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How old are you, 18?

The Ford chain driven CVT is actually good. Most of the rest not so much. However, even the bad CVTs can be decent if you actually change the fluid regularly. Most CVTs are designed to have their fluid changed every 60,000 miles or so which of course no one does.

I owned a few 80s cars. The slowest one was a 1980 Pontiac Phoenix. It had the 2.5 L Iron Duke mated to a 3-speed automatic. It had a 0-60 time of 14.7 seconds which wasn't terrible for the era. I do remember that it took an uncomfortably long time to pass another vehicle especially if I was going uphill. Unfortunately, it was an infamous X-Car and had a number of mechanical issues. I do not look back fondly at the Malaise Era.

V6 SN95s are definitely slow, but they generally are pretty damn reliable if you don’t abuse them…I daily a 94 with about 180k miles on it. I have that and a 97 SVT Cobra. They’re night and day in terms of driver experience and power and it’s strange that on the exterior they’re identical.

If u need a super fast car, you should stay off the road

My 2020 Kawasaki 1400 made 153 horsepower, in line 1.4 liter engine!

Expect the last car, no one is worse than the 1200 Beetle...

Spring break 1987 we took my friends Dad's 1985 prestine Oldsmobile Delta 88 Diesel. From Dallas to South Padre TX. 580 miles and drove it all week on South Padre Island with out fill up. We finally filled it up leaving back to Dallas. It was slow but it ran so smooth on the highway it put you to sleep with a soft ride. We are car guys and brought it back few coats of wax and spotless.

Great video as always my dude, I’ve almost watched every video you’ve made and it’s never a disappointment

I’d take any of these over the garbage cars we have nowadays. Even Toyota has gone downhill, massive recalls on their garbage V6 twin turbo. Seems like we’re the last generation of cars enthusiast because the younger generations will have nothing to like.

3 minutes in, and this guy hasn’t said a single thing of substance yet. Would be better to get to the point instead of wasting time.

A bit off in the conversion of 60mph to km/h. 60mph is equal to around 96km/h. 0-62mph would be equal to 0-100km/h.

I had a friend who had a calendar on the dash of his Maverick, I can only assume to measure his 0 to 60 times!

My parents bought a new Cadillac in 1983 with the HT4100 it was a horrible engine

I could fit 7 in my high school yacht.

By the way: most CVTs are fine. They just need to be maintained. A traditional automatic can go 100-150k miles with no maintenance before dying on you (which is more miles than a typical new-car buyer will put on their vehicle). A CVT needs fluid changes @ 50k miles and every 35k after that. Otherwise they WILL die between 70-100k miles (right after the powertrain warranty expires, lol).

Whats the song for this video

I actually had a 1982 Pontiac T1000 , I had to use premium fuel to avoid pre ignition ( engine knock ) It was slow but reliable . As for the 80's , best decade ever !

Leaarned to drive a stick chevy LUV while working lawn care.. wish i nad one today.. they were bullets prolf. Also it most be noted that the turbos back then where kinda of an Achilles heel they had a fuel penalty with the diesel and increased the cost of the engin offseting the fuel savings.

Are you gonna do the 10 fastest American cars from 1980’s? I can think of more than ten.

My dad bought a 68 El Camino off a friend, 1 year later, while coming home from work the rear end collapsed, the tires couldn't turn. We drug it home, a mile, I had a 69 Pontiac Bonneville with a 400 engine with a Quadra jet carb. and cherrybomb muffler. I loved that car.

Interesting topic, but 10 seconds of setup - rather than nearly three-and-a-half minutes - might be better.

The 80’s malaise era of American motoring was just brutal…

i have a 2.3 foxbody and yes it is painfully slow, my 1993 suburban feels like a rocket in comparation , but thole little lima engines with a turbo and some other mods you can make like 220ish hp (still slow by todays standars)

IF the ford van had a 300 inline 6 I bet the time will be quicker then you think. That 300 six is a torque monster.

Oh wow - my dad had a 1976 Chevy LUV (pronounced LOVE) that I drove in 1982 (my 2 older brothers drove it before me). Just got my license! It was baby blue with gold stripes and front air dam - totally radical - everyone loved that ruck. It was ZERO frills other than neat looks. Manual everything, no A/C, radio with one speaker LOL! But we loved it. So many stories. My little brother learned to drive in it and drove it into the ground. All "newer" cars were slow back then so nobody really cared about 0-60 that I can remember. At least not at 16. You just had something to drive!

James Hunt drove a 1967 Austin 35 Countryman which did zero to sixty in 30.1 seconds. You learn to be smooth if you have no power.

