Don’t you still get federal tax money??? At the very least don’t you charge for advertising in the Baltimore / DC / northern Virginia metroplex? Or charge ad rates for a national television show? Aren’t you able to collect add revenue from google like all the other UA-camrs?? Why do you need more money???
@blackandgold51 I don't know enough to refute that, but this generation got an independent 4WD front end. The old generation still had the buckboard leaf sprung solid axle.
Our company has been using Chevy Suburbans for work trucks since the early '80s'. Every single one of them was totally dependable and tough as nails. The newer ones from '89 and through the '90's were even better, and held up longer. After that, we got four of the '02 models, the newer design with the 5.3 V8's. We are still driving all of them to this day, they just won't die. Unbelievable durability, they depreciated a long time ago, but we decided to keep them and they just keep on going.
These GMT400 burbs were some of the best SUV's ever built. My parents had 2 of them when I was a kid. Oh how I miss that awesome Delco graphic equalizer.
Yeah, in today's money the suburban in the video would be priced at around $38.5-$39k. A base model 4WD Suburban today starts at around $55k (MSRP, not actual transaction prices). It can be argued that even today's base model gets you more equipment/stuff than even a higher trim level got you in 1992 though.
yea I miss the simplicity in the features back then, no mandatory traction control abs etc. and I miss the engine options back then you had nice big engines not these tiny micro over boosted 4cylinder engines and fuel economy was really not that much worse than today even
I was always in love with this generation of Suburbans and Tahoes. My sister had a '99 Suburban and although that thing sucked gas down like nobody's business, it got me through back to back blizzards with relative ease. My Corsica would've cried trying to traverse through that snow.
@@dieselcoondog "Pssst, the schoolkids don't know that & they're the ones who'll spend a lifetime paying carbon tax." If governments print & control the money supply, why do they need tax? (The Grace Commission Report, might give you a clue).
I mean that was before they switched to like 134a so the whole in the ozone was real now it is basically healed its self but arnt we all supposed to be dead now
jalapenochomper except it wasn’t at all. We have a massive hole in the ozone over New Zealand due to cfcs. Thankfully since they were stamped out it’s starting to close. Why are people so afraid of affecting positive change? Global warming might be a joke to you now but the data is there and it’s real.
@@joyride2013 i mean they do break but compared to what from there era. aod isnt any stronger and lord knows a 46re from mopar broke all time back in the day. daily use a 4l60e will last 200k miles as long as properly maintained. idk of another half ton transmisson that last any better made before 2010. even 4r70w is just as weak in stock form. now once the 6l80e came out or the 6r80 became a thing yeah then we saw better transmissions.
@@rickdaystar477 brother got rid of his 96 extended cab with 230k on it...i told him to keep it... rust was starting to take over though... too bad because mechanically it was great.
Built to last, my brother's 93 Suburban ran 450,000 miles on the original engine, replaced the engine and it had 700,000 miles when he decided to sell it and it was still running great!
@@jwhmerica504 these are all crap! You want to make a statement a day! The elite best is the. FORD EXCURSION!! A MONSTER T. REX. DOES IT ALL LIKE A TIGER!=💪👊🐯🐯🐯⚓⚓⚓👑👑👑👑👑
It's a very nice truck and super reliable! My dad had the '92 Silverado pickup version and that sucker lasted forever it seemed. All I remember it needed was exhaust work and tires on occasion. The 1988-1998 Silverado's are the best functioning trucks money can buy! Although the 1973-1987 was the better looking truck in my opinion.
La grand blazer era la version 2 puertas de la Tahoe La suburban nunca llego a venezuela como tal esa estaba basada de la crew cab 1500 que tampoco llego
Mitch Murray they were know to be tanks! My dad had one but it was the 2-door Tahoe (for some reason instead of calling it Tahoe GM of Venezuela decided to call it the grand blazer)
It wouldn't cost too much, heck for a really good 87 and a really good 92-99 would only be 3 grand a piece, a steal if you ask me, assuming it's a low miles and no rust truck
Damilola Akanni Motor Trend Television on what was TNN (The Nashville Network) and is now the Paramount Network did a comparison test on the then introduced Ford Expedition and the 1997 Chevy Tahoe with that split tailgate and in its review said “with the Tahoe, you’ll have to rely on the outside mirrors.”
heard one of the reasons is cause of a lack of windshield wipers but thats GM being lazy since the mini clubman has dual wipers but i think cause of the fact the license plate is now on the trunk instead of the bumper unless they give it the avalanche look
I still see this generation Chevy Suburban in the road once in a while here in Toronto, Canada ( my home town) and usually they are still in good shape.
