I think vehicles like this would do much better today than they did back then, just that they will be unibody, have four doors, be front wheel drive and have a turbo 4 cylinder or hybrid powertrain. I get the impression that back in 1981, the El Camino was more for pleasure driving while the import trucks would be put to work in some commercial application.
@@OhPhuckYou Yeah, I know, both the Maverick and Santa Cruz have their reliability and quality control issues now. I was just thinking what it would be like if the Chevy El Camino, Ford Ranchero and Dodge Rampage had continued production uninterrupted, what would they look like today? Would the Ranchero have turned into the new Maverick?
@@reallyrandomrides1296 I think they should've named the Maverick the Ranchero, but they were going for more of a truck look than a car like the Santa Cruz, so I guess that's why they didn't name it the Ranchero. I'm wanting to get my hands on the Hybrid Maverick.
@@OhPhuckYou Yes, I agree, they should have continued the heritage with the Ranchero name. Once the quality control issues are worked out I'd consider a Maverick Hybrid. Just thinking, in Australia, until recently, Ford sold the Falcon Ute and GM sold the Holden Commodore Ute (which we kind of saw in its sedan format as a Pontiac G8). The pickups were still two door regular cabs, so we can see how they evolved in the land down under.
Been watching these old timey GM sales films for a while now, and they're becoming somewhat predictable. Bout spit my lunch out when the Japanese guy showed up to save the Yota from the sledgehammer. Did not see that coming
The real competition would be the Ford Ranchero. Oops, I forgot, it's a 1981 video, and Ford got rid of the Ranchero in 1980, so the El Camino has zero competition
But a year later, in 1982, Chrysler introduced the Dodge Rampage and Plymouth Scamp -- pickup versions of the Dodge Omni 024 / Plymouth Horizon TC3. And curiously absent from the comparison was GM's own imported compact pickup -- the Isuzu-made Chevrolet LUV.
The japs will never catch up to the AMERICAN BUILD QUALITY AND VALUE FOR MONEY Anyway G2G I need to tow my wife’s 2021 blazer with my 1991 Toyota pick up again
I was brought to tears with that sledgehammer hitting that El Camino
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me too, man i miss my 79
Me too
I know, that was hard to see. Maybe that was a pre-production model that was going to be used for crash testing. We can only hope.
Who cares.
*Top 10 videos that could never air today:*
*1. This video*
*2. See number 1*
*3. You get the point*
The irony is that GM had been selling the imported Chevy LUV for years at this point!
Great video Cory you keep on sharing so many great car and truck videos, we all Appreciate it.
Literally starts off with 'slaps roof' 😆
" . . . outside of GMC." Ah yes the El Camino's lesser known sibling the Caballero.
Or GMC Sprint
@@hank1556 Well Done hank.
I loved my 78 El Camino. It was a super comfortable car and really was quiet inside. I miss it.
El Camino was a winner. Regret not getting one for myself way back when.
Me gusta la camioneta una Chevrolet El Camino Conquista 1981; es una excelente camioneta pickup; saludos y buenas noches.
I thought the ending was funny. Thanks for sharing.
Glad the other truck got spared. El Camino was a classic. A shell over the box made it even better.
I think vehicles like this would do much better today than they did back then, just that they will be unibody, have four doors, be front wheel drive and have a turbo 4 cylinder or hybrid powertrain. I get the impression that back in 1981, the El Camino was more for pleasure driving while the import trucks would be put to work in some commercial application.
You essentially described the Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz.
@@OhPhuckYou Yeah, I know, both the Maverick and Santa Cruz have their reliability and quality control issues now. I was just thinking what it would be like if the Chevy El Camino, Ford Ranchero and Dodge Rampage had continued production uninterrupted, what would they look like today? Would the Ranchero have turned into the new Maverick?
@@reallyrandomrides1296 I think they should've named the Maverick the Ranchero, but they were going for more of a truck look than a car like the Santa Cruz, so I guess that's why they didn't name it the Ranchero. I'm wanting to get my hands on the Hybrid Maverick.
@@OhPhuckYou Yes, I agree, they should have continued the heritage with the Ranchero name. Once the quality control issues are worked out I'd consider a Maverick Hybrid. Just thinking, in Australia, until recently, Ford sold the Falcon Ute and GM sold the Holden Commodore Ute (which we kind of saw in its sedan format as a Pontiac G8). The pickups were still two door regular cabs, so we can see how they evolved in the land down under.
@@reallyrandomrides1296I mean these el caminos had their own quality issues
The only thing those compact pick ups had over the El Camino back then was...... Reliability!!!
you got that right the only thing that killed the smaller trucks was body rot
@@rogerstlaurent8704 Didn't Chevy have the LUV pickup at the time?
@@drift3rkid66 i believe the Luv was phased out in 1980 and the ELCO was the replacement to a better up grade then again i could be wrong
And 4x4
Yeah but with a Toyota you have 4x4 and immortality.
Ignore the frame rust.
Usually the body rust caught up with it.
I wish I had an El Camino
Rancheros are better
@@xavierking2745no there not
@@robs_garage0278 yes sir there are. I own two and so do the rest ofd my freinds. and they are chevy guys!!!
Sledgehammers and casual racism. Never change chevy.
This was 40 years ago. Let it go bud, let it go.
@@lawrencelenerd3988 No that was 12 days ago.
Been watching these old timey GM sales films for a while now, and they're becoming somewhat predictable. Bout spit my lunch out when the Japanese guy showed up to save the Yota from the sledgehammer. Did not see that coming
The real competition would be the Ford Ranchero. Oops, I forgot, it's a 1981 video, and Ford got rid of the Ranchero in 1980, so the El Camino has zero competition
But a year later, in 1982, Chrysler introduced the Dodge Rampage and Plymouth Scamp -- pickup versions of the Dodge Omni 024 / Plymouth Horizon TC3. And curiously absent from the comparison was GM's own imported compact pickup -- the Isuzu-made Chevrolet LUV.
Bring back the El Camino!! We want faux pickups with real frames like the El Camino and Ranchero not those silly unibodies. 😁😁
What should be the underlying base car? Impla doesn't exist anymore unfortunately. Nobody builds normal sedans anymore.
¨more power¨
Say no more.
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Video would be considered racist today, lol
It was back then as well.
My 2022 Tacoma does not have plush carpet! 😆
so the el camino was fighting against import trucks yet chevy sold the LUV?? essentially they were competing with themselves lol
Absurd comparisons because small pickups then attracted a totally different customer than the El Camino.
You want fuel efficiency?
Didn't compare it to a Chevy LUV.
Why did I watch this
That's not a truck😅😅
😆😃😀 hah...japanece
The japs will never catch up to the AMERICAN BUILD QUALITY AND VALUE FOR MONEY
Anyway G2G I need to tow my wife’s 2021 blazer with my 1991 Toyota pick up again