No doubt. That kind of poor component fitting is apparent whenever they do closeups of button presses... on American cars. Funny how Japanese cars don't seem to have that.
Marvin Harrison Smith II and daewoo isn’t Japanese sooooo, while not all Japanese cars had uniformly great fit and finish Honda and Toyota most certainly did. Note I didn’t say anything about materials quality or them being particularly nice in feel, but they were most certainly better assembled and less prone to the common ills of American cars.
+Yanni mouzakis And how the panel bends in! oh oh cant forget the off colored bumper either! or cant forget the how bad the dog bone was from 93 to 96 causing the exhaust to jolt like it did in the launching scene. but gota love em.
+Yanni mouzakis I thought I was the only one who noticed that, it's sad isn't it? Our neighbor has a big-ass 2000-something 1500 Silverado that we borrow now and then, and you would think the dash was made out of cardboard and old playskool toys.
"Since Metros are assembled in Ontario, it's fitting that they will be among the first cars sold in the US with Canadian style daytime running lights. Speaking of northern lights, Oldsmobile has been delivering its 1995 Aurora luxury sedan for several months now. " Well done John Davis, well done.
It was so easy to tell which cars were American, European, and Japanese back in the day. They all had their own unique styling cues and aesthetics. Nowadays, all the cars look the same, you can’t really tell which is what unless you look at the badge.
TheMowgli420 yee the plastix door panels came loose but I like those body style over the newer ones. The 2015 Yukon is the only one I like of the newer ones.
I had one. Black on black. I would have kept it if it hadn't developed a wierd uneven idle and a cracked subframe that I replaced. Very strange problems for such a low mileage car
The Aurora was a car that captivated me. I would have been 13 in 1995. I was in love with all sorts of different cars, and I remember going to an auto show back in the early 90's where I saw the Pontiac Protosport. So I had seen some really out-there cars not just in magazines but in person, too. The Aurora is still a striking car. Back then, it was a huge surprise. I remember it being a concept car first and being surprised by how close to the concept it came, but what was really surprising about it to me was how different it looked from the rest of GM's styling at the time. It was the first Oldsmobile I had seen introduced in my brief life that not only looked great and made me want it, but also seemed like a real high bar. It seemed so far beyond anything else GM and even other manufacturers were making at the time. It was a halo car for a brand that had nothing of interest for me. It was the start of good things for Oldsmobile. And they followed it up with the Alero, a car my father eventually came across used with few miles. And while that car was great in its own way, it felt very much like a much cheaper imitation of the Aurora. I never got to experience an Aurora. I'm still somewhat obsessed with the thing. I may have to search one out eventually.
Everyone's mom had either a Taurus/Thunderbird or Corsica/Beretta in the driveway! That was the early-mid 90s. Even as a kid I remember all of them talking about the bad mechanicals of the 4cyl Corsica. "Tell your mom not to get the 4cyl - gotta get the 6cyl".
The problem with all these cars is that by 2005, 90% of these cars were either in the junkyard or rotting away on sketchy used car lots in the bad part of town.
Steven Manning maybe the cadillac and olds but a good chunk of 3.8 v6 cars and the Cavaliers/sunfires are still on the road now. the interior sucks but they were reliable when taken care of
The problem with the Cavalier was that in 2005 it was only just barely going out of production. At that point it was the archetypal GM "Good Used Car".
That's what happens when you build a shit ton of cheap easy to buy easy to drive cars They lose value fast and kids and lower income citizens get their hands on em, both groups being full of irresponsible people who probably won't take care of their cars. Full disclosure i fall under both groups but i make certian that my car runs at tip top shape because i want it to last until I can pass it on to a younger cousin when they get old enough to drive.
@@danielcastaneda7801 , it would deffinitelly be a head turner right now. Cars nowadays look so boring. That Eldorado would be an object of admiration on today's roads.
+TheZProtocol I just turned 37. Years ago I had an '82 Delta 88 Royale Brougham.  God, what a tank that was.  I was lucky to get more than 10 mpg in that thing.  I miss it.  :(
No no no the Buick regal is still cruising around as is the Cavalier and sunfire and the park Avenue the cutlass. I still see a lot of them lurking around today.