It wouldn't if you actually sat in one. The fact that this has the spare inside alone means much less cargo space than the current or previous gen Burbs.
I still have my 1992 suburban and me and my husband love it so roomy and love front bench seat especially sense we have 7 kids. wish they still made them this good.
No you don't. People pretend to, (mainly folks who didn't live through it in any meaningful way) but the 1990s sucked. It set us back half a decade in automotive design too. We wouldn't recover until the mid-2000s rolled around, at which point we overdosed and then started getting the 1990s 2.0 starting in the past couple of years.
I got a 1999 Suburban 2500 a few months ago. She wasn't well taken care of in her former years, but that 7.4L still runs strong! That generation was built like tanks!
I have a 1994 GMC Suburban SLE C1500 that interestingly has the same wheel covers shown on the square body in the beginning. Absolutely love it, plus everybody stares when I make the tires squeal turning a corner.
Here in Australia for some reason we didn’t get the updated dashboard. We got the dashboard from the Tahoe. It must have been easier to convert to Right hand drive.
Anthony Alvares same. I have a 97 and I’m about to upgrade the brakes. I almost rear ended someone who jumped in front of me at a stop light this morning.
I think this generation Suburban may be the peak Suburban in my mind. So many advancements from the previous generation, yet still very simple compared to the modern Suburban. My folks traded in their 89 for a new 93 Suburban. Seeing this video just takes me back. My wife and I recently purchased a new GMC Acadia. I just not sure I will every get comfortable with all the fancy electronic stuff on it. I feel like stuff will just start to fail at some point. Those old Suburbans just felt like solid. Things like the rear AC controls, 4wd system, analog gauges, manual seats, manual switches, felt so simple and solid like they would work forever. I think my perfect Suburban would be this generation, but I would consider throwing in a bit newer 5.3L V8 in it for a bit more efficiency and power. I would also upgrade the brakes. Ours ended up in a wreck when we were in a chain reaction wreck. The brakes and ABS system at the time were not fast enough to slow us down to avoid hitting the car in front of us. There were also no airbags. I was saved from hitting the windshield by the seat belt in the front passenger seat. My mom bent the steering wheel with the impact. We all came out relatively unscathed going about 45 to 0 in the accident. We got the truck fixed and my folks drove it another couple of years before trading it in for a new 96 Suburban, which ended up being the last Suburban anybody in my family had.
The 80s through 90s were the best years for the automotive industry in terms of design. Are there any archived retro reviews for the square body Crown Vics/Grand Marquis from the 80s?
Bought a plain Jane,white,3/4 ton in 92 drove it to Baja from Canada,we called it our own greyhound bus, had done the trip three times prior in yj',s and a Suzuki 400
I had a 99 GMC Suburban 3 row seats. Best all around vehicle I have owned (I a Dodge man). It was rugged enough for some dirt roads but great on the highway 18 mpg. The new ones are WAY too expensive and not suited for off road use.
I love those Suburban and SUVs during those era, affordable and practical for the average family compared to the current SUV which just became way too expensive, overpriced and affordable to a segment of people who are rich (don’t have big families) which have no practical use for this type of vehicles other than being a status symbol of excessiveness.
I love it. $27,000 fully loaded for a Suburban. That would be about $49,000 in today's money, at a time when a fully loaded 2020 Chevy Suburban will set you back $84,000.
So these are “real” old reviews right? I used to think these were made recently and just made to look old. But I guess they really are old reviews, true?
The "Greenhouse effect".....lol! I forgot about that one! Love the suburbans! Dad bought our family's first one a 1990 Scottsdale that ended up with well over 300k miles before it was totaled. Mom got the second one a 1993 GMC with a Pioneer 6 disc CD player. Us kids loved playing with the rear AC controls. Thought that was pretty high class lol. I ended up with it in high school some years later aka the 'Shaggin Wagon'. Drove it to Canada with 18 ft lowboy multiple times from Tx. Alot of memories in that vehicle!
One of the last generations of the Suburban that would last 300,000 miles plus with only general maintenance, take one of these over a new one any day.
I have had two of the gmt400s. Still have my second one. These trucks were already old when I started driving, so it's so weird to see when these were new.
The 454 cu. in. V8 was only available in the Suburban 2500 and not the half ton 1500. My parents bought a brand new Chevy Suburban 2500 4x4 with the 454 in 1995 and the thing was lucky to get 10 mpg in the city when in four wheel drive. Even in two wheel drive it didn’t do much better. They paid $33,000 for a fully loaded Suburban 2500 SLS in 1995. They would have gotten the 1500 but my dad said the 350 V8 wasn’t powerful enough for such a big vehicle so they had to get the 2500 in order to get the 454. It was a beast for sure.
