Top 10 Most Expensive American Cars of the '70s! 

I'm surprised you didn't include the 74-76 Cadillac Fleetwood Talisman. It definitely should have made this list

The Oldsmobile 98 Regency was a very nice automobile ! Service mechanic for GM ‘76 - ‘87 .

A little extra info on the 9 passenger caddy limo….. they were referred to as the “informal” limousine while the “formal” limo had the addition of the divider ( by the late 70’s and the 80’s there was no longer an electric glass divider. It was a sliding glass divider, like in a taxi. Also the 9 passenger had 3 rows of seats - usually used as people movers by funeral homes. BTW the 75 also had jump seats that faced the rear passengers When the seats were not deployed there were foot rests for the rear passengers. Lastly the 75 had leather in the front, and the passenger compartment had velour. This was also a time before there were many companies stretching cars, so a factory limo was really special. By 1985 GM down sized the 75 and it was just a shame. Your reviews are wonderful. Thank you for your hard work. It’s great.

Sweet video, I enjoyed that as usual. The Stutz looked so garish though, like something Liberace would drive 😂

Keep on making them man it’s how we an you learn about these cars more an that era was great man I was young kid in early 70s round about 1976 I was 9 yrs old an these cars I rode in an loved the smell of the leather or cheap leather but man rode great an I thought back then they were just beautiful cars all of them

As the owner of a 2011 Maybach 57s with a V12 6.0 liter engine, the late model 1970s Lincoln Continental Williamsburg edition still takes my breath away ❤

I remember as a kid falling in love with a collector series mark v on the showroom floor in 79 and seeing it was $23,000 On the sticker, and wondering how anyone could possibly afford that… I wish America still made cars like that

You have my thumbs up!! Great videos, thank you for posting. Grew up with those beauties in the 60s & 70s

The 78 New Yorker " Salon" trim package was beautiful also. Great work here, truly Thank You.

Pimps were spoiled for choice in THOSE days!

I love these cars! Thanks for the video.

Love your content, keep it coming.

What a great video from you. I lived this era in the used car days, and owned or drove most of these. Personal fave was the town car.

Very cool. I have some good memories of some these cars when I was a kid.

You’ve got me looking forward to Saturdays just to watch your latest uploads. I LOVE your content man. 10/10 shit for real.

Very good video. Keep em coming

I like your style dude... Informative great pictures well done. The Stutz was one of Elvis favorite cars.

Great video idea!!!!!! So fun!!!

Great video. My all time favorite decade of true American luxury cars. None of them make anything like these today as they all seem to be adicted to SUV's now. I'd gladly take any of these on your list with the biggest smile on my face. The only thing is that I have no more room. As it is, I have a stunning 1986 Cadillac Seville with 23,000 miles and a 1988 Cadillac Cimarron with 61,000 miles in my garage.

Loved this video! Fun to see all the cars I would admire when I was a kid. Really beautiful cars!

I was a young teenager in the 70’s and the Mark V was the most outstanding American luxury car. They were so ostentatious. Only a Bentley or Rolls could grab the same attention. You need to make a video about American luxury cars of the 1950’s. During this time is when American cars were the best in the world and decade’s ahead of all other manufacturers. For example, 50’s Cadillacs had electric windows, electric seats, AC and V8’s, when Rolls Royce didn’t offer any of those features.

My buddy had one of the 2 door Continentals. It was white and huge. Smooth ride.

great video!

I love this video I definitely subscribed

Growing up in the UK in the 70’s, we only saw these cars on imported shows like Starsky and Hutch, Columbo, Kojak and the list goes on. Having now lived in the US for the past forty years, I can see why they were popular with the rich.

Excellent presentation!

Awesome Pimptastic episode Hawk! I know a guy with a 78 Pace Car edition Vette and he bought it new.

This video made me homesick for my past! (Just subscribed!).

Awesome reviews! So many features are standard today.

We have a 77 Continental with 70K original miles that’s driven occasionally. My wife’s Grandfather was a Pilot and he called it the Corporate Jet

1979 Cadillac Seville is my all time favorite car. It was the first Cadillac I saw when I was 4 years old and fell in love with Cadillacs forever.

The good thing about Chrysler's torsion bar suspension was its superior handling compared to other luxury cars of the day.

The two most obscene American luxury cars ever built (1930's) were the Cadillac V 16, and the Duesenberg SJ. I'd love to see the selling price on those two!!

There's someone on RU-vid who has one of the 1983 anniversary pace car Corvettes and it has 9 miles on it!!!

Hellyeah brother!

