THE BIGGEST AND MOST FLAMBOYANT AMERICAN CARS OF THE 70s - What were the commercials like? 

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Who can forget those iconic commercials with the late Ricardo Montalban for the 1st gen Chrysler Cordoba. "Available even with fine Corinthian leather."

It's sad that America will never build cars like this ever again.

I was born in 1963 so I remember these cars. They eventually became known as land yachts. It was like driving on a cloud.

The 1978 LTD was Something.

I was born in 1961 so I grew up seeing these cars everywhere. If I could I would have one of each parked in a building on my property that's in this ad. Love those land yachts.

My favorite cars were my 1977 Ford T-Bird & my 1994 Ford F-150 My goodness, I loved my T-bird!!!❤❤❤

1970 cars and trucks are better then today's market

I miss the big boats.

My wife and i got married in my dads 1977 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz. We got married 1993 and still together. What a beautiful car.

Great vid, really enjoyed!!! Car Commercials sure have changed.

These cars all seemed so normal to me when I was a kid in the 70s.

I took my 1975 Monte Carlo cross country twice and to Canada it was the ultimate in comfort.

Chrysler cars were always different from the other "Big 2," and Chrysler's commercials were different too. Those ads for the New Yorker and Imperial were just beautiful!

Wow, I remember all of these cars & their commercials, (I'm old)!! Thanks for sharing another fun video!!! 👍👍🙂

I had a 1974 T-BIRD it was burgundy and white. It was beautiful and such fun to drive I wish I still had it. There is no such thing as classy autos today Such a shame

Missing: the iconic Mercury Marquis\Cartier diamond cutter commercial.... Now there was a land yacht!

The days when Cadillac still looked like a Cadillac.

I was born in '58 and I remember every car in that video and other cars they didn't mention. The luxury cars like Cadillac, Lincoln, Chrysler were true luxury. The interiors where plush, comfortable, roomy and quiet. The exterior was stylish and classy. Today's so called luxury cars can't compare or even come close to the cars back in the late 60's and 70's. Wish they could bring those cars back.

Owned a 73 Newport. Loved it!!!

In '78, l went to the NYC Auto Show. I thought Detroit would make cars like that Forever!!

The 70's will always be my favorite decade for cars. From the exterior styling to the plush pillowed interiors in velour or leather. Nothing today remotely compares to the ride of those big heavy luxury cars. I was fortunate to own several of the cars in this video. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.👍

We called these land yachts Boats back in the eighties. I had a friend who even painted the word 'BOAT' on the nose of his massive used car!!! lol

Wonderful video!! Thank you, a keeper 👍

Thank you for the video, it's nice to look back.

Great commercials and car styling in the 1970s. I owned a 1970 Chevy Caprice, '72 Impala, '74 Monte Carlo and Camaro, and a '79 Olds Cutlass Calais. Loved them all!

Nice I love older classic cars. Yes I'm in my 30s and I never grew up around older cars but I love car shows and RU-vid vids about old different cars.

My favorite decade for American cars. The 1960s were great but all looked kind like the same, 1980s are a mixed bag of cars who tried to look European, the 1990s are kind like the 60s, excellent cars, but all looked the same, while in the 1970s you could know what was the difference between an Cadillac El dorado and a Chrysler Cordoba. This was the decade in which a Dodge Monaco looked and felt more luxurious than a Mercedes or BMW.

Cool 🥰

Forgot the Chevy Monte Carlo commercials! I still own a 1975 Landau and love the looks and the way it drives! 😍❤💯👍

America at its peak, the whole world admired these cars and they made America different from the rest of the world, I was bewitched by these cars and I find it difficult to accept the European concept of a car that is not intended for leisurely cruising, in fact you can't cruise in them at all, because they are today's the cars are too hard and uncomfortable, you can't wait to finish the drive, the fault lies with the automotive journalists who test on extreme performance and that's why cars are made for extreme performance, not for leisurely cruising

I had a 77 Caddy Coupe DeVille best car l ever owned. I miss it tremendously

Thank you for the memories . Thank you for the work and effort that went into this video. I must say it was interesting and well put together as well. I saw the Oldsmobile 98 video too. It is interesting how luxurious car interiors once were. You appreciate those things now.

First car shown in de video is a 1975 Buick LeSabre custom. I approve of this 👌🏻

Love these cars .but in 73 it was the start of the oil shortage. So prior to 73 they had more power. But they still are my favorite cars. 😊😊😊

the New Yorker and Imperial ads narrated by Richard Basehart are the best - my grandfather bought these cars new and I’ll never forget them - they were some of the best cars Chrysler Corporation ever built including station wagon models

Do A video about the history of pop up lights

Congrats1 Boca Broths, each video is better than the one before!