Do they still make those excursions, I test drove a new one in 04 with a diesel was ready to buy and it broke down on the test ride, then I drove a used one with 25k to see how they would be after the newness wore off and it was at best a farm truck, bought a 2500 suburban and never looked back, 15 years 250k miles and basic maintenance and you'd be hard pressed to find a better running/smoother ride
It was a 6.0l diesel that refused to run on a test ride but that's besides the point, the 6.0l in the chebby on the highway gets 21 22 without a trailer and hasn't needed anything but batteries and oil for 250k not even a thermastat, still does 3-5 thousand without needing a top off of oil, mobil 1 since 2k
I had owned a 97 model with over 310k miles and an 04 year round body with about 240k miles at the same time. I ended up selling the 04 instead of the older one,because it I was more enjoyable to drive at the time. The 04 was quieter,better equiped and more refined in many ways. I've driven both generations of GM trucks as a driver and personal ownership and I like both. I'm a bit torn between those two generations. At this time as I type this,I would have sold the 97,being the 04 model would suit my needs better at the time being.
You have to disconnect the electric wire going to the power sterring pump, it was an optional electronic assisted sterring , that change the effort of going around corners at high speeds, like approaching an entrance ramp. I thought that my front end was loose, and changed $500 dollars worth of front end parts, like the inner and outer tierods, and sleeves. Then I changed the tires, thinking that I had a broken belt in one of the tires.
My '84 Suburban with the 6.2 diesel would regularly get over 20MPG. Those old diesels were meant for economy. Power-wise, they were more like a 305 or MAYBE the 350. In those pre-turbodiesel days, you got the 454 if you needed maximum power and torque.
I used to have a 1994 3/4 tonne with the 6.5 turbo diesel. It was the coolest vehicle I ever owned, sadly it was impossible to keep running in the winter (low compression or something) it gets -30 here
My first burban back in 2009 was a 1998 1500 5.7 gas 2wd green/tan interior. I got a good cash deal on it in Dallas. Aside from the crappy door handles it was a reliable truck. Sold it to some lady with 5 kids and then bought a 2000 LS1 5.3 with 136K miles drove that thing for 75K miles and then it got stolen in Oklahoma :(. Now on my 7th burban a 01 1500 with 325K miles original trans !!! Gets Mobil 1
In 1992 a Suburban started at $18,500 and topped out around $27,000. In real (2019) dollars that's about $34,000 to $49,000. Today, a Suburban runs from $51,700 to $68,500. I wish rich people had never gotten into trucks.
The mid 90s chevy z71s with the 5.7L were kick butt trucks. Those things could roll for a few hundred thousand miles... got upper teens to the gallon...cheap /easy to fix... too bad now we have the #$#$ing cybertruck and all the other 80K high country crap... no thanks.
What I always liked about huge ass GM cars/trucks, they tended to feel/drive/handle smaller than what they actually were. Owned a 1991 Cadillac Brougham, had A LOT of seat time in a RCLB 1996 Chevy work truck, yeah they were big/heavy vehicles, but you could hustle them a little bit around a corner, they gave you that confidence, they felt planted/stable/safe. Would let you know through some understeer/tire squeal, "hey bro, quit driving like an asshole"
The TBI models are indestructible. The Vortec 350 models are good if you sort the intake gaskets and spider injectors. You get a pretty hefty power boost compared to the TBI.
man my dad drove the crap out of our 92 suburban for like 15 years. thing was a tank. sold it to some guy who was moving and needed a truck for like $500.
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Don’t you still get federal tax money??? At the very least don’t you charge for advertising in the Baltimore / DC / northern Virginia metroplex? Or charge ad rates for a national television show? Aren’t you able to collect add revenue from google like all the other UA-camrs?? Why do you need more money???
A brand new $27,000 fully loaded suburban… words you will never hear again..
Right!! I recently purchased a 2018 Chevy Suburban Premiere and it was $60,000! Are they crazy!? But we still bought it because we have a big family.
Anthony Paone do you guys not realize minimum wage has gone up that same amount....
@@anthonypaone7540 someone doesn't know what inflation is lol
$27,000 in 1992 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $48,324.19 in 2018
Jason Taylor Yup plus technology that they come with isn’t free
Such a simple but handsome design, not trying to be anything it isn't.
@blackandgold51 I don't know enough to refute that, but this generation got an independent 4WD front end. The old generation still had the buckboard leaf sprung solid axle.