YUP, in my mid 30s now with severe physical disability. I was in love with life during the 90s. I didn't know the evils the world contained. Still doesn't feel like near that long.
I was in college, just bought my first car. Still a year to go before graduation. Toad the Wet Sprocket, Crash Test Dummies, Gin Blossoms and Counting Crows
Dad owned a few red Riviera coupes. Great cars, and he still has the one he bought in 1998 in that same red color. It's been sitting for a long time since it needs work and since he got an Aurora.
That was a wonderful flashback. I bought a 1995 Buick Regal Limited Sedan with the NA 3.8L V6, drove it for 21 years and sold it last month to a new owner who loves it (I kept it in top conditions) and will drive it for another 20 years!
Thank you for posting this footage. I appreciate when you bring this GM footage form. I saw Ninety Eight and Eighty Eight too. I do remember when Aurora first came out on the market. This was great to see. Thank you for sharing.
1994-1997 were major years for GM, completely re-invented their lineup. My Dad was a GM engineer at this time. I remember all these cars, all the engineering changes, in great detail. The Aurora and Riviera were a BIG DEAL.
The view counter says that I'm #1. I concur. On another note, am I the only one who misses the Blue Chevy badges on their cars, the Gold badges on their Trucks and SUVs and the Red and Black logos on their sportier cars (with exception to the Camaro and Corvette, obviously)? Perhaps it's just sentimental childhood preferences, but I always thought that was a neat way to set apart the different types of vehicles in their line-up.
silverado badge and LT (LUXURY TOURING) were neatbadges too. not to mention the old school CHEYENNE truck badge. and my favorite interior badges are in a 99 GMC YUKON DENALI with a mountain and DENALI embroided in the beautiful leather front seat backs and the 99-00 GMC And CHEVY TRAILBLAZER- ENVOY brethrens. very unique badges and embroideries.
Never knew that about Chevys, I always wondered why they had different colored logos in the 90s. But as for the other badges (Denali w/mountains on the seats, Luxury Touring, etc.), I thought I was the only one that paid that much attention to detail! I miss those days, we just get a lot of "special edition models" now, which is OK I guess. But those models still felt more unique somehow! Maybe I'm just being sentimental. But the 90s/early 00s ruled!
So called "Special Editions" don't feel special anymore. More like "economical" editions ja!!!! The new midnight Silverado is pretty damn sexy tho!! And the classic z-71 has always been my favorite trim on gm trucks
Those Vortec V-6s in the Blazers were good motors, but dear lord, the build, fun factor, and materials quality on most America cars back then were just awful.
I have a 2002 Oldsmobile Aurora with the 3.5 V6 with 170K miles that I bought in 2007. It's given my a lot of issues lately, but i love the ride and it takes me from point a to point b. I plan on owning it until it dies.
The "Good for 100,000 miles" platinum-tipped spark plugs lasted longer than these GM models. I had a Pontiac Grand Am V6 coupe, and that didn't even last 50,000 miles due to leaky engine seals, and then having the front right tire partially detach during a freeway drive was the last straw.
Most of these cars arent around anymore but I see old Sunfires and Caveliers still at my shop, they actually have long lasting engines and people still rock them if theyre poor or it's a first car for a new driver
Damn they’re making a huge deal about airbags. At this point in time, more cheap cars were receiving dual airbags as standard equipment, and more trucks and SUVs were beginning to receive a driver airbag. I can imagine car salesmen talking A LOT about airbags to customers in these days.
I'd like to see more of that 3.4 powered Cutlass coupe. It's a pilot car equipped with a Heads Up Display, there were only 21 1995 Cutlass Supremes made with HUD - only pilot (first cars off the assembly line used for testing purposes) came with the HUD because Oldsmobile dropped it before the start of regular production.
Had a ASTRO from that year. 96 they changed the instrument panel, and the coolant to Dexacool. I drove it from September 95 to January 2k. the only reason I got rid of it was I made the mistake of driving in some heavy water. The 4.3 is still used in most Base model trucks.
When I first came to this country I thought those Pontiac Sunfires were cool as fuck. lol. I still see this generation Cavaliers running around as well as the full size SUVs.
Yes heaven help the Northstar victims. Saw many a nice looking Northstar equipped car on the junkyard. So expensive to fix the engine, an otherwise good car was just junked.