I really miss the 1970's, when I could just drive my Thunderbird down the beach at high speed. Those were the days!

my parents remember these maternal grandfather had an Olds 98 Holiday Coupe in the early 70s

I remember waiting with anticipation every year for the new cars.

Dope pure dope to me. I'm a 1957 model.

i was born in the late 90s so i have no memories of living or seeing these. but just from a design point of view, i find then very interesting. especially how gigantic they were !

Great video!

I'll never understand why this period was referred to as the "malaise era." Even in the Seventies, everything seemed perfectly normal until the government had to poke its big nose into the car business with all these ridiculous regulations !!

I grew up in the seventies subscribe back lots of memories

These cars had real style , real character, while todays cars unless the name brand is written on the car it is hard to tell if it’s Japanese , American , European or Chinese

I miss the 78 Cadillac.

I took my very first driver's license test in a 1973 Chevy Impala 4dr. Got over 90% on the test.

Can you do something about 1976 Cadillac Eldorados not just the fact that it was the last convertible offered at that time but more inclusive about it that would be great!

Ahhh@ the 70's Bayyybee! Gravesend Bklyn! Hot babes! Great Food@ Yamaha mini bikes! Rock n Roll! & All the Wise guys Had theee Most gorgeous cars! A MUCH Nicer time Indeed@ God Bless 😊

Miss a Video about a 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz. Would be happy to see one.👍

I remember these cars when I was a kid growing up in the 70s. I thought Chrysler and GM had the best vehicles. The 1973 Imperial was a work of art. Wish they made them like this now. Plus a wide variety styles. Now you just get one.

My top five land yachts of the 70s. Cadillac DeVille Chrysler New Yorker Lincoln Mark iv Ford LTD Landau AMC Ambassador.

Ermergerd! No Mercurys? My '76 Mercury Grand Marquis Brougham was and is still to this day my favorite car I've ever owned!

When it be nice to go down to your local travel agent and buy ticket back to 1974 or some of the year of your choice.

I enjoyed my 73 Impala 2dr. It was Burgundy with a black top and Black interior. Even after 200K miles, with a hole in the exhaust, ( which made it sound like it had a souped up engine, Blap, Blap, Blap, Blap, Blap) could still lay 2 sets of burnt tires on the pavement when mashing the gas pedal to the floor. It was my “Party Mobile”.

it's not the 70s without a Mk V!!

💎 Les voitures américaines des années 60/70 étaient élégantes et chic. Les couleurs étaient incroyable.

Ho so memories my mother had a 1969 pontiac GTO red and white hard top whit the rpm on the hood and white interior afther change for a thunderbird 1975 whis still have the GTO

I really enjoy watching your videos. My chilhood was funny travelling in that cars.

I vote for the Continental

I had a few of the early 70s caprice and Impala siblings. My 72 caprice was very fast! A lot faster than one would think! 😀👍

Mark V designer rocks

The Impala with standard power steering! They'd have been a lot to handle without it.

I wish I knew for sure what happened to the Big Three automakers in the 70’s. They pretty much killed themselves and opened the door to foreign competition. Yes, they faced big challenges. A market that suddenly became focused on fuel economy. So-so to crappy economy. Government regulation. Powerful labor unions. Detroit boomed in the 50’s and kept booming throughout the 60’s. Then the wheels fell off in the 70’s and Detroit started a long decline. I don’t get it. The same companies that built amazing planes and tanks and trucks for us in WWII could not seem to adapt to the changing market in the 70’s. Their quality control was abysmal. Their large cars were labeled “dinosaurs.” Their attempts to compete with Japan on small cars were a sad joke (Vega… Chevette… Maverick… Pinto?). Why did they fail?

I was born in the 60's and remembered all of these 70's cars brand new. Regardless of what people said .. America made some good big and even midsize cars back in the day... big smooth powerful V8's .. that were reliable and well build. The small cars of the 70's were not all that good .. but the prices were so low .. those small cars didn't last till 100,000 miles but the bigger cars could .

This doesn't LOOK like, but sure SOUNDS like Dynasty, Dallas, Falcon Crest & Knots landing. Haha. Good nostalgia, thank you.

Nothing says luxury more than full foam. MMMmmm foam.

GM design the first in the podium, Ford the second, Mopar Chrysler and AMC third and last.

Hi - wanted to know if you could do a show with a list of best classic American car restoration guys in US and Canada. And some examples of the best Eldorados and Pontiacs. Thanks.

I remember. I was born in 1966.

Cannot fathom why a rural veterinarian would ever be driving a Caprice coupe for rounds.

Gee, I wish I could drive my 70's land yacht down the beach, or over a bumpy dirt road to a picnic spot in the woods. What could go wrong?