My 72 was high 8k and my 73 was 9k, but it was a Town Car package, and fully loaded (a misconception that TCs came fully loaded). One correction. The Continental was a unique platform. It is completely different from the Marquis. They are similar but as similar as a Crown Vicotira frame is to the Continental (which is eery hose similar the Panther is to the FS) They didnt have names for all platforms at Ford back then. The LTD and the Maquis were Ford Full Size as the official name. The Continental was the Luxury Size, which it had exclusively. in 1970 and 71 and early 72 is when the 460 was an exclussive Lincoln engine (like the 462 ahead). 70 and 71 had Lincoln 460 on the aircleaner cover, where as in 72 it was switched to Ford 460 4BBL. Midyear in 72, Mercury was given the first dibs to the 460 in the Colony Park wagon, and then it trickled to the Country Squire and the sedans, and making it all the way to the Ranchero in 73. The early 70s cars are the same platform, up to 74, with the same interior and green house. The only changes were made were due to the govt mandated bumpers. I could do a 2hr video on the history of these cars lol, and why Lee Iococca HATED them. Its a cool story one where Im glad Iococca lost! He would ultimatley go to Chrysler over how buthurt he was over it I still love those cars, but the are very easy to park. The steering is firm. One of the things about the early Continentals, was that they were geared for performance. Not off the line but top speed. They were FAST, and fastest Ford in 72, and challenging Corvettes for top speed. They also were set up for handling. Despite the size (70-72 being 5200lbs and 73 5500, and 74 about 5650) they could corner deceivingly well. Because of that MANY films used them as bad guy cars, from Herbie the Love Bug to Rockford Files, and so many were wrecked. Add to that the carburetor, the C6 trans, and the rear end that were pilfered from used car sales (people would buy the car just to take those parts) that so few of the early 70s cars survive. The Marks werent as performance oriented as the sedans (4dr and 2rd). Its a shame we cant truly get that feeling today because no decent white walls are made. Yes, you MUST run white walls, and inch and a quarter, not the goofy wide whites. Its a law lol.

I built the Monogram 1/24 scale 78 Corvette Indy Pace Car model kit last Fall.. A nice kit that went together very well..

Hey! I loved this! I was a kid and still cated about cars. I think as you do more tesearch youre gonna be more appreciative and hottified at the same time. I look forward to your futute videos. Great research and intelligent yet down to earth presentation.

A former friend of mine had an Olds Toronado back in the late 00s, it was either a late 70s or early 80s model, it looked exactly like the one at 4:00. That thing was a damn boat but it was so gangster, go figure that clip I mentioned has it parked next to an actual boat. It just had a presence to it, you know?

New subscriber sends Greetings from Tucson, Arizona. Quite a nice video...I had a number of the cars featured. Interestingly, the featured Designer Series Lincoln Continental used the same steering wheel as all other Ford products of the day. The 1975 Imperial was rebadged New Yorker for 1976-1978, and the 1975 New Yorker became the Newport for 1976-1978.

Thank you for sharing life back then. I am from the 1960s. So, yes I had a few uncles and aunts how work for a few auto factories here in Chicago back in tge 1970s to the early 2000s.😊

I’m a Cadillac fan, during the 70’s my family and close friends owned 73’ Eldorado, 73’ Fleetwood, 79’ Seville, 76’ Fleetwood Brougham, 73’ Lincoln and 79’ Bill Blass Continental. I grew up driving luxury cars. My favorite was the 73’ Eldorado, 73’ Lincoln, 79’ Seville which I wish I still owned. After 31 vehicles I drive a SC 430 Pebble Beach Edition 08’ and love it!

Yes, we absolutely hated the future when that Lincoln Continental showed up in the last few seconds of your video. Bravo!

I love the 60s 70s and the 80s lincolns. And a few 70s cadillacs. Of course I am Italian LOL

My personal favorite is a 1971 mercury marques 2 door, 429 cobra jet. My dad bought that car and when i got my license at 16 i was aloud to drive that car. In 1977 i turned 17 and me and my girlfriend used the back seat as our personal rumpass room if you get my meaning. Great review on these timeless cars, i wish that the manufacturers of vehicles would bring back these boats. I don't care for the big SUVs.👍🍻

9:49. Detective Frank Cannon would love this car .

Maybe you are unaware but, my friend's grandfather who had a ton of cash. Very wealthy. Had a Cadillac that was I believe called the Opera Coupe. It was a two door, with a long front with wheel packages on each side behind the front wheels with a small cabin that was like a Seville in its squareness and it had the opera half vinyl roof with the big chrome S emblem on the side behind the door windows., real wire wheels, wide whitewall tires and in 1976 I think is when he had ordered, they were not available they only custom built by Cadillac and I think he paid about $15 or $20 thousand dollars. It was a very very nice looking car that only a few were ever made.

