Which one of these cars surprised you the most? Watch Part 2 Here: ua-cam.com/video/GdbewvHuBEc/v-deo.html *I get it guys, I mispronounced Riviera. 100s of comments saying the same thing won't make the mistake go away :)*
Did you know that gm had auto dimming headlights. No I'm not joking. When car approaches another car it turn off high beams in 1955. It was called autronic eye.
@@dkdanis1340 All Mopar automatics were pushbutton for a time. The first ones had a selector switch on the dash, then pushbutton and finally the ones on the column. Early 60's Imperials also had those square steering wheels and pivot out front seats.
Hey guys, do you remember the Mercury Turnpike Cruisers in the mid to late 50's that had a push button drive selector on the left side of the dash and a the odd shaped steering wheel? My parents also had a 65 Cadillac that had the automatic dimmers as well. I obviously wasn't driving at the time so some of the details are a bit fuzzy, but I remember getting in the Turnpike Cruiser one day and started playing with the buttons. After I got out of the car it drifted down the street and hit another parked car. Pushed the wrong button I guess! I couldn't sit for a week after that little fiasco!!!! hahahah
I thought my 2007 Lexus with touchscreen was amazing for its time then I drove a 98 LS 400 with touchscreen and I thought that was amazing, a car from the 80s with touchscreen is completely mind blowing
My mechanic just imported a 97 Lexus GS 300 rhd from Japan. The car has backup camera and a a crap load of modern features as standard plus a stock 2JZ GTE. So definitely Toyota had the features but just holding it back. EDIT: It's called a Toyota Aristo.
I loved the Buick Centurion with glass roof. Imagine if they had electrically tinted windows and the glass could be darkened. It would have been an awesome car. As for the Buick, well the same tech appeared in the Vector sports car as well. It was so intergrated, it looked like the cockpit of a fighter jet. And it was modeled to look like that. Also check out the 70s Aston Martin Lagonda. It a trip!!!
I had an 86 Riviera when it came out, they offered the touch screen option up to 1989 in the Riviera and offered in the Olds Toronado Toefeo in color until 1993. I traded it for a minivan when I got married it was a great car and my first experience with the great 3800 v6!
Imports are what happened. American consumers wanted basic reliable cars (namely the Honda Civic or Toyota Camry). It caused GM (and maybe the other two big American automakers) to drop funding for innovation and focus more on sales pitches and the such.
GM is famous for making concept cars. They have always been chicken to go into production with a new Idea. GM is where good ideas go to die. They made prototype hybrids, electric cars, sterling engines, "Wankel" engines, fuel cell powered cars long ago. They never dared to sell any of them.
Crash warning systems have been around for 60 years. In a similar vein to the Centurion, the Koenigsegg One:1 and Agera RS models with the roof scoop have no rear view mirror or rear window, so the backup camera was your rear view mirror.
Wow!!!!!!!! I totally thought that some classic cars featured in this video wouldn't have up to date technology like we have today but I now know some of these technological features were already invented but forgotten about. Sometimes some car manufacturers want to try to hide this history, no wonder why some people never knew the history behind some technology that was already invented many decades ago. Good job Cristian for mentioning this, congratulations!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁😊😊😉😊
@@VehicleVirals I did Cristian keep bringing out great automotive content and by the way I know my UA-cam account is called "EvoEvan Nismo" but my name is Evan Blot nice to meet you.
Who know what highs they was on, or tripping on mushrooms > But it was a ideal some one put to USE That got to be constructive RITE and not destructive
To those who are interested: Vacuum Fluorescent displays which predated Liquid Crystal displays are not vacuum tubes, which predated diodes and transistors.
Another great video 👍🏾👍🏾. The 1950s was a time of automotive innovation. Other cars from the 1950s that were ahead of their time were the Ford Edsel, Chrysler C-300, and the Chevrolet Corvette Scaglietti.
Yes, the Ford Edsel was a commercial failure; however, it did come with a few innovative features such as warning lights, push button transmissions, and childproof rear doors.
Brendon Israel Yes, there were definitely some innovative features for sure. Ford based it too much on the Fairlane, which as well as the Fairlane sold; it had many failures with it’s ahead of the generation technology.
There were definitely a few BMWs from then that could talk; one time we had my dad's boss's car in our garage while he was on a trip with my dad - we left the car alone for the most part, but did open the doors a few times just to hear it announce "The door is ajar" in the tinny crappy sample rate voice they used. :P
Yeah no doubt. Mercedes Benz had direct injection in production cars in the 1950s. Of course that was because of their experience with the WWII DB6XX series of aircraft engines GM didn’t until 2003. That’s because carbs were cheap and so was fuel. Their advances in fuel injection were forced by government regulations, not innovation.
Well the French automotive industry was a wreck after the war, and was considered the most advanced car industry in the whole world before the time, we had 80 different brand of car and motorcycle, now we have less than 15
Someone should revive that Scarab design. Chrome and all. The interior can be upgraded with modern technology, yet have a very strong Art Deco influence. The drivetrain should be either plugin hybrid related or full EV. I assure you that in today’s day and age of pathologically BLAND and repetitive automobile design, a revived Scarab (externally identical to the original) would be a definitive sell out! 😌👍
Americans were so innovative back then. Now they offer large, heavy and powerful cars which cost less than their German competitors. They are not bad, but they were better before.
