1. Pontiac
2. Oldsmobile
3. Mercury
4. Plymouth
5. AMC
2. Oldsmobile
3. Mercury
4. Plymouth
5. AMC
What do you mean 5 years to late? You could have purchased a nice used one once you have the money my first car was a 1975 and I started driving in 1988 I wasn’t thinking man it was to late to buy that 1975 back then? And clearly they can still be found today. Outside of the Buick Grand National i personally find these cars to be ugly as hell, second only in that era to the DCP K-cars of the era. the only cars that were uglier were the AMC’s (except the EAGLE ) which was the first of its kind 4x4 wagon …….Subarus can eat Their hearts out!It's funny that the rear-drive Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme/Brougham, especially the stylish 2-door coupe, was the number-one selling American car throughout much of the 1980's. I think the death of the venerable rear-drive GM A bodies would be the death of Oldsmobile eventually. The rear-drive automobile era is much missed by me. Probably the best-looking American car ever. This is what the automobile industry still misses most. In 1985, I turned 21. I test drove this car new in 1985. Couldn't afford it working at a hamburger joint as a peon then. $13,500 sticker even in 1985. By the time I got into some good money it was 1992 and I was in the service. This car model had already been long gone with the rest of the A-bodies. 1988 was the final year of the GM rear-drive A body. GM killed this car about 5 years too soon or I got into enough money 5 years too late. This was one boat sadly missed by me.
1985 Oldsmobile CS Brougham survivor shown below. I love that cream color and black 1/2-vinyl top too.
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I think you missed the mark by a few decades. The last Pierce Arrow was built in 1938. the Peerless in 1931, The others were later but long before 50 years ago. Even the Edsel was stopped in the late 1950's.Fifty years ago, the three prestige automobiles in the country were the Pierce Arrow, the Peerless, and the Packard. Then, the Hudson, Nash, and DeSoto, along with the quarter of a billion dollar Edsel. Why did those cease to be produced?
Oblama said, "Electric is better so my friends can get subsidies". Remember Solindra? Hundreds of millions of dollars given from the government one month, and the next they've filed bankruptcy and closed the doors, nowhere to be found. Not suspicious at all. Anyway, the whiplash killed the auto industry with only Ford able to keep itself afloat, though they were forced to take bailout money anyway by the corrupt Obama regime.
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