I need more personal luxury sports coupes in my life. Mouth full I know.
What is on the market now doesn’t inspire me like past production cars and teaser concepts that will never see an assembly line.
Turbulent_Gene_7567
‘why do car makers only make SUVs, where did all the coupes and convertibles go?’
ForceFed81
Official car of Me…. I have a ’97.
Bunny_Butt16
1) Drug dealers that live with their parents
2) Parents of a drug dealer
Anteater_Reasonable
Old guys who golf
HockomockRock
The sleeper car you ask your grandparents to hold on for you.
unemotional_mess
Crusty cock cheese
1DownFourUp
Divorced female teachers back in the 90’s. They either bought this or an Eagle Talon.
run_uz
Mom (68) has a supercharged 96, pearl white. She still rolls in to the boost to “make sure it still works.”
watermalonecat
The official car of writing your daughter and son-in-law out of the will after showing up with a fat stack of assisted living brochures.
Bubbly_Positive_339
This kid that I knew in high school, his dad won one of these in a golf championship. We made fun of it then but I still think I would love to drive it now.
Calkky
The wife of the guy that built the ridiculous late ’90s McMansion outside of town and lost it all in one of the early ’00s recessions. He had the foresight to buy the house with cash, so it’s like a rotting time capsule that reminds him of how good he had it. Above-ground pool that’s long since lost a few of the side panels. 2-3 trampolines that are ripped/rusted/warped. The boat was the first thing to be repo’d/sold. But the snowmobiles are still there and they’re returning to nature on the trailer that hasn’t moved for 17 years.
Character_Play_758
Grandpa’s everywhere
AcrobaticHippo1280
Del Boca vista
bearded_dragon_34
“I Like Big Coupes and I Cannot Lie”
Seriously, this thing is as long as a Rolls-Royce Wraith. A lot of that is given to generous front and rear overhang, but it’s still the sort of roomy PLC that just about no longer exists.
It’s also representative of the times at GM. For as breathtaking and daring as the exterior was and as solid as the G-body platform was, the interior and build-quality were lackluster. Most of these have peeling paint these days, on account of GM’s inexperience with water-based coatings at the time, and are in the hands of negligent owners. But even when they were new, the interior materials were pretty unaspirational. You got the sense the designers wanted something special, but were taken down by the politics and financial status at the time.
I blame mostly Saturn, which was the doomed (it never made a dime and shouldn’t have existed) project that sucked up much of GM’s money in the 90s, at the expense of all the other brands which *were* profitable.
Caseyspacely
The guy in southeast Alabama who made a little money operating a non-air conditioned shirt factory, slept with his secretary, bought the Buick for his wife in exchange for her forgiveness, then a few years later torched his waning factory for insurance money and was arrested for fraud a few months later. True story.
Brief-Squirrel-4323
Being a complete Badass with a grandpa sleeper car 😂😉
Casual_Curser
Secretly a banger of a car.
Drzhivago138
I still waunt it.
Wetschera
Those are pretty.
I always liked Oldsmobile more, though. I had a 1980 98 as my first car, but not the car I learned to drive in. It was a fucking boat! I wish they had a coupe just like the Riviera at the time.
Grand_Introduction36
Back in the 90s when those cars were new, it was middle class people late 40s early 50s that bought those cars. Then the parents give the car to their kids as they bought a new suv.
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Haunting reminder of what the brand used to be.
I need more personal luxury sports coupes in my life. Mouth full I know.
What is on the market now doesn’t inspire me like past production cars and teaser concepts that will never see an assembly line.
‘why do car makers only make SUVs, where did all the coupes and convertibles go?’
Official car of Me…. I have a ’97.
1) Drug dealers that live with their parents
2) Parents of a drug dealer
Old guys who golf
The sleeper car you ask your grandparents to hold on for you.
Crusty cock cheese
Divorced female teachers back in the 90’s. They either bought this or an Eagle Talon.
Mom (68) has a supercharged 96, pearl white. She still rolls in to the boost to “make sure it still works.”
The official car of writing your daughter and son-in-law out of the will after showing up with a fat stack of assisted living brochures.
This kid that I knew in high school, his dad won one of these in a golf championship. We made fun of it then but I still think I would love to drive it now.
The wife of the guy that built the ridiculous late ’90s McMansion outside of town and lost it all in one of the early ’00s recessions. He had the foresight to buy the house with cash, so it’s like a rotting time capsule that reminds him of how good he had it. Above-ground pool that’s long since lost a few of the side panels. 2-3 trampolines that are ripped/rusted/warped. The boat was the first thing to be repo’d/sold. But the snowmobiles are still there and they’re returning to nature on the trailer that hasn’t moved for 17 years.
Grandpa’s everywhere
Del Boca vista
“I Like Big Coupes and I Cannot Lie”
Seriously, this thing is as long as a Rolls-Royce Wraith. A lot of that is given to generous front and rear overhang, but it’s still the sort of roomy PLC that just about no longer exists.
It’s also representative of the times at GM. For as breathtaking and daring as the exterior was and as solid as the G-body platform was, the interior and build-quality were lackluster. Most of these have peeling paint these days, on account of GM’s inexperience with water-based coatings at the time, and are in the hands of negligent owners. But even when they were new, the interior materials were pretty unaspirational. You got the sense the designers wanted something special, but were taken down by the politics and financial status at the time.
I blame mostly Saturn, which was the doomed (it never made a dime and shouldn’t have existed) project that sucked up much of GM’s money in the 90s, at the expense of all the other brands which *were* profitable.
The guy in southeast Alabama who made a little money operating a non-air conditioned shirt factory, slept with his secretary, bought the Buick for his wife in exchange for her forgiveness, then a few years later torched his waning factory for insurance money and was arrested for fraud a few months later. True story.
Being a complete Badass with a grandpa sleeper car 😂😉
Secretly a banger of a car.
I still waunt it.
Those are pretty.
I always liked Oldsmobile more, though. I had a 1980 98 as my first car, but not the car I learned to drive in. It was a fucking boat! I wish they had a coupe just like the Riviera at the time.
Back in the 90s when those cars were new, it was middle class people late 40s early 50s that bought those cars. Then the parents give the car to their kids as they bought a new suv.
It looks like a fish.
Middle manager, 2.5 children, 350K mortgage, drinks cheap scotch.
Official car of sleepers
I want one
The Monte Carlo being too pedestrian for your refined taste
I dunno but I fucking love these.
The “Concept car” ad campaign, where they touted the alleged structural integrity and the seats allegedly designed with input from perspective buyers.
Dolphin fetish
Werther’s original