Growing up back then, I paid more attention to the big luxury cars with the big block V8's. I knew about the GM 350 diesels that were a disaster. I learned a lot today from your video. Thanks for doing this one. Cheers!

I own three different diesel escorts 55 highway 42 city driving it as hard as I could. They had head gasket issues due to the fact the radiator was mounted too low My dad buried his F150 in the garden my 85 Diesel escort 15:39 pulled it out without even straining .

The Ford E-350 with the 300 (4.9L) had an estimated 0 to 60 time of around 15 seconds. That's not bad, considering the van weighted around 5,000 lbs, and the power plant was basically a tractor engine. My neighbor had an Oldsmobile with the diesel in it. A very comfortable car to ride in, and the engine wasn't all THAT bad, but you had to keep up on the maintenance. Lastly, driving an 80's, especially the bigger ones, is very nice. Unlike today's car, where everything has to be sporty, and hold a corner at 90 mph, 70's and 80's cars (minus sport and economy cars) were meant to get you from point A to point B as comfortably as you could afford. You meant to take your time and enjoy the ride over the drive, if that makes sense. If you get the chance to drive an 80's Lincoln, Cadillac, or the like, do it. Don't let the size intimidate you. For what they are, they are all right.

80-84 full size gm with a V6

This is definitely true most cars from the seventies especially late seventies through the eighties sure didn't have no get up power..awesome video man glad to see a new post so soon.

When i was a teenager i mherited ky grandfathers 1978 Grand Marquis with a 460. Rven eith emissions that eas a jet. I let s friend borrow ot and drobe his new 84 lebsron comvertible. I had it yo the floor snd it bately movef.

Stick to it brother.... You're getting better 👌

god forbid you have to take any of these things up hills

Excellent Green Hawk!!! Love those Oldsmobile pictures..these were built to last not go fast..just subbed..thanks Green Hawk

1981 Toyota Celica GT. Automatic 20 seconds. I timed it myself, was my first car. I still loved it.

4:21 Yeah, right... Mercedes-Benz practically destroyed and humiliated the American luxury car for good.

I had a family member who worked for the California Highway Patrol in the 1970's-1990's. The 1980's CHP Dodge St Regis patrol car was so weak, it couldn't even get to 80mph going up the Grapevine (Interstate-5 north of Los Angeles.) 😂 Many cars would just walk-away from the St Regis going up the hill. The 1979 CHP Camaro was the first modern "pursuit" patrol car for California, as the bulk of the fleet was so slow due to emissions equipment.

The footage was quite interesting. I saw the Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs and Lincolns. I smiled. The Ford truck was called the Courier. The name of the game during this era was fuel economy. It was fuel economy over performance. That started in the 1970's because of the fuel crisis. Then they downsized in 1977 and 1978 and 1979 at GM, Ford and Chrysler companies. GM downsized again 1985-1987. That was a mistake as we now know. I saw the downsized GM C Bodies too in this video.. Those were some sad lean times. That Chevette was sold globally too. Go look. It was in Brazil. I recall the 350 diesel V8. You covered it quite well. That engine was underpowered and had a bad rep. And GM paid a heavy price for it. The Brougham eventually got better V8s. The Oldsmobile 307 V8 had torque and it was reliable. It was not built for speed. You think about the weight added on the presidential limo too. You once again did your homework and had excellent footage. They started getting the performance and economy right in the late 1980's and 1990's.

Actually most the cars 0-60 like the Granada can be found on automobile-catalog. The Granada did 0-60 in 15.7 with the automatic and 14.3 with the 4 speed manual.

My dad bought one of those early 80's Chevette diesels....we took a road trip and drove it from Oklahoma to Arizona and back - at one point, we figured we hit 60 mpg. Highways were 55 so, speed wasn't a need at the time. Never had a single issue with that car...

Four-door Chevy LUV? I grew up in the time when these were on the roads, I knew people who owned them. But I've NEVER seen a four door version.

That slow president limousine makes it a sitting duck for an attack as it tries to go to the next city block

Some outrageously slow cars 😬😬 great vid as always, thank you ❤️❤️

It's pronounced love (luv)

I had the Mercury Zephyr with the 3.3 l six and it was slow, dangerous when passing. My sister had the Pontiac Acadian, a twin of the Chevette, with the automatic and it was slow as molasses. But the slowest I ever drove was the dealer loaner 82 Toyota Tercel with the automatic. It was unable to get to 70 mph and takes the cake for slowest car in the 80s.

I think a horse can accelerate faster than these

My family bought an 81' Chevette when I was a kid. The 0-60 was not 21 seconds, it was closer to 21 years. Of course, the brakes would have failed and the floorboards rusted out long before then.

5:15 It's a shame. Those T-birds are goregeous.