Such glorious cars. I would give anything to have them return and replace all these nondescript boring gray SUVs that we are trapped with today. Technology and austerity can’t replace style or class. In this video I love the Ford LTDs, Cadillac DeVille and Lincoln Continentals the most. Honorable mention to the Mercury Grand Marquis and the late 70s Thunderbird too.

I grew up in the '70s, and there were very few '70s cars I didn't like. Most of those were made toward the very end of the '70s, when they started downsizing everything. The 1979 Foxbody Mustang stands out as the ugliest American car of the '70s. It's amazing just how many 2 door cars there were in the '70s. Now they are all gone.

you could continue the series about the Pontiac Grand Prix

I was born in 1947. So big American Luxury Cars were always in my view. And the best? The Imperial. I grew up with them and believe me they were THE luxury cars of that era. Ever frive on the highway? The ride was precise and so comfortable unlike totdays buck boards. Luxury was mwasured by how relaxed you were at the end of a days drive. How about the 1956 - 1964 - 1966.

Beautiful design in the beginning of the seventies, but not in 1973 / 74 and 75, better the "downsizing" design of 1977 and later, beautiful the 1977 Impala, Buick Le Sabre, Ford Thunderbird, Mercury Marquis, Lincoln Continental Mark, 1979 Mustang and Cougar etc.

1974 cadillac Eldorado is nice.

My land yacht is a 79 caprice classic 2 doors 350 engine 4 4bbl i love my car 1 of the best yeah

How about doing a video on the Impala SS or the police package Malibu, Impala, Nova and Caprice.

No mention of the '77-'79 Cougars

You should do a video on the Dodge Monaco.

How about some light truck videos or car/truck customization trends.

Big, Bold, Brash, and Beautiful best describes most full size American luxury cars of the 1970’s! It’s as if the stylist took the designs of the 1960’s and refined the looks..smoothing out unnecessary creases and folds, lengthening hoods and deck lids, taking downward curves at leading edges of fenders and quarters and straightening them to the very edges, grilles more upright with finer details, wider tracks, smoother suspensions, quieter more luxurious cozier interiors, rear wheel skirts, opera windows, padded landau tops, two-tones, and as much brightwork and chrome trim on the top trims as they could tastefully(and sometimes distastefully) add! As a kid in the 70’s, these American luxury cars always captured my imagination and I would look at cars like Mark lV’s/Thunderbirds, 225 Electras, 98’s, Caprices, Grand Prix’s, etc. and me and my playmates would compare/share which ones any of us would have or drive as adults, many of them not being as imaginative and picking cars their parents drove….like Gremlis, Beetles, or some oddball of a car that was nowhere near as impressive! Also the European marques like BMW, Audi, etc. were more sporting and for the price point, you only got a third of the car in comparison, and no more impressive than the best Toyotas or Datsuns IMO!

I'm surprised these land yachts didn't come equipped with Lazy Boy recliners.

Just a throw back of TV commercials ! WTF???

No way a big full size LTD with a 2v-400 gets 22mpg unless its midnight, no wind, cool asphalt, 55mph and in Nevada. Had the '72.

I have a 65 Tbird and 73 Plymouth Gran coup, I don't care that the gas mileage sucks( compared to todays gas sippers) I drive them more far more than my modern cars and can repair them easily if need be.

The lost time of heavy cars

For me, that has to be a Cadillac😊

What's wrong with Oldsmobile? Oldsmobile made many big grand great cars. Only 5secs an the last one. It's always about Chevy ,Ford, Cadillac,what's wrong Oldsmobile. Need more time and videos on them. I have plenty of time with different olds and always had a sporty feeling no matter how big it was. Just super comfy. Can we do one only on Oldsmobile longer duration 😊 thank you. Hope all of that made sense 😊 my first

Unfortunately these years were the beginning of the end for Detroit. So sad.

Ah the 1970s... The decade of the land yacht...

I had a 1978 Mercury marquis.Tudor co-op 860.I bought it 2000 drove it a lot.Sort of tough friendship.I never sold it.Should I get there nineteen and a half feet long

Every man's voice sounded the same, I was waiting for Fantasy Island to start playing. Did our tvs really look that bad back then?

Father Cadillac all the way. Grandma-deal w/dealership. 1st new Olds ea year. Did it for 20 years. Didn't care options/colors. 1966 Teal Blue huge engine & 4 on the floor. (not, a granny car) They sold it. She made them take it back & give it to her & she left 2 black stripes in their driveway on the way out. We called them. Elevens.

I miss the cars of the early 1970's, they were a pleasure to drive, roomy ,smooth ride and comfortable. All the beautiful colors, chrome,vinyl tops, woodgrain siding on wagons, most importantly easy to work on. Then the government got involved in the auto industry and the fun stopped... Today we get 5 shades of white,7 shades of black and 10 shades of sillver, ugly interiors, with 3 color choices...

No pontiacs? Loved the video tho