This is my second favorite Chevy pickup, only the 67-72 is better in my eyes.
@blackandgold51 LOLwut. No. 1992 was the GMT-400 frame for Suburban. 1991 was the last of the C/K chassis (73-91).
01 suburban is a goddamm good Truck
I’ve always liked the 9th generation.
Back when Chevys made super solid SUVs. I still see these cars on the freeway.
I never see them I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Texas too as well the ck
Any 90s trucks
Jay Moar probably because where you live
Jay Moar I see em all the time in Texas, I own a 95 k1500 Chevy
Our company has been using Chevy Suburbans for work trucks since the early '80s'. Every single one of them was totally dependable and tough as nails. The newer ones from '89 and through the '90's were even better, and held up longer. After that, we got four of the '02 models, the newer design with the 5.3 V8's. We are still driving all of them to this day, they just won't die. Unbelievable durability, they depreciated a long time ago, but we decided to keep them and they just keep on going.
You must not live in a "rust state"?
These GMT400 burbs were some of the best SUV's ever built. My parents had 2 of them when I was a kid. Oh how I miss that awesome Delco graphic equalizer.
I still see this generation of Suburban on the road all over the place here in Michigan. Probably not many '92's though.
In Texas, every other house has a 90s Suburban. They're basically tanks. And this is coming from someone who prefers the Sequoia and the Expedition.
I know somebody that has three a 94, 96 And I don't remember what year the other one is but it's the same generation
Here California SF Bay Area, I just purchased a 94 form a kind man, K2500 powered by 454, love it!
Tom Smith
They are a beast with the 454
@@chrisj197438 Yeap, the old man told me he once drove over 80mph with a boat trailer!
Ahhh the 90s, the last decade for when trucks felt, looked, and were priced like trucks before they became to overpriced and civilized.
Yeah, in today's money the suburban in the video would be priced at around $38.5-$39k. A base model 4WD Suburban today starts at around $55k (MSRP, not actual transaction prices). It can be argued that even today's base model gets you more equipment/stuff than even a higher trim level got you in 1992 though.
shut up boomer
yea I miss the simplicity in the features back then, no mandatory traction control abs etc. and I miss the engine options back then you had nice big engines not these tiny micro over boosted 4cylinder engines and fuel economy was really not that much worse than today even
And the drivers ,the opposite of civilized.
Ahhh yes I miss the overwhelming v8 that produces 200 hp with 12mpg, such simple and efficient machines back then
That looks has aged so well, such a timeless design
i liked the era when they still used the truck front end and rear truck bumper but i do think the 2007 models are decent
I was always in love with this generation of Suburbans and Tahoes. My sister had a '99 Suburban and although that thing sucked gas down like nobody's business, it got me through back to back blizzards with relative ease. My Corsica would've cried trying to traverse through that snow.
Shizzy Snorlax
I hated this body style. As soon as they came out it made my Bronco look dated. I was always a little jealous of those sleek lines
The newer Suburban seen in the video has the same exact paint scheme as their older one.
And the same mirrors, which look really weird on the older one.
Gotta love the woody wagons
1992: "Its our favorite workhorse, the Chevrolet Suburban!"
2019: "it's our favorite *$75,000* mall crawler, the Suburban!"
RIP. Back when these where trucks that could also carry people. Now they are glorified overpriced minivans.
5:05 "Blame the Greenhouse Effect" It is noteworthy to be reminded that they were talking about it before oversized SUVs became wildly popular.
And noteworthy that the predictions of doom were as overstated in 1992 as they are today.
@@dieselcoondog "Pssst, the schoolkids don't know that & they're the ones who'll spend a lifetime paying carbon tax."
If governments print & control the money supply, why do they need tax? (The Grace Commission Report, might give you a clue).
I mean that was before they switched to like 134a so the whole in the ozone was real now it is basically healed its self but arnt we all supposed to be dead now
jalapenochomper except it wasn’t at all. We have a massive hole in the ozone over New Zealand due to cfcs. Thankfully since they were stamped out it’s starting to close. Why are people so afraid of affecting positive change? Global warming might be a joke to you now but the data is there and it’s real.
ALSO NOTE 📝
This was made when GLOBAL COOLING was the scare of the day.
There's so MANY of these Tahoe's ans Suburbans with the 350 v8 and the 4l60E transmissions still on the roads today.
howtobebasic 2 along with the B-body, this chassis was the flagship of GM. It was the finest American car of the era. Durability almost unlimited.
Yep 270,000 miles on my 1996 350 cu in. Suburban
The 4l60e is garbage.