The only American cars now are "muscle cars" and odd models which nobody wants. Ford is dropping all but the Mustang, GM is struggling with it's electric and hybrid models, and Chrysler barely hangs on with the 300; almost all all the rest they offer are overseas designs. American automobiles died in the 80's when they refused to believe that the imported competitors were actually better cars which people actually wanted instead of the crap Detroit was offering us. Now they and us are paying the price for their stuck-in-the-past attitudes.
Forgot the Chyrsler Turbine in 1963-1964. It was pretty much what no.4 should of been all along. It ran on anything as well. it was a shame it fell on the fuel scare and was scrapped, only a couple still exist. Jay Leno has one and sometimes takes it out for a drive.
The ‘86 Buick is probably most impressive since it saw full production. The proto-types are very cool but who actually knows if those amazing features are actually fully functioning or just marketing hype? Very cool vid, I knew about a few of those but you definitely schooled me a bit, I liked & sub’ed.
I am beginning to see how much technology and innovation came from Buick. I always thought of Buick as big luxury cars and nothing more, but they got into the futuristic designs early. Great video.
Parents owned the Riviera. The wow factor was off the charts at first, but it's still a GM, meaning that cheap proprietary screen died shortly out of warranty, and Buick wanted 2k to replace it at the time. They spent the next several years driving with very limited HVAC and radio controls. What seemed absolute genius turned into the biggest failure because such an expensive part controlled everything. Also it was early 70s resistive touch technology meaning it was about as responsive as you'd expect that old for the late 80s screen to be. Even before it died, having to press firmly 2-3 times got old really fast, and after it died showed what a colossal blunder tech for tech's sake can really be. Only the IDEA of it gives the Riviera any business being here, but it's poor implementation is an example of a huge GM failure of charging a premium price for old tech because it was used somewhere new. Thanks for reminding me of how badly we despised that effing car. >.
The Buick Riviera also boasted higher insurance premiums due to having to take your eyes off the road all the time to find those tiny screen buttons. Way to think it through Buick.
From Leo: I have actually worked on Vidicon tube cameras of the late 1950's. The vidicon tubes then were not small, and the power supply, oscillators and amplifiers to support it were large, inefficient and generated a lot of heat. With a 6 volt system, common in those days, the generators would be taxed to try to keep that system operating for very long. The idea men were way ahead of the technology. Fun video, thanks for posting it.
Great video brother but you have got to slow it down a bit and take a breath. You have excellent information but you are cramming it in at a rapid pace. Edit the content a bit or just make the video a little longer to be able to get all of your dialogue in. Keep 'em comin, excellent job.
Man, your channel is getting better and better. Love this "car ahead of its time" series. Some beautiful cars! The matrix reset and took away our creativity.
In a museum I saw a 1940 something Hudson made sometime while the factory was converted for WWII production. It had a standard/automatic/semi-automatic transmission. In standard mode you shifted and clutched yourself, in automatic mode it would shift (moving the stick shift) and clutch by itself, and in semi mode you could just move the stick and it would clutch for you. Pretty amazing car, one of a kind.
The one car that does belong in your list is the '86 Riviera. The others were show cars, where designers could go crazy knowing the damn thing would not be mass produced anyway. And the single seater turbine car - of which there was a more practical, full size Chrysler version - was a really dumb idea, not ahead of its time since it never took over.
The 1956 Buick Centurion is a concept car. 1 car in a musenum in Michigan. They never showed if it worked or not. Airbags would not added to sold cars unto the 70s.
Very disappointed that the 'Tucker' was not included. Perhaps Vehicle Virals doesn't know what a Tucker is. For its time, it was the most advanced american car on the market, but was forced into bankruptcy by G.M., Ford and Chrysler. You cannot compete against the all powerful 'Big Three'.
@@VehicleVirals There's an entire famous big budget hollywood film all about called "Tucker" First car with seat belts, safety glass, a helicopter motor, turning headlight, etc... only about 50 built
Super cool video that any true car buff can appreciate. Thanks for sharing it-I'm definitely clicking on notifications, but for now I'm headed to the channel to check out what else you have. Thumbs up.
The 1941 Chrysler Windsor had a unique feature in that the dash lights were connected to the speedometer such that they were green when stopped, I don't remember the speeds, but when you got to a certain speed they would change to yellow, then when you went faster still they would change to red.
I had a 1972 Buick Rivera with a 455ci 3 died automatic (floor shifter) with leather bucket seats. It was Navy Blue with a white Landow roof. The most noticable feature on this car was the shape of the back window and made the car look like the Batmobile. Damn I loved that car. I had stage one heads, Ken Bell headers, Edlbrock high rise intake and 750 double pump Holey carburator in it too.
Had a Reatta with the touchscreen, and the functionality went much farther than the typical functions. You could display the error codes and almost all sensor input voltages. You could turn off individual injectors and override the outputs...so you could, for example, test the IAC by forcing it higher or lower. It had the ability to take a snapshot of all parameters if something weird was going on. I'm guessing there's a secret way to do the same thing with current vehicles....that someone will post I'm sure...
