Here's just one report... www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2019/04/25/ford-profit-sedans-discontinued/3563103002/
Maybe not. The base automatic transmission in the GTO was the two speed. Not very good off the line with a 1.76:1 low ratio. I remember road tests of a base auto GTO running the high 15's. A stock 427 equipped full size Chevy was 15 flat capable with no tuning.
every american need to find and try to have at least one non computerize car in there yard if this world goes crazy ans shuts every thing down would be nice 427 caprice 1966
No it was not.They took the roof from the Biscayne model and put it on the Impala model, most of them coming with vinyl roofs. The '66 Caprice was my first road car when I was 16.
In 64 the top was Impala and Galaxie 500. In 1965 Ford shocked everybody with the much more luxurious Galaxie 500 LTD, later evolved into the LTD. It was marketed as quieter than a Rolls-Royce. My uncle had a maroon paint and interior, black vinyl roofed LTD and as a kid I was awestruck. The upholstery was a much softer silk-like fabric, very luxurious. Chevy was caught flat-footed and as I recall introduced the almost equivalent Caprice in the mid year 65. Both interiors were more upscale than they had ever been before, the fabric, tufting, door panels, fake wood, chrome, carpeting were all a step up. Another uncle had a 66 Caprice, and I can tell you it was much softer sprung and shock celebrated than our 65 Impala.. as a teenager I bounced on both rear bumpers and the Caprice was super softly sprung by comparison!
@@kevrohrig NO!!! in 1964 the top model for Ford was the XL!!! Buckets seats and console!!!! Let's NEVER forget !!!!!! The Ford GALAXIE went 1,2,3,4,5 in the 1963 DAYTONA 500!!!! One was a 1962. That was the year of the "MYSTERY" motor. How many do you remember that 500? The CHEVY MOTOR BLEW UP!!!! I don't remember a Chevy running in NASCAR in 1966. If they did. They ALL Sucked ASS. In REAL LIFE the FORD products always kicked Chevies ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@eugeneschulte4950 I stand corrected, thank you. I guess I was thinking in terms of luxury models. The XL was a beauty and sporty. We had a 64 SS, with beautiful buckets, console, trim, wheel covers... my cousin had a 64 XL, a dream car.
@@kevrohrig Yes!!! I had a 1964 black on red 2 door XL. With a 352.Sadly i got it smashed. So i could only use the motor and trans.They took all the goodies from the inside.
66 can be 65 with front nose clip tail lights housing and 65 trunk they are exact same my buddy has 66 impala convertible I would have done 1965 swap jet black.
Amazing that GM would pitch the Chevy in competition like this against its other brands!
Different era and time
Oh how well I remember all of those beauties. When America built real cars.
They need to put this much effort into it too
Yip,now they only build crap with stolen ideas from the Germans etc.No more American muscle car its a mixed salad car with designs&engineering ideas and patents stolen from other cars
Sat in them as kids news in dealer showroom.
Back when GM was so successful, Chevy could come for other GM brands in its marketing.
I had a 66 Impala 2 door as my first car in 73.
I did too. I really enjoyed it!
The only engine at that time that could touch a 427 was a Chrysler Hemi which was also a hand built race engine.
I would take A 1966 Caprice over my 1999 Chevy prizm any day.
Why stop there? With AC, I would take this over every modern Chevy that doesn't have a V8
Your Prizm is a Toyota Corolla with Chevy badge stuck on it.
Id take walking over your 99 Prism
@@manthony225
I know right? It's weird....🤤
Gorgeous automobile; beautiful lines and proportions.
The 427, 396 and 327's of the day were great engines. The 327 in particular pound for pound was one of the great engines of all time.
I had a 1965 Caprice air conditioning am FM radio with the 327 4 barrel carb, beautiful car I wish I would have kept it
I have a 1966 caprice 2 door with vinal top. Swapped out the drums for 4 wheel discs. I would have to stand on the brake pedal to stop with the drums
It's been a long time but the ones that had the power brakes chrome piece in the center of the brake pedal weren't that bad
That is how you shoot an American car commercial
*you
Oops. Didn’t catch that.
@@superbird4351 - Some people are just "Petty" when it comes to typos. ; )
Scooter George It really makes me “blue”
@@superbird4351 - In an "electric" sort of way...
The Caprice was a breakthrough for Chevy. 1966 was a good year for that make and model. Perfect for the long haul, like Des Moines to Jersey.
