1996 Chevrolet Lumina APV Start Up, Engine, and In Depth Tour 

My parents bought a 94 Lumina in the 90s I remember being 3 years old holding onto the steering wheel like I was driving while my mom drove

Great van! My parents' used to have a 96 silhouette. Miss that van. I wish it was never totaled back 2008. Ran perfect from when we bought it with 60,000 miles to 110,000 miles when it was totaled. Definitely better than the 3 voyagers' we had before that and the venture we had afterwards.

Oh man, had this van as a child, it is the best minivan out there. We had bought it new, drove it across the country, off road, and put 250k kilometers on it. It needed repairs only a few times. Love it!

The original dustbuster on wheels!! :)

I remember this car when I was growing up. It was all over the place on the road. It's sad they don't make this type of car anymore

I love the Dustbuster vans!

I love these vans. Had a 92 until 2013 when the frame rusted out. I called it the "Red Bullet". Mine had the gray interior. The plastic body makes them always look good.

I love this van. The red interior looks awesome. I was pretty impressed to see the the song "Little Red Corvette" played. Such a nice song.

Absolutely LOVE this van I own a 1993 and its great

Kyle, have you ever taken a look at a Toyota Previa before? I've always found the styling of the Previa and this Lumina APV quite nice and funky

omg havent seen one of these in forever. i know u prolly heard this before, but i love how u review everything from an old minivan to a 1 of 1 supercar. props!

These were really great vehicles. My mom ran her 1995 Lumina sedan for almost 20 years, no major issues. I got several years of service out of it after she finally got something new. I ended up having an issue with the AC compressor (not a major issue IMO), and finally a blown head gasket. If I had the time and expertise to fix that myself, I have no doubt I could have gotten several more years of service from that warhorse of a car.

Thanks for posting this. The more Iearn about these dustbuster vans, the more I want one

That van looks brand new! We dont see these on the east coast of canada anymore. They have all rusted out and been crushed 10 years ago.

In the background you can here little red corvette, what a coincidence

This is my dream van!! Wonderful job bro.

I love the rumbling from the exhaust it's quite a curious sound on a minivan

Love the style. I am a fan of the minivans of the 90's.

Sweet! Have wanted to see a tour on a Lumina van for a while! Great vid as always Kyle!

What a beautiful van. I always wanted one of these. Hopefully some day I'll be able to have one. They're rare where I live, because the few people who have one abuse the hell out of the poor things.

The best and most beautiful minivan ever!

this is immaculate! paint is perfect!

My friend has one, got to love GMs use of headlights at the time, same ones used on the Pontaic Bonneville

My parents bought this same van, same color and all, in 1998 and we had it for so long. It was the coolest van we had. In my child brain it looked like a spaceship. The side door was so slow when it was opening and closing though! 😂

Nice flash back. It had room for another middle seat in the second row along with the mounts for it. It's got more room than my traverse back there. My kids would love it. My wife not so much

Never liked these but this one is nice and clean. Always good to see an owner take care of their things.

Take a look at the dashboard design of this van, and then take a look at the dashboard design of a 1987-1991 Toyota Camry. Tell me if you see much of a difference. Apparently GM (specifically Chevy) and Toyota collaborated on some designs in the 1990s, and there was even a rebadged Chevy Cavalier sold as the Toyota Cavalier in Asia and Europe. Also, this video was posted exactly one day before I got my driver's license!

my family in the mid 90's had the Pontiac Trans Port...thing had leather seating and a moon roof...it rocked!

I Love This Van

Great video Kyle and the van is in pretty good shape although it looks like a dust buster.

I saw one of these earlier today, but it was of the Oldsmobile varient, the Silhouette. And I have to agree with you, these vans really did stand out from the mass in the '90s.

i have to say..iv always liked these vans..i thought they were cool as a kid. and still do now. they do look like a spaceship. in fact i have an old Motor Trend that says the design was kinda influence by spaceships..lol. and i also love the sound of those GM V6 engines!

These were built at the North Tarrytown Plant, only a few miles from where I live.

Just a bit more indepth and I would have finally seen where my scanner hooks up to read the codes. Mine has the 3.8 liter. I liked the options of how I could arrange the seats in back. I can face the 2 back ones to face backwards or forwards and the seatbelts are mounted on the seats so it don't matter. I can fit 3 seats in side by each to seat 3 in middle and flip the outer one forward to fit the 2 passengers in rear if those seats are facing forward. This is a good van to haul little children in but for actual full sized people I have been using my ford aerostar with its big comfy seats.

Wow, surprised it's in nice shape!

Bought my wife a 1995 LS version with the 3.8l L27 v6 and 17 inch Chevy Beretta Z26 rims for $300 had water leaking from the windshield after one tube of silicone caulking no more water leaks, its just under a quarter MILLION miles and still running strong it feels and drives like a space ship, LS versions have a power sliding door. Buy one

always liked these vans they look so futuristic

I always liked the looks of these 1st GM minivans, they remind me of a spaceship.