@@joyride2013 i mean they do break but compared to what from there era. aod isnt any stronger and lord knows a 46re from mopar broke all time back in the day. daily use a 4l60e will last 200k miles as long as properly maintained. idk of another half ton transmisson that last any better made before 2010. even 4r70w is just as weak in stock form. now once the 6l80e came out or the 6r80 became a thing yeah then we saw better transmissions.
@@rickdaystar477 brother got rid of his 96 extended cab with 230k on it...i told him to keep it... rust was starting to take over though... too bad because mechanically it was great.
Built to last, my brother's 93 Suburban ran 450,000 miles on the original engine, replaced the engine and it had 700,000 miles when he decided to sell it and it was still running great!
Suburban - The longest running nameplate in automotive history. 2020 marks 85 years of continuous production. Suburban was introduced in 1935!
Best GM truck design ever. These trucks still look good today. I sure do miss these types.
I've always loved these kind of Chevy trucks with the slent headlights and smooth grill :)
This generation Suburban and it's pickup relative has stylistically aged better than any other brand and generation of truck.
What a beauty. I have a 1999 Tahoe still running great. A true hard working, reliable truck!
this generation 92-99 is the best chevy suburban, although i owned a 91 model v1500 with barn doors
I own a 1999 Escalade and a 1999 GMC dually, same platform. Absolutely bulletproof trucks.
I miss the old split tailgates and split side-opening "barn doors".
Go find one. Restore it! It’s gunna be the next thing.
@@jwhmerica504 these are all crap! You want to make a statement a day! The elite best is the. FORD EXCURSION!! A MONSTER T. REX. DOES IT ALL LIKE A TIGER!=💪👊🐯🐯🐯⚓⚓⚓👑👑👑👑👑
There a kit where you can go this to the 2019s
@@captainamericaamerica8090 Right pure junk .........
@@captainamericaamerica8090 we're not discussing three ton Turdwagons here...
It's a very nice truck and super reliable! My dad had the '92 Silverado pickup version and that sucker lasted forever it seemed. All I remember it needed was exhaust work and tires on occasion. The 1988-1998 Silverado's are the best functioning trucks money can buy! Although the 1973-1987 was the better looking truck in my opinion.
I prefer the 88-98 GM but there earlier gen Chevy's were pretty good too.
was called grand blazer in venezuela, my dad had one
La grand blazer era la version 2 puertas de la Tahoe
La suburban nunca llego a venezuela como tal
esa estaba basada de la crew cab 1500 que tampoco llego
@@MrCarguy2 I have a suburban + made in Wisconsin
Genesis Maldonado How did people like them in Venezuela?
Mitch Murray they were know to be tanks! My dad had one but it was the 2-door Tahoe (for some reason instead of calling it Tahoe GM of Venezuela decided to call it the grand blazer)
We need the retro review "Ford Excursion"
I NEED A retro Ford Expedition!! PLEASE!!! And, where can I find videos of the production of the first generation Expedition???
benjaminpizza vargas right I love the first gen. Expedition my mom has one and we love it!!
Marcos Juarez yyeess. I have the 2000 and it is my baby.
benjaminpizza vargas my moms is a 2000 as well!
I remember when they first tested the excursion and tried to fit it in a normal garage.
The golden age of chevy trucks. I still see plenty from this generation on the road.
What I would do to have both of those beauty's in my driveway
Mee too, I like both!
Get on Craigslist and spend like $2000?
It wouldn't cost too much, heck for a really good 87 and a really good 92-99 would only be 3 grand a piece, a steal if you ask me, assuming it's a low miles and no rust truck
Me too also, both of them looked awesome 👍
Heather Sanborn is want a
89 iroc z
93 gs300
2013 Taurus SHO
67 GTO
would be in my garage 😂😂
It's sad that GM no longer does split tailgates
I prefer the current hatches if just for better visibility out of the back and also it's nice for loading in the rain since it gives you cover.
It really pisses me off they got rid of what was the most iconic feature of all Suburbans. All for fucking corporate reasons.
Damilola Akanni Motor Trend Television on what was TNN (The Nashville Network) and is now the Paramount Network did a comparison test on the then introduced Ford Expedition and the 1997 Chevy Tahoe with that split tailgate and in its review said “with the Tahoe, you’ll have to rely on the outside mirrors.”
@@patrickmichaellangan576 idk about that, my tahoe has great visibility out the rear with my hatch and gate
heard one of the reasons is cause of a lack of windshield wipers but thats GM being lazy since the mini clubman has dual wipers but i think cause of the fact the license plate is now on the trunk instead of the bumper unless they give it the avalanche look
I still see this generation Chevy Suburban in the road once in a while here in Toronto, Canada ( my home town) and usually they are still in good shape.