My first new car was a Pontic Bonneville, 2dr, ht, with a 455 High Output engine, 385HP, automatic, with PB, PS, power windows, power antenna, dual exausts, resonators, positraction, AM/FM radio ( no tapes yet), heavy duty suspension, and a big gas tank. used to do about 15 miles per gallon, who cares, gallon of premium of around $.36, and I paid $5100 for that car in Chicago in 1971, today it would be around $40000, so I had a cheap car, but I had broads by the trunk load in that beast!

02:19 WWWOOOOOOOWWWWWWW !!!!!!!! 60'ies and 70 'ies AMERICAN CARS !!!!!! SOOOOO BEAUTIFULLLL and STROOOOONNNG !

My 69 Plymouth Fury torsion bar suspension rode like a boat on water on the interstate. Very easy to rebuild, no coil springs, ball joints screwed out.

How come he never mentioned the Chrysler Imperal?

My wonderful Dad owned some of these through the 60’s & 70’s, starting from a vague memory, a 61 Imperial Crown Coupe, in all black, all I remember is the big headlights and squarish steering wheel. But I definitely remember more of the 64 Lincoln Sedan that was a lemon and stranded the family three times , so Dad dumped that for an amazing 64 Imperial Crown Coupe in stunning metallic aqua blue black leather. Then there was a 69 Thunderbird Sedan, 71,73,75 Lincoln Coupes, finally a 78 Town Car loaded in all sky blue.

I'd LOVE to have a '71 Sedan de Ville!

The Stutz has always been my dads favourite car, never realized how insane they were!

I had a pristine 1978 Seville Elegante with 68K OG miles on it until the Great Caldor Fire of 2021. It had the DIC unit, leveler, and the sunroof worked and did not leak at all. What a ride. It burned. Fuck. I will never see one again.

The stutz black limo in the background is actually a royal saudi family personal vehicle you can see the logo ❤️👍🏾

1:55 Curious Car's does 30-45 minute histories of cars and the decade or year they were produced, and all sorts of other small details that are interesting and entertaining. He is a retired dealer who still dabbles in selling some vehicles occasionally in Florida and in his videos, he has pristine examples of the car's he features. I'm not trying to steal any of your thunder Green Hawk, just a place to scratch an itch if someone wants more. The car shown here I believe could be the exact same car and if not, one exactly like it in one of his videos. These cars have swagger like no other car I have ever come across. Check him out if curious, he's entertaining and extremely knowledgeable,

Such a well-produced series, these graphics and adverts bring back the memories! these were the cars (yaughts) I liked best! My grandpa had both a '71 Olds 98 four door (beautiful blue with white top and a '78 Buick Park ave).He was always trading in cars in Big springs, Tex so as a kid it was like what will he get next?! Loaded, that '71 Olds would get passed to my mom and then was my first car right outta highschool! We would be driving along and (esp in the country) and peeps would wave- but I kept her real clean. It had a glossy polyester 6 way power seats with armrests that folded down, very comfortable, powerful (and gas thirsty car)! Anyway, these cars were the SUVs back then, I mean small cars were everywhere too but you saw just as many of these fancy boats! That Stutznwas designed by the famous designer who was dumped by Chrysler in the early 60s after his no-doubt drug or booze influenced monstrosities of later career. Virgil Exner. But I dug most his designs this Stutz was over the top, looks silly really😅 P . S. You'll do one on Sixties as this will top 5000, and we all can hardly wait GH❤🎉

Your channel is so amazing bro thanks for keep posting, blessings.

I always loved the 80's Riviera

You put some effort into this video. I was laughing so hard about the things you said. I saw all the Oldsmobile images and smiled. I did want to tell you that 5.7 liter 350 was 1980. It was gone by 1981 and replaced by the 307 which it used until 1985 then Toronado was downsized for 1986 sadly. They 307 V8 was used until 1990 at GM in the wagons and Cadillac Brougham and Chevrolet Caprice. I do not know how you find the footage and photos, but that is great. You could get digital gauges in the 1976-1979 Seville. The cars you shared were quite interesting. I liked what I saw. The Lincoln Town Car changed for 1980 model year. The Lincoln Mark V was a huge success at that time. It outsold the Cadillac Eldorado. I like the fact you did your homework about Stutz, That New Yorker you shared was the Imperial from 1974-1975. It them became New Yorker. in 1976. You did a good job and you learned a lot about this era too. Keep it up. I really enjoyed the footage.

for sure on the Tailsman!!!

Horrifying but highly amusing.....ta chap!✌

They should revive the Stutz to compete with Rolls Royce, Bentley and Maybach in the ultra luxury market.

I had a 76 sedan deville, no fancy packages tmk, did have alot of cool features tho. power seats, power antenna, automatic climate control, and a softclose trunk.

I bought a 1982 tornado broum desial loved it.