I loved the first gen!

Awesome condition!!!!

I have always liked the style of those vans... my favorite though was the Mercury Villager/Nissan Quest (and they drive like rocketships!) Damn that thing is in amazing condition; up here in NH, it would've completely rotted out by now.

did you know for this generation lumina van...the used the same head lamps from the pontiac bonneville?

Coolest looking van

Sweet stunning

Unique designed van really liked these never had one before but would really like to see what it’s like

"Little Red Corvette" playing in a car with this interior. What are the odds?!

What I wouldn't do to have that Burgundy interior cloth!! 😭😭 It's beautiful

pretty cool! now, just waiting for the couple of test drives that you promised for this week...

My family had a `94 Oldsmobile Silhouette for a demo as a year, the power sliding door was pretty balling back then haha.

i kinda like how the front windsheld is joined together by the exterior piece and the windows

I had a 1995 Pontiac Trans Sport, had 215,000 miles when I got rid of it. It had the 3800, power sliding door, and rims. I definitely miss it, there wasn't anything I couldn't haul in the back.

This is the exact same color of the van we had when I was a kid. We had the twin of this van the Pontiac Transport. We called it the rocket ship also, lol.

this bad boy looks brand spankin new! wow

RARE!!!!!btw Kyle is it okay if i use some of your videos for a compilation(s)im making

That white TownCar looks nice. My family took the Olsmobile Silhuette on vacation.

These Van’s went crazy back in the day

encompasses all of the 90's in one car!

Самый лучший автомобиль.Золотое время , серьезные, красивые, функциональные авто.Я ищу в таком состоянии уже 15 лет. И все не то.Сам имею люмину седан 1990 года за столько лет ни разу не пожалел. Готов купить у Вас этот автомобиль, если надо сам приеду за ним в США.

We had a white 1991 with the dark blue interior. It was a very stripped down one tho, nothing power on it at all. This brings back some memories...

I remember those DustBuster vans, Iv’e seen those when my family was going to eat out for dinner and mom parked right next to one.

The burgandy interior looks very nice

My grandmother used to own a blue version of this van with a gray interior.

My friend owns one if you want a car that will not blow up no matter how bad you treat it get one

DAm nice vAN SO CLEAN

I love mini vans, They are the most versatile vehicles on the road, Work van, travel van, cargo van, get drunk/high ad sleep in the van van night out, camping van and picnic/recreation party van, Hotel on wheels van. I am looking to get another, I have had two and I am a single man with no kids, (Never Married) . It works if you work it.......

very nice

Ironic for "Little Red Corvette" to play in a car with this kind of interior. LOL

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even though i think this van looks ugly, i gotta admit that the interior quality is 10× better than theses newer cars.Theses day you gotta buy at least an entry lvl luxury car and pay a little more for decent interior quality.

Something vaguely similar to the modern Renault Scenic LOL. Wonder if that's where Renault got their styling from. Also has a color keyed interior which is something you don't really see anymore I like it haha.

i saw your fairlane in the back round. (that is your's right?) i hope you are able to do some more video's on it soon!

These vans are getting quite rare

crazy how last time i saw one that wasnt in a junkyard was over a decade ago time flies

My favourite interior scheme

for some reason i feel like i want to ditch my 2007 Pontiac Montana sv6 for one of these.

@hearTelus The body panels won't rust but the steel frame that holds it together will.

mmmmm those high quality interior plastics...

What year is the yellow Jeep at the dealer pan ( 0:24 )? Can you do a video of it? I know you have several Jeep Wrangler Vids but could you do one with your new review style and camera?

That thing has a max speed of 80mph...

Esta bonita la camioneta, lastima que no salio con transmision manual. 15-SEP-2019. vocho sigue bien, y tambien todos estan bien. Oso.

it is car of my dream!!

Had the Pontiac Trans Sport which was a pretty nice minivan.

hey i own one of those and i love it

Childhood ah 1995 when I was 5 I named it the rocket ship until we had to take it back in 1999 because it broke down sad

I want that minivan!

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yeeeah those cars reviews rocks

I grew up with an 88 Chevy Van with the exact same Delco radio. How long did GM use that radio model in their cars?

i honestly never knew what these things were.....they looked so diffrent than a typical minivan....nothing wrong with it....its a bold design.

If you can, would you mind doing one on it's successor the Chevrolet Venture.

Everyone hates these Dustbuster-styled vans but I loved em as a kid, still do.

Hey kyle i know you already have a few, but can you do that town car in the back? Thanks!

Can you do a Pontiac Trans Sport?

Supreme !

my father's 1990 Silhouette still works. The longer the dash, the nicer the car -- I often say.

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Great interior. Wonderful. There are almost no new cars with red interior. What a pity

hey Kyle you should do one on a 94 lumina sedan I would love to see that done

APV, Silohuette, and Trans Sport were all big leaps into the future with their styling.

Can you do a Ford Aerostar XLT extended van? I want to see what youd say about them. DOnt forget the bed feature if you can get one! Thanks!