OBD 2 eventually came along. But you need a diagnostic scanner, and the ones with the full test functions that may allow programming are a lot more expensive.
Cadillacs thru the 80's to early 2000's allowed you to do diagnostics and some control functions thru the Climate Control system. Eventually they removed the ability to interface that way, but it may be back by now...
Man the 1950s were such a fascinating time when it came to technology. The concept for the Buick Centurion had a Backup Camera in 1956, and the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow had Fly-by-wire in 1958. So, what does that tell ya eh?
One that you missed is the Citroen DS. It was so revolutionary that it was featured in the Back to the Future trilogy as an example of a car years ahead of its time. Introduced to the world at the 1955 Paris Motor Show, some 12,000 orders were taken on the first day alone. Variable, self-levelling hydropneumatic independent suspension that makes it more comfortable than any Caddy, Rolls, or Bently; first mix of fibreglass and metal in the construction, engine slides under the driver's feet in a head-on collision, first crumple zones, and more. Possibly the most amazing thing is that it can drive on three wheels if needed.
as a young boy in the mid 60s i was amazed at the style and design concepts offered by the manufacturers of the late 50s and early 60s automobiles. some concept designs were more for fashion but some set the benchmark of what would follow years later with high sales volume. do you recall the STP Andy Granatelli gas turbine powered Indianapolis race car?
The Riviera engine was mounted side ways, and it was Front Wheel Drive. That's the way I remembered the car, I could be wrong it's happened before. This is an addition to the other innovations. Thank you.
Love the 1986 Buick! On the Driver's side of the Deck lid, I noticed the Macintosh (Apple) Emblem. Was that from the cars owner, or did Macintosh produce the "Touch-screen" technology for GM? Great informative video! Thanks, Thomas Port Orchard, Washington
My cousin, Paul Flannery and his brother were working on an automatic braking system, called AUTO STOP around 1967. They had a few prototypes and interest from some of the major auto makers. It worked, but was sensitive to weather conditions. Eventually they ran out of money, and abandon the project.
Isaacs Random Videos Nope, 50’s was the best decade for car design. After the 50’s designers had less freedoms & total redesigns were fewer & farther between, the 50’s was the golden era when anything was possible!(-;
My wife had an Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo as her first car in 2004 and it too had the infamous green lit tube touchscreen. Her's worked flawlessly decades later. Her sunroof, however, leaked like a freshly iceberged Titanic.
I was so happy to see you review the Cyclone. That was the most beautiful car I had ever seen. I loved the automatic radar braking system. It actually worked. Only oddity was the exhaust exiting just before the front wheels. As for turbine cars, I actually got a chance to ride in the Chrysler Turbine car of the 60's. It was an attractive looking car that was so cool. I still remember the exhibiter balancing a quarter on the top of that turbine engine while it was running. Cars of the 50's had automatic headlight dimmers, auto tuning radios, AC, power windows and seats and in some Chrysler, Lincoln and Cadillacs, they had a turntable that could play records while you drove. Cruise control, PS and PB were common as well. But you could also buy a totally stripped inexpensive car with manual shift, steering and brakes with hand powered roll up windows. Most stuff we take for granted today was actually available back in the 50's. Today, they just improved the existing technology of the 50's and 60's. They even had fuel injection in the 50's and there was an electric car way back in the 20's I believe.
Interesting that old CRT tube TVs can work as a touch screen. I've never had any up-close experience with one so I kind of forgot they existed. As cool as a screen in a modern car is, I really prefer the ones that have a balance and keep the climate controls limited to physical knobs.
EXCELLENT preference re: screens in vehicles 👍. I totally Agree ! I can adjust heating / cooling functions, tune stereo volume, etc., Without taking my eyes OFF the road. Also, a complete "standard' instrument cluster on the dash allows me to monitor the status of important engine functions with a millisecond glance. Happy Motoring.....
Wow! For so many years - for most of my life - this 68-year-old guy thought that Chrysler was first to put a Gas Turbine engine into an automobile back in 1963. But thanks to this Cool Video I now know that GM was 10 years ahead of Chrysler with their 1953 Firebird XP-21. Another surprising thing I never knew about before watching this video, was that the first-ever touch-screen in an automobile appeared in the 1986 Buick Riviera.
Buick came out with under seat heating in ‘56. Oldsmobile were the first cars to have a heads up display in a production car ( I believe it may have been the Toronado...? Maybe ) . Chrysler had the first electronic fuel injection in 1957 ( it was in the 300 C , it was fitted to the 392 hemi. This motor produced around 400 horse power ). Chrysler also produced some of the first “ disc “ brakes. They were supremely bizarre though, you should see how they work! Interesting video!
Great video. Very interesting. One technical error: In order to break the sound barrier at sea level a car would have to travel at a speed around 770 mph.
Which one of these cars surprised you the most?
Watch Part 2 Here: ua-cam.com/video/GdbewvHuBEc/v-deo.html
*I get it guys, I mispronounced Riviera. 100s of comments saying the same thing won't make the mistake go away :)*
I watch a lot of educational car channels so I've heard most of these. The cyclone definitely is one of my favorite ones tho
The first one
I would love to see u Do a video of cheapest cars that have a 0 to 60 of 5s or less plz
Do. Ford anglia
Can you do another budget car video please?!!
