But buying a used car wouldn't have helped Oldsmobile survive. The point is, there were potential buyers out there that spent their money on something else because Oldsmobile was no longer making cars that appealed to them. I did the same thing. In 1985 I was smitten by a blue ASC McLaren Capri that was in the Fred Jones showroom in downtown OKC. But I was in school and had no money. I really loved those bubble back Capris, and would have bought one in a heartbeat when I finally got out of school and had some money coming in, but Mercury had dropped them by them. I didn't want a used car, I wanted something new, so I bought a Mustang instead. Just one small data point in the brand's slow slide into irrelevance.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!
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