My girlfriend had this same 396 Caprice back in 1976, she never drove it very fast, but it moved with authority.
Big blocks rule! Love those full size big block GM cars!! Welcome to big blocktober.
65 impala and caprice were my favorite year's
I have a 67 impala!
Love that body style..
My uncle bought a brand new '65 Impala. He loved the six tail lights. When he saw the rectangular '66 lights he went out a bought a '65.
My first car when I was 16 was a 66 Caprice.
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Well in 1966 GM has over a 50% market share, today it is 16%, they do not make cars that people want to buy anymore. Such a shame.
1966 was the first year for the turbo hydramatic trans. (three speed auto.)
That 66 Caprice is Supet Tight, it's got Gold Emblems & Nice Color. Looks like it is driving some where in the Tucson Mountains. Beautiful desert scenery
My very first car. 66 Caprice with a 396. Gold (sort of) with what used to be a black vinyl top. It was a little rough but loved to eat firebirds and trans ams.
😂😂gotta love them big blocks
They obviously skewed this commercial to favor Chevrolet, a common advertising tactic of the era, it was a great car, nonetheless. I'd still take any of those '66 models over anything made today! Those were real, non-computerized, *ALL-AMERICAN-MADE* mechanical masterpieces! From the time I was 5 or 6 years old in 1965-66, I can remember how my father bought new cars for both himself and my mother biannually. Pop usually bought Ford, Lincoln or Mercury products, but, he'd occasionally come home with a GM product, usually a Cadillac, Fleetwood; if it was a good deal. The 1967 Caddy Fleetwood he came home within 1968 was particularly exceptional beauty! That Fleetwood was a floating battleship, with luxury in every inch of her massive carriage! When the govt. began to mandate MPG and force 'The Big Three' to install 'Smog-Control' devices which choked the life out of the best American engines, it was the beginning of the end of the traditional American car market, option packages and the like are pretty much gone today.
How.
It is weird to hear Chevrolet pitted against B,P, and O, but it makes sense when you consider the chassis and styling was different across all of them.
I have a 79 Caprice 4dr , i want this 66 2dr as well.
Love the 77-79, modern cars can hardly hold a candle with them
My father had a red two door Caprice with a black vinyl hood and a 283 in it. Sadly it was written off around 1970 with me driving (not my fault).I T-boned a new Dodge Coronet that pulled across the highway in front of me.No one seriously injured...
Back when REAL cars ruled.
I like the drag race against the Ford where they used 4 door versions which reminded me that the Impala 4 door is a hardtop like the one used in the movie "Dirty Mary/Crazy Larry. I loved those seeing those old car movies and the cars made into stars.
Great looking year for the Caprice and the full size Chevy line up.
The Caprice was a beatiful car and some of the things car enthusiasts would do to them was unbelievable, they didn't make that many of them. I had a '66 Impala SS 327CID in high school, I was forever replacing ball joints on that car and it ALWAYS had a camber issue. That engine had so much torque, seems like it'd chew starters up every month but, before that, I had a '65 which had NONE of those issues.
Caprice was a luxury modelof the Impala
Yeah, I was 10 years old and was so envious of the teenagers that hung out down by the river at Astoria Park in Astoria Queens, with their smokin' hot girlfriends and their beautiful new Impalas. ✌🏻😎
In 1965, the flagship of the full size Chevrolet line was the Impala SS. But in '66, Chevy was moving away from performance in their big cars. The emphasis was shifting towards luxury. And perhaps in response to the Ford LTD, Chevy introduced the Caprice.
How was the last race filmed? From a helicopter? An airplane? Very impressive production that must have been filming that. I’ll bet they did lots of runs to get that outcome without one of those cars having a mechanical issue considering the heat! Also, since most of the other cars were also GM products, weren’t the heads of those other GM divisions all pissed off that their own parent company was trying to take their sales? I mean aren’t they kinda biting them selves in the rear? They should have raced against all other non-GM cars no? What am I missing here?
Back then there was only GM, Ford, and Chrysler. If they were to film a race without other GM cars there would be two other cars. Also, this is partly what contributed to GM's eventual bankruptcy. There was no way to avoid GM cannibalizing itself when Chevy, Pontiac, Olds, and Buick all had essentially the same car. Too many divisions selling the same car. It started with chassis sharing in the 50s, then in the 70s they eliminated divisional engine designs, and by the 90s they were selling 4 rebadged versions of the same car.