The backup camera was great, but it took a week to get the film developed.
:-D
@@pgtmr2713 why did you put a nose on it? You sick fuck. This isnt 2008
@@NinjahPenguinZ……….wow, having a bad day there Ninja?
@@Johnnywhamo AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
@@NinjahPenguinZ that "2008 thing" will never die, why you should care about it?
Did you know that gm had auto dimming headlights. No I'm not joking. When car approaches another car it turn off high beams in 1955. It was called autronic eye.
Imperial had them too.
Damn.
@@seed_drill7135 plus imperial had push button drive selector.
@@dkdanis1340 All Mopar automatics were pushbutton for a time. The first ones had a selector switch on the dash, then pushbutton and finally the ones on the column. Early 60's Imperials also had those square steering wheels and pivot out front seats.
Hey guys, do you remember the Mercury Turnpike Cruisers in the mid to late 50's that had a push button drive selector on the left side of the dash and a the odd shaped steering wheel? My parents also had a 65 Cadillac that had the automatic dimmers as well. I obviously wasn't driving at the time so some of the details are a bit fuzzy, but I remember getting in the Turnpike Cruiser one day and started playing with the buttons. After I got out of the car it drifted down the street and hit another parked car. Pushed the wrong button I guess! I couldn't sit for a week after that little fiasco!!!! hahahah
I thought my 2007 Lexus with touchscreen was amazing for its time then I drove a 98 LS 400 with touchscreen and I thought that was amazing, a car from the 80s with touchscreen is completely mind blowing
My mechanic just imported a 97 Lexus GS 300 rhd from Japan. The car has backup camera and a a crap load of modern features as standard plus a stock 2JZ GTE. So definitely Toyota had the features but just holding it back. EDIT: It's called a Toyota Aristo.
Not when you know the 80s was the,most advanced decade of the 20th century before the 90s and that point in history
Yeah, and its a Riviera, not a Rivera.
Tablet PC's were already popular in 2007, but the 80s?...
I remember a family friend getting one when I was a kid. That car seemed so amazing back then. He actually kept it until he passed a few years ago.
Well done. I think the touch screen was dope for 86. But the collision avoidance system wins top prize.
I loved the Buick Centurion with glass roof. Imagine if they had electrically tinted windows and the glass could be darkened. It would have been an awesome car.
As for the Buick, well the same tech appeared in the Vector sports car as well. It was so intergrated, it looked like the cockpit of a fighter jet. And it was modeled to look like that. Also check out the 70s Aston Martin Lagonda. It a trip!!!
“5 Bizarre Airplanes that don’t fly”
"and one road boat"
Yep.
That is art deco
Ekranoplan, that is one.
And a car that doesn't drive
I had an 86 Riviera when it came out, they offered the touch screen option up to 1989 in the Riviera and offered in the Olds Toronado Toefeo in color until 1993.
I traded it for a minivan when I got married it was a great car and my first experience with the great 3800 v6!
Dam GM what happened to you guy's
😅
They even made an electric car in the 90s. But they killed it for some weird reason. GM was ahead of its time.
Imports are what happened. American consumers wanted basic reliable cars (namely the Honda Civic or Toyota Camry).
It caused GM (and maybe the other two big American automakers) to drop funding for innovation and focus more on sales pitches and the such.
They sold (us) out to bloody red China! That is what happened.😒🐍😥
GM is famous for making concept cars. They have always been chicken to go into production with a new Idea. GM is where good ideas go to die. They made prototype hybrids, electric cars, sterling engines, "Wankel" engines, fuel cell powered cars long ago. They never dared to sell any of them.
The Buick Centurion wasn't the first car to have angled wheel blades for air cooling of the brakes - that award goes to Bugatti in the 1920s!!
“The only minivan ever created that didnt scream I’ve given up on life and trying to get laid” 😂😂😂
I'm done with the internet lmao
LOL you nailed it! 😂😂
I like how he says it was considered ugly...............really?
He’s never seen bisimotos odyssey 😂
dj33036 .dj63010 It was...? Anything unusual looking is often considered weird or ugly. The Stout Scarab being the first ever minivan is no exception.
Cadillac’s collision avoidance system was taken from Packard. They pioneered it in the mid 50s and called it Radar-Brake
VIDEO IDEA: CHEAPEST CARS THAT HAVE A 0-60 OF 5s or less
Excellent suggestion
Vw gti with mods....cheap+ 0-60 in 5 secs or under
(GONE WRONG)(IN THE HOOD)(COPS CALLED) (N O T C L I C K B A I T)
Probably a high mile mustang gt with mods.
5:32 .....it’s pronounced Riv-i-era not Rivera 🤦🏻♂️
And it's pronounced con-TRIB-u-ted, CON-trib-u-ted.
@@lawrencegenereux8567 LOL glad someone else caught that besides me!
I'm glad he didn't mention the bicycle. Y'all be on him like white on rice. With "Bie-cy-cle" lol.
@@elSandoval75 damn right
Clutch City he runs a car based UA-cam channel and can’t pronounce car names right so yea...
Crash warning systems have been around for 60 years.