Back when cars were king with many beautiful colors, today it's all SUVs and Crossovers in ten shades of black,white and grey . My family always drove Oldsmobiles, we had every model of the 60's, 70, and early 80's our last 98 had fender skirts. I learned to drive in a 68 98 , my siblings and I could parallel park it in seconds flat.

the 72 Impala 4dr was my babymaker🎉🎉🎉

I loved this video. Its nice to have a human voice rather than the computer generated voices in some other videos, where they mis-pronounce some of the words and cant tell that "1070s" is not pronounced 1970 "S" as in "ess". Good job. Liked the look of the Cadillac 75 limousine. I miss seeing actual limos for the rich and famous rather than the pimped-up trucks that they now use.

Oldsmobile Toronado! The XS model was over $10k!

Great video... only one little mistake I saw... when you're talking about the rear wheel drive X Body cars, they're referring to the NOVA (Nova, Omega, Ventura, Apollo) platform... but you show a 1980 Oldsmobile Omega, which is the "new" X Body, which was the new front wheel drive platform, Citation, Omega, Phoenix, Skylark, etc. The 1979 Omega was a totally different car that looked very much like a Chevy Nova.

American beauties 🇺🇸 😍

i loved my dad's 1968 cadillac eldorado with a 500 cubic inch engine. in 1985 i bought a 1978 chrysler new yorker. it had about half of the horsepower of the cadillac.

01:02 OOOOOOH là là !!!!!! WOOOOOWWW ! WUNDEBAAARRRR !!!!!! SOOOO BEAUUTTIIIIFFUUUUUUUUUUUUYLLLLLLLLLLL !!! C'est de la HAUTE-COUTURE !!!!!!!!

Awesome!!! Can't resist pointing out Cartier is pronounced CAR-TEE-AY... Cheers!

I sure hope you get the 5000. If the 60s is half as good as the 70s, we'll be good.

Gotta love the 70's Boats !

The Avanti II and the Excalibur were most expensives than 9 out of 10 cars on your list

The late 70's Seville was truly an amazing car despite its humble architecture. GM got the game together we terrific build quality. The seats were supremely comfortable, the ride was like being on a cloud and they handled fairly well for that size of car.

At 15m16s the model looking back from the driver seat is a pre-Magnum Tom Selleck.

Stutz were actually made in the 20s and 30s. The just resurrected it in the 70s

5:22 Pacific Princess of Love Boat fame

These cars are product of their time all have a similar design and all look so utilitarian apart from that corvette so ahead of its time.

The Oldsmobile 98 was regarded as the poormans Cadillac but the car itself was less money and superior ride quality and it's durability spoke for itself! These cars lasted for decades after decades some went as high as a million miles! Yes from '79 to '84 these cars just wouldn't die!

I remember a house in my neighbourhood that always had two blue and white Continental Mark V's parked in the driveway. We lived in a modest neighbourhood, but there a few rich people living there and laying low, but those two Lincolns were a big red flag!

The New Yorker was straight up Poor Pimpilicious! However, the Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance was the real world luxury standard of the time for American overworld and underworld business figures... And boy were they super-nice. The Biaritz was so rare that absolutely no one had heard of a Biaritz, not to mention being able to afford one.

Personalmente mi piace anche la Imperial Le Baron nei modelli 1970/71/72. Un saluto dall'Italia

Knowledge: Big And Comfortable Cars

I hope u do more 60s-80s videos 90s is cool too tho

I like how he pronounce Saint Regis.

My girlfriend's dad has a 1976 Lincoln Mark IV in pristine condition, that he's kept garaged forever.... I will have to send him this video...He wants to sell that car, it is Sky Blue w/White Landau top and a beautiful huge white leather interior.

New Yorker, Le Baron and 5th Avenue. Same vehicles basically. I used to own a 5 th Avenue with the 318

As I’ve gotten older (arthritis and bad disk) I’ve come to understand the point of these old tuna boats. That last one belongs in the pimpmobile category.

Full grain diamond tufted leather seats. I've got to have some upholstery work done...

A neighboor once had a c3 pace car edition Greetings from mty, mexico

I was just little in the 70's and cars were the first thing I was really into. When the downsizing started in '77 and then really kickied off in the 80's, I followed my Dad and his friends attitude of mocking the new, smaller cars. The old boats did look cool. But by the time I got my license in 1987 I was wondering how the hell people parked these things. I had enough trouble parking our little 1980 Mustang in a garage from a backlane, imagine parking a New Yorker?

13:20 Tom Selleck ?

I drove an Indy spec C3 ‘vette once in New Zealand.

That Cartier Continental, I believe was the best of the best

When you're done with the decades I would love if you would do a series about the Corvette. Thanks for making these videos, I really enjoy them.