Joe It was fun times. I mean they did the same in the 00s Pontiac Aztec & Buick Rendezvous, Chevy Equinox and Pontiac Torrent, Chevy Cobalt and Pontiac G5, Cadillac Escalade and GMC Yukon Denali. Ford and Chrysler did the same things also. I think Oldsmobile was canned because sales where dropping since the mid 90s and they where dead weight. Hummer, Pontiac, and Saturn got the hammer because of the recession. At least we can say with the exception of the Escalade, the Cimmaron, and the Allante has designs and engines all of there own..
@@TRUCKOCD I think the Cadillac Cimmaron was basically a Chevy Cavalier with a higher output 4 cylinder some fancy badging bells and whistles.
Basically the same car with a steeper price.
@@gtpcruiser02 Chevy Citation actually. Major flop too.
A drone,duh
I'm a Ford guy but she's a beauty. Unusual color. Love it.
That color is Aztec Bronze
back when GM made real cars
Big Bill O'Reilly Obama saved them!
I really agree with you. GM has not built real cars since the 1970s.
Now there laughing at the average American.
@Big Bill O'Reilly there going to china now GM is laughing at the average American now people are driving Japanese cars made in the USA while People in there near future are if they Buy GM Its going to be made in China.
@@melrose9252 No, the American Tax payer saved them!
I saw a 67 Chevy ss 427 pounce on a 390 Ford. Ford was pretty but the Chevy guy knew he would blow that Ford away. A four car length head start for the ford.. that Chevy was 8 car lengths at the end of the dragstrip. " that turned out to be a little short of a quarter mile" now you Ford guys don't start bitching on me, i was there and that Chevy was badass..
I know what the 427 Chevy will do. I still have one in a '66 Biscayne Wagon (owned since 1974). It even laid wast to a stock 440 RT Charger and GTO Judge.
A high school buddy had a 66 4 door caprice. I kinda liked it. Small V8 with a two speed automatic transmission.
My first car was the 4 door 396 Chevy Caprice the car ran like a bat out of hell!!!
When cars had color and elegant, distinctive styling. Now they're all black, dark gray, and white blobs. Without the badging you cannot tell one make from the other.
BorisW150
That’s because of aerodynamics and wind tunnel testing. Plus government fuel mileage requirements.
@@ffarmchicken Teslas and Corvettes are aerodynamic and they don't look hideous. Good looks and aerodynamics are not mutually exclusive.
I love all of these cars!
I took my driving test in a 66' Impala. It had a 2 speed powerglide and 283.
The days that cars were built the best
2:13 - where was the Toronado & the Riviera GS?
That 66 Caprice gots Power, Wow!!!!.......
When I was a used car salesman in 1970, we had a 1966 Caprice on the lot. At that time the 1966 CHEVY was considered a very undesirable unit to have taking up space. Hard to sell.
Back when GM built great cars, and before they were regulated out of existence. Wish I could buy a new one today.
That's what I'm talking about 396/ 427 big block power
2:27-2:50 The Road Warrior Mad Max
I wouldn’t expect an LTD or any mid-range Mercury to beat anything in a race
Being from Europe I still find it very strange that back in those days there were only 3 car brands in the US to choose from. Well maybe 4 if AMC is included.
Customers changing from other GM cars? How is that a good thing? Wouldn’t it be better to win over customers from the competition.
That's because of the war, in 60's Europe and Japan were still rebuilding.
In ‘66 aside from the Big Three + AMC, there was Opal, BMW, MG, Triumph, Austin Healy, MB, VW, Volvo, SAAB, Simca, Sunbeam, etc.
@@johnlavender242 true but they had a tiny fraction of the market.Detroit produced 90% of cars sold
But the GM had six brands, while Ford has three, and Chrysler having three. Chevy, Plymouth, and Ford being the lower tier and Cadillac, Lincoln, and Chrysler being highest tier.
It was called "Sloans Ladder".
The idea was start in a Chevy and over the years work up to a Cadillac as your income rose. In the 60's, many were still buying new cars every two to three years, some every year to have the newest looking car.
My father traded every four to five years back then (about 50,000 miles). He went from Chevy to Olds, and eventually Cadillac. For some reason, he didn't like Pontiacs nor Buicks.
Beautiful car. I wonder if my Cadillac CTS w 318hp net 275 torque could beat it. GM still makes some good vehicles. I drove a 1970 caprice for 5 years.
With ease
I find it funny that a lot of those commercials focus on power, acceleration and top speed in a country with a speed limit of 75-85mph...