In a similar vein to the Centurion, the Koenigsegg One:1 and Agera RS models with the roof scoop have no rear view mirror or rear window, so the backup camera was your rear view mirror.
Wow!!!!!!!! I totally thought that some classic cars featured in this video wouldn't have up to date technology like we have today but I now know some of these technological features were already invented but forgotten about. Sometimes some car manufacturers want to try to hide this history, no wonder why some people never knew the history behind some technology that was already invented many decades ago. Good job Cristian for mentioning this, congratulations!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁😊😊😉😊
Glad you enjoyed it :)
@@VehicleVirals I did Cristian keep bringing out great automotive content and by the way I know my UA-cam account is called "EvoEvan Nismo" but my name is Evan Blot nice to meet you.
When car designers came up with crazy ideas after smoking massive joints.
💀
That makes a lot of sense maybe that’s the reason why car designs these days look like shit.
No they were drunk. Remember the 53 Eldorado glove box
@@TA_Plus_Hemi What was the problem with the glove box?
Who know what highs they was on, or tripping on mushrooms > But it was a ideal some one put to USE That got to be constructive RITE and not destructive
GM Engineers after that got busy inventing fidget spinners
To those who are interested: Vacuum Fluorescent displays which predated Liquid Crystal displays are not vacuum tubes, which predated diodes and transistors.
Another great video 👍🏾👍🏾. The 1950s was a time of automotive innovation. Other cars from the 1950s that were ahead of their time were the Ford Edsel, Chrysler C-300, and the Chevrolet Corvette Scaglietti.
The Ford Edsel? That thing was horrible! That car almost killed Ford!
The Edsel was a serious issue for Ford. They didn’t sell and had an abundance of issues.
Yes, the Ford Edsel was a commercial failure; however, it did come with a few innovative features such as warning lights, push button transmissions, and childproof rear doors.
Brendon Israel Yes, there were definitely some innovative features for sure. Ford based it too much on the Fairlane, which as well as the Fairlane sold; it had many failures with it’s ahead of the generation technology.
More Edsels were sold than the Cadillac Cyclone.
Remember the stupid talking cars from the 80s. Think it was Chrysler. My door isn't a jar. It's a goddamn door
Was put on restriction for cussing out one those cars ...
Sounds like KITT
There were definitely a few BMWs from then that could talk; one time we had my dad's boss's car in our garage while he was on a trip with my dad - we left the car alone for the most part, but did open the doors a few times just to hear it announce "The door is ajar" in the tinny crappy sample rate voice they used. :P
Haha - yeah I thought the same thing when I saw this video.
Ajar is one word.
The US benefited from the end of WW2 as it boosted our economy greatly, hence why all the cars back then were so ahead for their time
Antonio Delfino Heck...Germany also begot a car or two ahead of their time in the 1950. Does this mean they benefitted from the war too?
Yeah no doubt.
Mercedes Benz had direct injection in production cars in the 1950s. Of course that was because of their experience with the WWII DB6XX series of aircraft engines
GM didn’t until 2003. That’s because carbs were cheap and so was fuel. Their advances in fuel injection were forced by government regulations, not innovation.
@@Bartonovich52 Good justification!
Well the French automotive industry was a wreck after the war, and was considered the most advanced car industry in the whole world before the time, we had 80 different brand of car and motorcycle, now we have less than 15
How do I get my hands on a 1936 Stout Scarab? Oh my gosh that is the most coolest looking car in the world!
I know, " ...it was considered ugly at the time?" lol, because IT IS ugly!
Only 5 exist, all of them in museums. Good luck getting behind one's wheel :)
Were 5 only made? How many Scarabs were made of that year?
Someone should revive that Scarab design. Chrome and all. The interior can be upgraded with modern technology, yet have a very strong Art Deco influence.
The drivetrain should be either plugin hybrid related or full EV.
I assure you that in today’s day and age of pathologically BLAND and repetitive automobile design, a revived Scarab (externally identical to the original) would be a definitive sell out! 😌👍
datathunderstorm isn't that what the Volkswagen bus already is lol
Back camera in 1956 was quite interesting 👌
This shows that technology was way too much time ahead..
syed mahad English?
@@akmedia8206 english?? What do you mean by it?
syed mahad you cant speak English properly.
@@akmedia8206 i can speak but i don't show off by typing a whole paragraph of comment.
syed mahad you’re completely illiterate
Super super fascinating that last car from 86 with the touchscreen man were the 80s a mind blowing decade for hundreds of reasons.
it seems almost as if the VW camper van was inspired by the Stout Scarab
Did you notice the engine in the Stout Scarab? It looked like a Ford flathead V8.
Americans were so innovative back then. Now they offer large, heavy and powerful cars which cost less than their German competitors. They are not bad, but they were better before.
The only American cars now are "muscle cars" and odd models which nobody wants. Ford is dropping all but the Mustang, GM is struggling with it's electric and hybrid models, and Chrysler barely hangs on with the 300; almost all all the rest they offer are overseas designs. American automobiles died in the 80's when they refused to believe that the imported competitors were actually better cars which people actually wanted instead of the crap Detroit was offering us. Now they and us are paying the price for their stuck-in-the-past attitudes.
Hardly, measured against really innovative Cars of the Era. E.g. the Citroen DS.
