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He bought it used and he traded it after not long, his custom. I don't remember hearing he had any real problems with it.
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Nomad is also just like the one MacGyver inherited:
Can't stand Hallmark stuff, hoping to keep that stuff off the TV when I visit at Christmas
With those Sevilles, it is all about whether the fuel injection works properly. They are unfortunately problematic.
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I think Chevy can do better. Their "Everywhere" EV ad with Fleetwood Mac (RIP Ms. McVie) is proof of that.
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The Taurus was well loved at the time, so no surprise the Continental scored well. It was very nicely trimmed inside and had a lot of tech. In that era if Ford could have had a decent large V6 things would have been so different.
Think of how much better GM’s 3.8 was than Fords. Not even a contest. Heck Chrysler’s 3.3 and 3.8 blew it away too.
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The 3.8 car not only suffered from the head gasket issues, but also that extra weight caused issues in the front end causing things to wear out faster than on the 3.0 cars. At least that is what I was told when my 93 Taurus 3.8 needed several things replaced at 70K
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The Taurus was well loved at the time, so no surprise the Continental scored well. It was very nicely trimmed inside and had a lot of tech. In that era if Ford could have had a decent large V6 things would have been so different.
Think of how much better GM’s 3.8 was than Fords. Not even a contest. Heck Chrysler’s 3.3 and 3.8 blew it away too.
From what I recall, the 3.8 was almost guaranteed to lose a head gasket, while the earlier versions anyway of the 3.0 Taurus liked to eat transmissions. That 3.8 became a real liability.
I remember being in my uncle's early build 86 Taurus with the 3.0, when the transmission went out. I think it initially lost a low forward gear, then everything. My grandma's last car was a later Vulcan Taurus that I recall having few real issues. It eventually went to my uncle, who used it to replace his miled up LeSabre, and eventually traded it on a used Fit.
My Taurus lost the head gasket at 75K miles. It was about 5 years old at the time. Luckily I had an extended warranty on it.
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Other than I never liked the LS roofline on those Caprice Classic Broughams--Chevy copied from the '80's Fifth Avenue; there's a black LS in the commercial--I was reminded of how nice those cars looked, overall.
My friend complained of the air cleaner element 'Billy' is holding is not the kind that car would use.
Still, for me, growing up with Chevys in my immediate and extended families, as well as neighbors and friends, and with good experiences with them, overall I enjoyed the commercial. I liked last year's "Mom's Car" ('66 Impala SS convertible) better than this one though.
On my phone, anyway, I was able to just scroll down through every photo.
That treatment might look a bit odd on the Caprice, because the rest of the car, in my opinion at least, actually looks somewhat modern. At least, modern for this type of car. But that squared off roofline and thick padding seems like a bit of a throwback. I think it works on the M-body 5th Avenue though, because that car already has a bit of a "neoclassic" throwback look to it, to begin with.
On the subject of the Ford 3.8/Essex...I don't know how true this is, but I heard that Ford reverse-engineered a Buick 231, to learn how to build it. Unfortunately, the 231 was a pretty serious junk-engine when Ford did that! It wasn't until 1985, when GM did a substantial re-do of the 231, that it became the durable engine with the quality reputation it has today.
Oddly though, I don't think the 231 ever had head gasket issues. I wonder why Ford didn't just take the easy way out and chop two cylinders off of a V8, to make their V6?
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My grandpa had a 90 or 91 Taurus that might have been an LX - I clearly recall it had cornering lights, and it was relatively plush. I recall it was blue on blue, but I don't remember a ton about it, something weird eventually happened to it, like an engine fire when parked maybe.
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The Celebrity coupe, for instance, never even outsold the 1981 Malibu coupe, although it did come close. The Malibu coupe, in its final year, sold just over 30,000 units. The Celebrity coupe sold around 18-19K in 1982/83, and then a consistent ~29K from '84-86, before trailing off again.
I think you're right, about there never being a Ford FWD coupe larger than a Tempo. The Tempo was more or less replaced by the Contour/Mystique, which was only offered as a sedan. The Ford Focus was offered as a coupe (as opposed to a 2 door hatchback) for a few years. It had a longer wheelbase than a Tempo, but I think was a bit shorter overall. I'd imagine it was heavier than a Tempo, though.
I remember the first Taurus I drove. Two things impressed me right away--the interior space, and the rear-seat center armrest.
I always liked the big quarter window of the Cutlass Supreme, but looking at these pics today, I think the Lumina has aged better, probably because the styling is more conservative. While the Lumina instrument panel is a weak point, at least it had analog gauges unlike the other three.