Most Americans exceed the speed limit, and acceleration is important for onramps, and rights-on-red, and general driving satisfaction, no matter the speed limit.
Speed limits are made to be broken. Everyone speeds. Whatever the posted limit you can usually add about 10-15 mph. I think it's funny when people who have cars capable of doing well over 150 mph say they never go over 80. Yeah right!
@@davedavis775 I have an advantage here as I live in Germany and can test out my cars legally to my hearts content....though mine tops out at roughly 110mph. But it's also not meant to be a race car.
Yes you do according to the posted limit but being honest I will take a car to the limit. When I build a car I want to know. My first car I built was a 77 Trans Am. After modifications I buried the 160 mph speedo. I have never been caught going over 85 mph but that has more to do with luck. My current ride has been modified to over 200 mph from the 180's. I just enjoy finding the right spot and seeing what she'll do.
I owned two '66 Bel-Air's. Good cars 🚗
I have 2 of them. One is a factory 396 4 speed. Needs restored, hopefully soon.
Back when you could diagnose and repair almost anything that went wrong on your car!
why are they comparing against the other gm models?
At GM during the 60s, friendly competition among the GM divisions was common.
Now everything is a front wheel drive plastic piece of crap
Top sellers are pickups and SUV's. Few are front wheel drive. Camaro and Mustang are rear wheel drive. Cadillac came out with some high performance rear drive sedans. There are more. In any case, your "everything" fails miserably, "Ace."
@Rex Kramer - Ace is simply WRONG. What makes his statement WRONG is the word EVERYTHING. Every vehicle does not fit into that category. Front wheel drive platforms are NOT the top sellers. according to Car and Driver, the top selling vehicles this year (so far) are:
1. Ford F Series
2. Chevrolet Silverado
3. Ram Pickup
4. Toyota RAV 4
5. Honda CRV
The closest to the FWD platform in the top 5 are at 4 and 5 and are available with 4 wheel drive.
www.caranddriver.com/news/g32006077/best-selling-cars-2020/?slide=25
@Rex Kramer - Did you look at my top 5 list?
Scooter George: Lol... Your top three are not considered passenger vehicles and owe a great deal of their sales to fleet work trucks. I agree not “everything” is front wheel drive, but you and I both know Ace of Spades was not being literal. Passenger “cars” ARE predominantly fwd.
@@Primus54 - The bulk of these sales are not commercial or fleet. Just stroll through a large parking lot and see for yourself what people are buying for private use. Extended cap pickups and SUV's are, for many, the sedans and station wagons of today. There are not sufficient fleet and "work truck" orders to make these the top selling vehicles.
As for Ace, I admit that he was not being literal BUT it irks me when people speak in absolutes - everyone, always no one, never... In the majority of cases these people are WRONG. But when it comes to passenger cars, sedans, the front wheel drive format is very efficient in size and space utilization. The 1959 Morris Mini showed that. But have you looked at what Ford is doing? In the USA, this is the end for FWD sedans. The Fusion is in it's final year. The RWD Mustang will be the only "passenger" car. That should show you where the market is moving. Here's just one report... www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2019/04/25/ford-profit-sedans-discontinued/3563103002/
I think the fastback, Looks better, tho🤔, Thanks for sharing 👍🏆🏆
Funny stuff loved the old cars very cool
I remember seeing this on Bewitched
Never saw that. Orange color offered anybody know the paint code??
How did competition against your sister brands work out for you ?
Funny how they did the race against all the brands in a sandy desert! Of course, most drivers go to work via the desert!
Okay
Is it a one year warranty or 60,000 miles?
I am thinking of buying it.
Has it arrive to the dealers?
I was thinking more along the lines of features like, power windows, seats. And door locks A/C. Cruise Control, leather, 8 track stereo,
Most all that stuff is standard on cars nowadays. 8 track stereo and leather seats excepted
396 Turbo-Jet
Never understood why GM brands would compete with each other
Price. The other GM cars were great but they were more expensive than the Chevys
Must have disconnected a spark plug wire or two on the GTO!!!
Maybe not.
The base automatic transmission in the GTO was the two speed. Not very good off the line with a 1.76:1 low ratio. I remember road tests of a base auto GTO running the high 15's.
A stock 427 equipped full size Chevy was 15 flat capable with no tuning.
Yaaaaaa 🤗 🤣 Go Chevrolet 🏁, Chevy Rules,!!!!👍🤗🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Old school chev bone.