Forgot the Chyrsler Turbine in 1963-1964. It was pretty much what no.4 should of been all along. It ran on anything as well. it was a shame it fell on the fuel scare and was scrapped, only a couple still exist. Jay Leno has one and sometimes takes it out for a drive.
Very interesting innovations. Top marks.
The ‘86 Buick is probably most impressive since it saw full production. The proto-types are very cool but who actually knows if those amazing features are actually fully functioning or just marketing hype? Very cool vid, I knew about a few of those but you definitely schooled me a bit, I liked & sub’ed.
I am beginning to see how much technology and innovation came from Buick. I always thought of Buick as big luxury cars and nothing more, but they got into the futuristic designs early. Great video.
Parents owned the Riviera. The wow factor was off the charts at first, but it's still a GM, meaning that cheap proprietary screen died shortly out of warranty, and Buick wanted 2k to replace it at the time. They spent the next several years driving with very limited HVAC and radio controls. What seemed absolute genius turned into the biggest failure because such an expensive part controlled everything. Also it was early 70s resistive touch technology meaning it was about as responsive as you'd expect that old for the late 80s screen to be. Even before it died, having to press firmly 2-3 times got old really fast, and after it died showed what a colossal blunder tech for tech's sake can really be.
Only the IDEA of it gives the Riviera any business being here, but it's poor implementation is an example of a huge GM failure of charging a premium price for old tech because it was used somewhere new. Thanks for reminding me of how badly we despised that effing car. >.
Great video! I was expecting to see the Tucker on the list.
you should do a video on the top 5 cars driven by old people XD
That would be a good one lol
#1: pt cruiser
@@VehicleViralsnr 2, Volvo s80
@@theeurodriver3378 every volvo and almost evry MERC an bmw
@@theeurodriver3378 yeah
I used to have models of these cars when I was a kid and saw them at car shows back in the day!!!!! What great time to be a kid!!!!
The Buick Riviera also boasted higher insurance premiums due to having to take your eyes off the road all the time to find those tiny screen buttons.
Way to think it through Buick.
Cmon man trail and era at least they had a good idea it just gad to me modified
All of these evil people were afraid of tucker. He was way ahead of them.
theres a reason why the 50's and 60's were considered the golden age of automobiles.
Ok boomer
From Leo: I have actually worked on Vidicon tube cameras of the late 1950's. The vidicon tubes then were not small, and the power supply, oscillators and amplifiers to support it were large, inefficient and generated a lot of heat. With a 6 volt system, common in those days, the generators would be taxed to try to keep that system operating for very long. The idea men were way ahead of the technology. Fun video, thanks for posting it.
Great video brother but you have got to slow it down a bit and take a breath. You have excellent information but you are cramming it in at a rapid pace. Edit the content a bit or just make the video a little longer to be able to get all of your dialogue in. Keep 'em comin, excellent job.
Great video with some very cool examples. One correction though: The Buick Riviera is pronounced RI-VEEE-ERA not "Rivera."
Man, your channel is getting better and better. Love this "car ahead of its time" series. Some beautiful cars! The matrix reset and took away our creativity.
In a museum I saw a 1940 something Hudson made sometime while the factory was converted for WWII production. It had a standard/automatic/semi-automatic transmission. In standard mode you shifted and clutched yourself, in automatic mode it would shift (moving the stick shift) and clutch by itself, and in semi mode you could just move the stick and it would clutch for you. Pretty amazing car, one of a kind.
I knew everything except that the Buick rivra had a touch screen also did you know gm wanted to put a back up camera on the c1 corvette
The one car that does belong in your list is the '86 Riviera. The others were show cars, where designers could go crazy knowing the damn thing would not be mass produced anyway. And the single seater turbine car - of which there was a more practical, full size Chrysler version - was a really dumb idea, not ahead of its time since it never took over.
The firebird was not the first gas turbine powered car Rover's Jet1 was in 1950
The Buick with touchscreen. That was more than a concept and was mass produced. So that is the most surprising to me.
Holden made a concept car in the late 60's called hurricane with navigation system in it
Great video. Enjoyed it , thanks
Sonic boom 717MPH not 200...
HUMOR, DUDE
David No sonic booms are allowed at decent parties!
The Buick Riviera was not the first car using a touch screen. Check out the Aston Martin Lagonda of the 70s.
The 1956 Buick Centurion is a concept car. 1 car in a musenum in Michigan.
They never showed if it worked or not.
Airbags would not added to sold cars unto the 70s.
Very disappointed that the 'Tucker' was not included. Perhaps Vehicle Virals doesn't know what a Tucker is. For its time, it was the most advanced american car on the market, but was forced into bankruptcy by G.M., Ford and Chrysler. You cannot compete against the all powerful 'Big Three'.
If I end up making a part 2 I'll definitely look into it :)
@@VehicleVirals There's an entire famous big budget hollywood film all about called "Tucker"
First car with seat belts, safety glass, a helicopter motor, turning headlight, etc... only about 50 built
I made a part 2 btw featuring The Tucker :)
I’d love to have that Cadillac it’s gorgeous was it ever put in production?
Super cool video that any true car buff can appreciate. Thanks for sharing it-I'm definitely clicking on notifications, but for now I'm headed to the channel to check out what else you have. Thumbs up.