On the personal luxury coupe front, I think Ford did a better job, keeping the '89 T-bird/Cougar RWD and offering a V8 engine, so they were more of a mix of modern and traditional. But, it seems GM ultimately won that battle, I guess, as the T-bird/Cougar went away after 1997, although I think the Mark VIII hung around through 1998. But the Grand Prix coupe made it through 2003, and the Monte Carlo made it through 2007.
Hear me out … Taurus SHO Coupe.
How awesome would that have been !!!
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I think the Cutlass Supreme has a bit more of an exotic, futuristic look about it from most angles, but when viewed from the side like in that picture above, I think it loses a bit of its luster. That hidden C-pillar was an interesting idea, but I think when you look at it from the side, it seems odd to have an exposed A-pillar, an exposed B-, but then the C-pillar behind the glass. It makes the car look incomplete to me.
With the Lumina, I like that wraparound rear window. Even though these cars have a fairly stubby rear deck, I think having the C-pillar fall further forward, and then using the wraparound rear window to extend the passenger cabin (or rather package shelf, I guess), to me it give the illusion of a longer rear deck.
I never cared for that GM-10 FWD Regal coupe at all, though. I wasn't a huge fan of the '88-96 Grand Prix originally, too much of that "Ribs & Wings" school of "performance". And the interiors with too many buttons, too many pieces, and too much plastic. But, now that they're a somewhat rare sight, I like them better now than back in the day. Now the '97-03 Grand Prix coupe, I think that one's gorgeous. Although I do prefer the styles with the grille nostrils between the headlights, rather than low in the bumper.
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I also agree the Tempo looks better as a sedan.
The Tempo coupe always looked chubby to me, but I do remember them being advertised at prices almost hard to believe. I'm thinking this was after the sedan was redesigned.
My memories of the GM-10's, although I liked them as a FWD line--still a little size and character from older cars--I remember head room in the coupes being tight (i have short legs but long torso), and the back seat, although pretty generous leg room for a coupe I think, the seat cushion was low. Reminded me of sitting on cushions on bleachers at a school event, LOL.
My Dad test-drove a '90 Lumina coupe, non-Euro, as a replacement for his '84 Monte Carlo. It was at a dealer 25 miles away. He liked the looks and feel but ended up buying a V6 Corsica with column-shift automatic at our hometown dealer. I'd have opted for the Lumina.
Back in the gen-1 Lumina days, I'd have picked either the maroon ('Carmine'?) or brown ('Saddle' or maybe 'Neutral') interior. I've long-been turned off to gray interiors from all my years of seeing them in every make of rental car I had.
And yeah, I do remember those back seats in the coupes, having a small, low cushion. Oddly, when they do that, it actually makes it easier for a taller passenger to fit, because the lower your butt in relation to the floor, the more of a fetal position it puts you in! You might not be comfortable, but you'll fit!
This might the the old "rose tinted glasses" effect at work, but looking at the pic that fintail posted, the interior of the Lumina doesn't seem nearly as bad as I remember! I don't normally like gray interiors either, but, again, that one doesn't bother me. I think the biggest problem with gray is that if you have a lot of plastic in the interior, it makes the car look cheap, whereas other colors, like beige or even charcoal/black, tend to mute down the harsh look of that plastic. I think blues, greens, and reds look nice too...at least until they fade at different rates into hues that Mother Nature never intended.
Lamest wheel covers ever, but I'd like this car with the optional factory, polished aluminum wheels.
My 03 Avalon had a recessed dash like that. Everyone used to compliment it.
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I also had a GM 10 Regal coupe as a rental for a couple of weeks during a trip to Florida. Aside from the strange exterior door handles and oddball radio I rather liked it. There were just two of us though, so the rear seats were unused during that time.
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I remember the B,O,P GM-10's came out first, and with coupes only for a couple years. The Lumina came out for '90 and in a sedan first. Lumina coupes, I never got as a rental and seemed rare-on-the-ground, particularly in non-Euro form.
I remember late in that GM-10 run, the Regal Limited got red taillight bulbs and clear lenses. Considering how I'm wowed by that on certain '65 Chryslers, anything since that has them I don't care for. Lexus SUV's had them too I think. They look like the red lenses were broken out and all you're seeing is the internal chrome plastic, LOL.
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The difference to me in late GM-10 Regals and later Lexus SUV's, is there's no red or any-other-color round lenses inside the clear lenses, and I see just lots of bright metal (like chrome) inside the clear lenses. Again, to me it's like the red lenses outside were broken out in an accident, leaving the inside of the fixtures visible.
While I don't love them, the Altima's are not terribly-unlike 2000-and-later Monte Carlo taillights.