I've watched this at least ten times never gets old I grew up in one of these
Why does this Suburban feel larger inside than the current one on sale?
Lack of safety features on the older models
@@PedroParkerD with the exception of those brakes (170 feet to stop) they were safe enough.
blackandgold51 side airbags and stronger panels are as legitimate as it gets
It wouldn't if you actually sat in one. The fact that this has the spare inside alone means much less cargo space than the current or previous gen Burbs.
@@sugonmaballs my 91 has the spare in the back, and all other years before.
My dude always happy about the full set of gauges 😂
I definitely like to see oil pressure and battery as well.
I still have my 1992 suburban and me and my husband love it so roomy and love front bench seat especially sense we have 7 kids. wish they still made them this good.
Oh man I miss the 90s
Me too. Back when cars looked good, pricing was sane, and music was a whole lot better. Seems like 2000 was the beginning of doom.
I agree.
No you don't. People pretend to, (mainly folks who didn't live through it in any meaningful way) but the 1990s sucked. It set us back half a decade in automotive design too. We wouldn't recover until the mid-2000s rolled around, at which point we overdosed and then started getting the 1990s 2.0 starting in the past couple of years.
ok boomer
Browningate ha no 80’s and 90’s were incredible my little millennial friend
I got a 1999 Suburban 2500 a few months ago. She wasn't well taken care of in her former years, but that 7.4L still runs strong! That generation was built like tanks!
1000x better than the computer on wheel that they sell today!
Amen to that brother.
I have a 1994 GMC Suburban SLE C1500 that interestingly has the same wheel covers shown on the square body in the beginning. Absolutely love it, plus everybody stares when I make the tires squeal turning a corner.
On the outside it looks exactly the same as my 98 Suburban. It still looks awesome today, got to love the 90's styling :)
It stayed the same outside wise from 92 to 99. Interior updated in 95.
Here in Australia for some reason we didn’t get the updated dashboard. We got the dashboard from the Tahoe. It must have been easier to convert to Right hand drive.
@@Terror1Void They did a minor grille update in '94 as well.....
I daily a 94, out of the 2 years i've been driving it, i had absolutely no CLUE that back seat slid forward, i rushed outside to confirm it...
The tiny brakes on these things scare me all the time... That's why I have one! Who needs brakes!?
Anthony Alvares same. I have a 97 and I’m about to upgrade the brakes. I almost rear ended someone who jumped in front of me at a stop light this morning.
My 1997 K1500 Suburban has been an absolute tank. About to roll 307,000 miles on it.
I think this generation Suburban may be the peak Suburban in my mind. So many advancements from the previous generation, yet still very simple compared to the modern Suburban. My folks traded in their 89 for a new 93 Suburban. Seeing this video just takes me back. My wife and I recently purchased a new GMC Acadia. I just not sure I will every get comfortable with all the fancy electronic stuff on it. I feel like stuff will just start to fail at some point. Those old Suburbans just felt like solid. Things like the rear AC controls, 4wd system, analog gauges, manual seats, manual switches, felt so simple and solid like they would work forever. I think my perfect Suburban would be this generation, but I would consider throwing in a bit newer 5.3L V8 in it for a bit more efficiency and power. I would also upgrade the brakes. Ours ended up in a wreck when we were in a chain reaction wreck. The brakes and ABS system at the time were not fast enough to slow us down to avoid hitting the car in front of us. There were also no airbags. I was saved from hitting the windshield by the seat belt in the front passenger seat. My mom bent the steering wheel with the impact. We all came out relatively unscathed going about 45 to 0 in the accident. We got the truck fixed and my folks drove it another couple of years before trading it in for a new 96 Suburban, which ended up being the last Suburban anybody in my family had.
How the SUVs and trucks was like a rock back then
12 mpg and 12 seconds to 60, yesss
@blackandgold51 Why wouldn't you believe 12mpg?
I can get 17 on the highway if I go no more than 60. That's about all you'll ever get.
@blackandgold51 Keep in mind that mileage was experienced over 100 Miles of city, back-road and highway driving.
The 80s through 90s were the best years for the automotive industry in terms of design. Are there any archived retro reviews for the square body Crown Vics/Grand Marquis from the 80s?