Awesome! Welcome to the channel :)
Good video. Like the content 👍🏻
Glad to hear it 👊🏼
My 1st ride was a ‘89 Buick Riviera, when I was 19 in ‘03. It was awesome!! Everything original until the transmission stopped working in ‘08.
the quality of your videos improve with every new one
Glad you think so!
The 1941 Chrysler Windsor had a unique feature in that the dash lights were connected to the speedometer such that they were green when stopped, I don't remember the speeds, but when you got to a certain speed they would change to yellow, then when you went faster still they would change to red.
Terrible idea... I can picture a distracted driver slamming the brakes in the middle of a highway, seeing a red light on the board.
Some of these cars, and some features on the others, are no doubt still ahead of their time
I had a 1972 Buick Rivera with a 455ci 3 died automatic (floor shifter) with leather bucket seats. It was Navy Blue with a white Landow roof. The most noticable feature on this car was the shape of the back window and made the car look like the Batmobile. Damn I loved that car. I had stage one heads, Ken Bell headers, Edlbrock high rise intake and 750 double pump Holey carburator in it too.
Had a Reatta with the touchscreen, and the functionality went much farther than the typical functions. You could display the error codes and almost all sensor input voltages. You could turn off individual injectors and override the outputs...so you could, for example, test the IAC by forcing it higher or lower. It had the ability to take a snapshot of all parameters if something weird was going on. I'm guessing there's a secret way to do the same thing with current vehicles....that someone will post I'm sure...
OBD 2 eventually came along. But you need a diagnostic scanner, and the ones with the full test functions that may allow programming are a lot more expensive.
Cadillacs thru the 80's to early 2000's allowed you to do diagnostics and some control functions thru the Climate Control system. Eventually they removed the ability to interface that way, but it may be back by now...
We had a donated Reatta when I was in tech school in the early 90's. It was pretty cool
Man the 1950s were such a fascinating time when it came to technology. The concept for the Buick Centurion had a Backup Camera in 1956, and the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow had Fly-by-wire in 1958. So, what does that tell ya eh?
He mispronounced sooooo many words. It was hard to watch.
Like Rivera instead of RIVIERA.
Well, everybody is focused on that one for some reason but there were a ton of mispronounced words.
Minor faux pas on the mispronunciations, of no consequence. Interesting video👍👍
Who cares you whiny fucking bitch
One that you missed is the Citroen DS. It was so revolutionary that it was featured in the Back to the Future trilogy as an example of a car years ahead of its time. Introduced to the world at the 1955 Paris Motor Show, some 12,000 orders were taken on the first day alone. Variable, self-levelling hydropneumatic independent suspension that makes it more comfortable than any Caddy, Rolls, or Bently; first mix of fibreglass and metal in the construction, engine slides under the driver's feet in a head-on collision, first crumple zones, and more. Possibly the most amazing thing is that it can drive on three wheels if needed.
Actually. I did include it, in part 2 :)
Jeez, General Motors, what happened?
as a young boy in the mid 60s i was amazed at the style and design concepts offered by the manufacturers of the late 50s and early 60s automobiles. some concept designs were more for fashion but some set the benchmark of what would follow years later with high sales volume.
do you recall the STP Andy Granatelli gas turbine powered Indianapolis race car?
Honestly never heard of it.
You're the only few you tubers that I look forward to uploading a video keep up the beautiful wprk👍👍👍
Thank you, means a lot :)
The Riviera engine was mounted side ways, and it was Front Wheel Drive.
That's the way I remembered the car, I could be wrong it's happened before.
This is an addition to the other innovations.
Thank you.
Love the 1986 Buick!
On the Driver's side of the Deck lid, I noticed the Macintosh (Apple) Emblem.
Was that from the cars owner, or did Macintosh produce the "Touch-screen" technology for GM?
Great informative video!
Thanks,
Thomas
Port Orchard, Washington
Must have been something the owner did, apple had nothing to do with anything buick
Possible Jobs and Wozniak definitely thought outside of the box.
My cousin, Paul Flannery and his brother were working on an automatic braking system, called AUTO STOP around 1967. They had a few prototypes and interest from some of the major auto makers. It worked, but was sensitive to weather conditions. Eventually they ran out of money, and abandon the project.
I couldn't help but notice your profile picture. I live maybe 10 minutes away from Magic Kingdom
Dont forget Tucker
ArabianKnight7771 was looking to see if someone else mentioned it. I saw one driving here in Australia a couple of months back. Stunning car!! 😍
The stout scarab was also handicapped by being insanely expensive for the time. It's not that it wasn't a decent car, it was just expensive.
Right. The first inexpensive, widely sold minivan was the Fiat Multipla. But we Americans don't comment on European cars...
The 80s 70s and 60s where the best car designs ever...90s where good 2000s where good 2010s where.....Questionable.
Isaacs Random Videos Nope, 50’s was the best decade for car design. After the 50’s designers had less freedoms & total redesigns were fewer & farther between, the 50’s was the golden era when anything was possible!(-;
Matt's Garage I where gonna put 50s but I forgot but yeah.