I guess GM didn't merge yet
WOW!!
The First Generation Caprice bearing the bowtie in the grill
every american need to find and try to have at least one non computerize car in there yard if this world goes crazy ans shuts every thing down would be nice 427 caprice 1966
Chevy's automobiles right now don't look good as they used to be.
There quality is shit now to poorly made.
they don't really have any cars anymore, camaro is getting the axe in 2022, only corvette is left
Nothing does
66 impala n Caprice were the same body style
Fasback impala
No it was not.They took the roof from the Biscayne model and put it on the Impala model, most of them coming with vinyl roofs. The '66 Caprice was my first road car when I was 16.
Formal roof line......
Did they made a factory sleeper caprice just like the impala bel air biscayne back in the 60s
No, they didn't hide what wuz un7der the hood. 396/427 call outs t fender
Let me try that again, 396/427 call outs on the fenders.
Comparing against other GM products 😮
I'll bet the other drivers didn't even try
2:40 -2:47 The Road Warrior
I think the drivers of the other cars let the Caprice win.
Me gusta el carro
i want me some rocker panels!
Impalas are way better, but the Caprice is cool.
Same car ,only difference caprice ad more luxury options like power windows
👍🔥🔥🔥🔥💪💥
Wow
Who knew
They dont build them like they use to seriously everthing plastic and fake wood
If you put a 427 in a Corvette, you might have something. Maybe.
If you were in an L88 Corvette you'd wet your pants.
Yeah they go fast, just don't try to stop or turn. Beautiful to look at though.
Great sales pitch but my stock GTO could suck that car right up 😅
Ford LTD? Was that a contender back than....uuummmm. Interesting. Did not know. Im 60. Still didnt concider it.
In 64 the top was Impala and Galaxie 500. In 1965 Ford shocked everybody with the much more luxurious Galaxie 500 LTD, later evolved into the LTD. It was marketed as quieter than a Rolls-Royce. My uncle had a maroon paint and interior, black vinyl roofed LTD and as a kid I was awestruck. The upholstery was a much softer silk-like fabric, very luxurious. Chevy was caught flat-footed and as I recall introduced the almost equivalent Caprice in the mid year 65. Both interiors were more upscale than they had ever been before, the fabric, tufting, door panels, fake wood, chrome, carpeting were all a step up. Another uncle had a 66 Caprice, and I can tell you it was much softer sprung and shock celebrated than our 65 Impala.. as a teenager I bounced on both rear bumpers and the Caprice was super softly sprung by comparison!
@@kevrohrig NO!!! in 1964 the top model for Ford was the XL!!! Buckets seats and console!!!! Let's NEVER forget !!!!!! The Ford GALAXIE went 1,2,3,4,5 in the 1963 DAYTONA 500!!!! One was a 1962. That was the year of the "MYSTERY" motor. How many do you remember that 500? The CHEVY MOTOR BLEW UP!!!! I don't remember a Chevy running in NASCAR in 1966. If they did. They ALL Sucked ASS. In REAL LIFE the FORD products always kicked Chevies ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@eugeneschulte4950 I stand corrected, thank you. I guess I was thinking in terms of luxury models. The XL was a beauty and sporty. We had a 64 SS, with beautiful buckets, console, trim, wheel covers... my cousin had a 64 XL, a dream car.
@@kevrohrig Yes!!! I had a 1964 black on red 2 door XL. With a 352.Sadly i got it smashed. So i could only use the motor and trans.They took all the goodies from the inside.
Meet innovation. I can't even read the VO right !
A time long ago in a land far far away.
66 Chevrolet Caprice Wuz the first full size lURUXY back more features
"Hundreds of dollars less"
Ha Ha
What happened to CHEVROLET
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I don't think the 66 Caprice really was faster than all those other cars. Caprice beats GTO? Doubt it.
I thought the same. What they don’t tell us is the rear gear ratio that is set up in the caprice.
I think the other drivers let the Caprice win.
@@jhancock1575 They also don't tell us if they put cement in the trunks the other cars.
Beyond which is faster it's kinda silly comparison 'cuz no kid would by a caprice and most (older) adult males wouldn't buy a GTO
@@jhancock1575 Big block Caprices had the 2.73:1 ratio standard. Other ratios were available.
66 can be 65 with front nose clip tail lights housing and 65 trunk they are exact same my buddy has 66 impala convertible I would have done 1965 swap jet black.