Bought a plain Jane,white,3/4 ton in 92 drove it to Baja from Canada,we called it our own greyhound bus, had done the trip three times prior in yj',s and a Suzuki 400
I had a 99 GMC Suburban 3 row seats. Best all around vehicle I have owned (I a Dodge man). It was rugged enough for some dirt roads but great on the highway 18 mpg. The new ones are WAY too expensive and not suited for off road use.
I love those Suburban and SUVs during those era, affordable and practical for the average family compared to the current SUV which just became way too expensive, overpriced and affordable to a segment of people who are rich (don’t have big families) which have no practical use for this type of vehicles other than being a status symbol of excessiveness.
we had the one in the mid 80's with the Chicago Bears colored paint scheme. Lol
That musta been ugly af
I love it. $27,000 fully loaded for a Suburban. That would be about $49,000 in today's money, at a time when a fully loaded 2020 Chevy Suburban will set you back $84,000.
When you have most of north Jersey kicking up to you there is no need to worry about how much gas it uses!
So these are “real” old reviews right? I used to think these were made recently and just made to look old. But I guess they really are old reviews, true?
Yes motor week has been on the air for many years.
Just because there was no internet doesn't mean that there weren't any car reviewers on TV.
Armyofscrap (Rainbow dash) yeah I get that, it’s just that I used to think these were really well done retro imitation videos. Idk why.
I miss this show soooo much! It came on after Saturday morning cartoons...
Nice, my daily driver is a 4x4 '92 Suburban
Jon Mitchell mine s is a 07 Ford 500 187k miles LoOL
Looks way better than the current one. I wish I had bought a 4 wheel drive 3/4 ton one of these back then.
Beautiful truck
The "Greenhouse effect".....lol! I forgot about that one! Love the suburbans! Dad bought our family's first one a 1990 Scottsdale that ended up with well over 300k miles before it was totaled. Mom got the second one a 1993 GMC with a Pioneer 6 disc CD player. Us kids loved playing with the rear AC controls. Thought that was pretty high class lol. I ended up with it in high school some years later aka the 'Shaggin Wagon'. Drove it to Canada with 18 ft lowboy multiple times from Tx. Alot of memories in that vehicle!
great truck for vanlife easy to repair cheap.... i need another one
Loved my '92 1500 Suburban. So many great memories in that truck, aside from the rear diff blowing up.
The suburban is my favorite SUV
One of the last generations of the Suburban that would last 300,000 miles plus with only general maintenance, take one of these over a new one any day.
I like the vehicle listen to that 350. Vehicle last a long time compared to today's junk.
I love these old ones they were filmed near my house in Monrovia Md
I bet you’re proud that Motorweek was and still is based in MD; Owings Mills, Maryland, that is.
Just think, these Suburbans qualify for historic plates now!
Yes this is of intetest for I have a 95 & wonder why it took so long , I love it and hope to keep it forever !
Fully loaded is just shy of 28,000?!?!?! No wonder everyone had one when I was a kid. That same model would be every bit of 55+ now days.
Was that "Life Goes On" by Poison coming out the radio? I know me some CC guitar tone when I hear it.
That cassette player location on the dash is atrocious 😂
The late 90s Suburban has a redesigned console with the cassette player in the middle.
@blackandgold51 mine had it. I was interested to learned about those engines.
How many millennials are asking " what's a cassette player"?
@@RickyGExtra_TX I've got a 96 Burb with the cassette in the radio in the center. No cassettes but it's there! Lol... 270,000 miles and running great.
@@rickdaystar477 It's Gen Z that doesn't know. Anyone born before 1995 knows cassette...
Well, I like the swing out rear doors.
I have had two of the gmt400s. Still have my second one. These trucks were already old when I started driving, so it's so weird to see when these were new.
The 454 cu. in. V8 was only available in the Suburban 2500 and not the half ton 1500. My parents bought a brand new Chevy Suburban 2500 4x4 with the 454 in 1995 and the thing was lucky to get 10 mpg in the city when in four wheel drive. Even in two wheel drive it didn’t do much better. They paid $33,000 for a fully loaded Suburban 2500 SLS in 1995. They would have gotten the 1500 but my dad said the 350 V8 wasn’t powerful enough for such a big vehicle so they had to get the 2500 in order to get the 454. It was a beast for sure.
I have an 05 corolla but I would love to own one of these.
probably still running strong
Is there any vehicle today with more room? Even with third row seating theres plenty of room for like 10 luggage bags.
