In the ad? Suburban added the luxury of carpeted floor
rxmp4ge
I love how even when these were new the angle that the fender met the A-pillar at was different than the A-pillar itself.
Just squarebody things…
As far as the “facelift”, in ’89 the Blazer and Suburban got the grills and headlights from the OBS trucks, which started being sold for the ’88 model year. The Blazer and Suburban remained ‘squarebodies’ until the ’92 model-year when they were designed on the GMT400 platform entirely. But for ’89, ’90 and ’91 the Burb and Blazer got the OBS truck front end.
TunaFishLover
I’m assuming theyre saying that the suburban is the “Texas Cadillac” because of its size (everything is bigger in Texas).
B_Williams_4010
“Instead of the Coupe DeVille,” you said, “Let’s get the ‘Texas Cadillac!” you said. “We live in Texas! They sell Cadillacs here! Real ones, with enough leg room for me to wear my good shoes instead of having to take them off every time I get in!”
LincolnContinnental
I wonder if this ad influenced the development of the Escalade
-BlueDream-
I like how it’s called a “wagon car” when it’s a full sized SUV but SUV wasn’t a common term yet.
Sonypony6
they really slapped a new grille on a sixteen year old truck and called it a cadillac lol. gotta love gm
Cetophile
Back in the early 1990s, there was an “arms race” of tricked-out Suburbans in the bubble cities of University Park/Highland Park in the Dallas area. A lot of them were rigged with TVs to show into the back seats to placate their little darlings on drives around town.
Strength-Certain
Cowboy Cadillac was a common term back in the day for square body Suburbans and the square body Crew Cab trucks. Although those square body Crew Cabs are only available with long beds and either 3/4 or 1 ton payload ratings.
My uncle lived in Ohio and ran a family farming operation with his dad and his brothers. There was to Suburbans in that family that were a good illustration of the way that the Suburban evolved during the square body years. One was from the early 80s and had the 6.2 L naturally aspirated diesel V8. With four-wheel drive and an automatic transmission but very few Creature Comforts. It was used as a kid hauler for a while because my uncle’s family had been a large one but eventually got demoted to farm Duty pulling wagons Etc. The other one was a square body from the very end of production when they gave it sealed beam headlights. That one was two-wheel drive but had the 454 Big Block throttle body injected and really luxurious interior appointments
British_Rover
I grew up in Texas, specifically south west Texas, in the 80s and nearly everyone in our neighborhood had either a conversion van or suburban. Lots of trucks too of course but these were generally actual work trucks.
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In the ad? Suburban added the luxury of carpeted floor
I love how even when these were new the angle that the fender met the A-pillar at was different than the A-pillar itself.
Just squarebody things…
As far as the “facelift”, in ’89 the Blazer and Suburban got the grills and headlights from the OBS trucks, which started being sold for the ’88 model year. The Blazer and Suburban remained ‘squarebodies’ until the ’92 model-year when they were designed on the GMT400 platform entirely. But for ’89, ’90 and ’91 the Burb and Blazer got the OBS truck front end.
I’m assuming theyre saying that the suburban is the “Texas Cadillac” because of its size (everything is bigger in Texas).
“Instead of the Coupe DeVille,” you said, “Let’s get the ‘Texas Cadillac!” you said. “We live in Texas! They sell Cadillacs here! Real ones, with enough leg room for me to wear my good shoes instead of having to take them off every time I get in!”
I wonder if this ad influenced the development of the Escalade
I like how it’s called a “wagon car” when it’s a full sized SUV but SUV wasn’t a common term yet.
they really slapped a new grille on a sixteen year old truck and called it a cadillac lol. gotta love gm
Back in the early 1990s, there was an “arms race” of tricked-out Suburbans in the bubble cities of University Park/Highland Park in the Dallas area. A lot of them were rigged with TVs to show into the back seats to placate their little darlings on drives around town.
Cowboy Cadillac was a common term back in the day for square body Suburbans and the square body Crew Cab trucks. Although those square body Crew Cabs are only available with long beds and either 3/4 or 1 ton payload ratings.
My uncle lived in Ohio and ran a family farming operation with his dad and his brothers. There was to Suburbans in that family that were a good illustration of the way that the Suburban evolved during the square body years. One was from the early 80s and had the 6.2 L naturally aspirated diesel V8. With four-wheel drive and an automatic transmission but very few Creature Comforts. It was used as a kid hauler for a while because my uncle’s family had been a large one but eventually got demoted to farm Duty pulling wagons Etc. The other one was a square body from the very end of production when they gave it sealed beam headlights. That one was two-wheel drive but had the 454 Big Block throttle body injected and really luxurious interior appointments
I grew up in Texas, specifically south west Texas, in the 80s and nearly everyone in our neighborhood had either a conversion van or suburban. Lots of trucks too of course but these were generally actual work trucks.
GM 100% knew there marketing for the suburban.
they are YUPPIE SCUM, so who care’s…I don’t.
“WHY DID YOU BUY THIS WE LIVE IN THE CITY!!!”