Just 1903-1970s. 80s suck for most cars. Germany was still classy. The 30s-60s was the most stylish
Captain FALKEN yeah but look at the Audi Quattro RR or UR
Captain FALKEN Datsun/Nissan made some amazing cars in the 80’s... Also the Buick Grand Nation & Ford Mustang.
The Riviera died because GM went overboard downsizing it and other cars, and the public resoundadly rejected them, eventually killing off brands.
How about the 1937 Audi Stream line Type C with the V16 engine ?
Whst about it?
Check out part 2. It's in there
The Stout Scarab doesn't sound at all like the first minivan - with its living room like interior it sounds more like the first RV.
Damn bro, where all these subscribers come from? I came in at 15k
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@@VehicleVirals The channel is still underrated. Keep the good work and it will pay off soon
Lol it says 5.1k though🤣🤣🤣
Can't wait for you to blow up BIG your videos are good and well produced . Another great video man keep it up
I thought when he said the zanterian didn't have a gas tank I thought he was going to say fusion power dang I've been playing fallout too much
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My wife had an Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo as her first car in 2004 and it too had the infamous green lit tube touchscreen. Her's worked flawlessly decades later. Her sunroof, however, leaked like a freshly iceberged Titanic.
Not the world's first gas turbine car. That would be the Rover jet 1 in 1950
Didn't Chrysler build a gas turbine in the 50s
I wish cars that looked like the ‘56 Buick and the other 50s concept cars like the ‘55 Futura, etc. were the norm today. They are such beautiful cars.
The 16 likes were Chevrolet employees. Don’t worry
1 like for your comment, don't worry just a fast-n-furious fanboy
You’re hella right about the texting and driving situation its crazy because i bet NO ONE was distracted at all in the 80’s
ibm had touch screen in the 80's tho. not a big deal BRO
I was so happy to see you review the Cyclone. That was the most beautiful
car I had ever seen. I loved the automatic radar braking system. It actually
worked. Only oddity was the exhaust exiting just before the front wheels.
As for turbine cars, I actually got a chance to ride in the
Chrysler Turbine car of the 60's. It was an attractive looking car that
was so cool. I still remember the exhibiter balancing a quarter on
the top of that turbine engine while it was running.
Cars of the 50's had automatic headlight dimmers, auto tuning radios,
AC, power windows and seats and in some Chrysler, Lincoln and Cadillacs,
they had a turntable that could play records while you drove.
Cruise control, PS and PB were common as well. But you could also buy
a totally stripped inexpensive car with manual shift, steering and brakes with
hand powered roll up windows. Most stuff we take for granted today
was actually available back in the 50's. Today, they just
improved the existing technology of the 50's and 60's.
They even had fuel injection in the 50's and there was an electric
car way back in the 20's I believe.
You've had some awesome experiences I see!
There were many electric and steam powered vehicles in the teens and 20's.
Creepin closer to 100k subs
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Interesting that old CRT tube TVs can work as a touch screen. I've never had any up-close experience with one so I kind of forgot they existed. As cool as a screen in a modern car is, I really prefer the ones that have a balance and keep the climate controls limited to physical knobs.
EXCELLENT preference re: screens in vehicles 👍. I totally Agree ! I can adjust heating / cooling functions, tune stereo volume, etc., Without taking my eyes OFF the road. Also, a complete "standard' instrument cluster on the dash allows me to monitor the status of important engine functions with a millisecond glance.
Happy Motoring.....
old cars had amazing tail lights
Wow! For so many years - for most of my life - this 68-year-old guy thought that Chrysler was first to put a Gas Turbine engine into an automobile back in 1963. But thanks to this Cool Video I now know that GM was 10 years ahead of Chrysler with their 1953 Firebird XP-21. Another surprising thing I never knew about before watching this video, was that the first-ever touch-screen in an automobile appeared in the 1986 Buick Riviera.
Jeeez man can’t you slow down and a bit of enthusiasm in your voice,..you lost me..,ooohhn when did you breath.
Hi Christian. Just found your channel and subbed straight away. Great videos and I've plenty to catch up on.... Thank you for your hard work.
Welcome to the channel. Glad you enjoyed the video :)
Another great video. But....it's pronounced., RIVIERA (rivEEair-uh) :)
Yeah the Spanish way which I know how to do. I honestly don't know why I pronounced it the way I did 😅
@@VehicleVirals No worries man. I really dig the page. Always a bonus to see good folks succeed!
Buick came out with under seat heating in ‘56. Oldsmobile were the first cars to have a heads up display in a production car ( I believe it may have been the Toronado...? Maybe ) . Chrysler had the first electronic fuel injection in 1957 ( it was in the 300 C , it was fitted to the 392 hemi. This motor produced around 400 horse power ). Chrysler also produced some of the first “ disc “ brakes. They were supremely bizarre though, you should see how they work! Interesting video!
THE riviera to me us the most unexpected and FYI That's pronounced, RE VE ERA...
No its not.
Great video. Very interesting. One technical error: In order to break the sound barrier at sea level a car would have to travel at a speed around 770 mph.
James Bond theme intensifies...
Good video, thanks!
I have the same shirt
Right on! 🙌🏼
My first ride was a 1984 Maroon Buick Riviera, w/ white rag-top and a sun roof. I absolutely LOVED that car, and miss it dearly.