Ford excursion
Do they still make those excursions, I test drove a new one in 04 with a diesel was ready to buy and it broke down on the test ride, then I drove a used one with 25k to see how they would be after the newness wore off and it was at best a farm truck, bought a 2500 suburban and never looked back, 15 years 250k miles and basic maintenance and you'd be hard pressed to find a better running/smoother ride
Whaaaaattt
It was a 6.0l diesel that refused to run on a test ride but that's besides the point, the 6.0l in the chebby on the highway gets 21 22 without a trailer and hasn't needed anything but batteries and oil for 250k not even a thermastat, still does 3-5 thousand without needing a top off of oil, mobil 1 since 2k
@@023338 But then you'd have to drive a Ford. No thanks.
I had owned a 97 model with over 310k miles and an 04 year round body with about 240k miles at the same time. I ended up selling the 04 instead of the older one,because it I was more enjoyable to drive at the time. The 04 was quieter,better equiped and more refined in many ways. I've driven both generations of GM trucks as a driver and personal ownership and I like both. I'm a bit torn between those two generations. At this time as I type this,I would have sold the 97,being the 04 model would suit my needs better at the time being.
I picked up a 94 suburban Silverado edition TBI and love it
You have to disconnect the electric wire going to the power sterring pump, it was an optional electronic assisted sterring , that change the effort of going around corners at high speeds, like approaching an entrance ramp. I thought that my front end was loose, and changed $500 dollars worth of front end parts, like the inner and outer tierods, and sleeves. Then I changed the tires, thinking that I had a broken belt in one of the tires.
I've never heard anyone speak so highly of a pre 2005 chevy diesel
M thought exactly 😂
My '84 Suburban with the 6.2 diesel would regularly get over 20MPG. Those old diesels were meant for economy. Power-wise, they were more like a 305 or MAYBE the 350. In those pre-turbodiesel days, you got the 454 if you needed maximum power and torque.
I used to have a 1994 3/4 tonne with the 6.5 turbo diesel. It was the coolest vehicle I ever owned, sadly it was impossible to keep running in the winter (low compression or something) it gets -30 here
1992 Chevrolet Suburban road test. Happy Halloween from Motorweek!
All the way to 1998, those trucks where the best truck line! I have a 1998 k1500 that just hasn't let me down ever!!! just sayin
Damn they were blown by the lines and curves then imagine pulling up to them in a 2020 suburban they’d probably have a stroke
My first burban back in 2009 was a 1998 1500 5.7 gas 2wd green/tan interior. I got a good cash deal on it in Dallas. Aside from the crappy door handles it was a reliable truck. Sold it to some lady with 5 kids and then bought a 2000 LS1 5.3 with 136K miles drove that thing for 75K miles and then it got stolen in Oklahoma :(. Now on my 7th burban a 01 1500 with 325K miles original trans !!! Gets Mobil 1
Nothing beats old chevy and dodge trucks
In 1992 a Suburban started at $18,500 and topped out around $27,000. In real (2019) dollars that's about $34,000 to $49,000. Today, a Suburban runs from $51,700 to $68,500. I wish rich people had never gotten into trucks.
Good looking strong simple trucks last for years and you could work on them with a breeze
The mid 90s chevy z71s with the 5.7L were kick butt trucks. Those things could roll for a few hundred thousand miles... got upper teens to the gallon...cheap /easy to fix... too bad now we have the #$#$ing cybertruck and all the other 80K high country crap... no thanks.
Love the cloth seats
This truck was great pretty much indestructible
95 to 99 best years for the Suburban of this body style
What I always liked about huge ass GM cars/trucks, they tended to feel/drive/handle smaller than what they actually were. Owned a 1991 Cadillac Brougham, had A LOT of seat time in a RCLB 1996 Chevy work truck, yeah they were big/heavy vehicles, but you could hustle them a little bit around a corner, they gave you that confidence, they felt planted/stable/safe. Would let you know through some understeer/tire squeal, "hey bro, quit driving like an asshole"
I still have my 94. 249,000 miles and still runs solid. Although, paint needs work.
2:57 he's right. Who in the world thought that that would be a good spot for the stereo😂
The TBI models are indestructible. The Vortec 350 models are good if you sort the intake gaskets and spider injectors. You get a pretty hefty power boost compared to the TBI.
Both of my 99 Subs do a 10.0 to 10.5 second 0-60. Same truck as you see here except that the 99 has the Vortec 5.7 and electronic 4 speed trans
man my dad drove the crap out of our 92 suburban for like 15 years. thing was a tank. sold it to some guy who was moving and needed a truck for like $500.
Ah, November 1991. Since this aired December 7th, guessing MW taped a few weeks ahead.
I built seats for that model.
And they only got better after 96' with the vortec heads. Have a 99' half ton burb and a 94' k3500 crewcab dually.