You are literally my new favorite channel. I absolutely love car history stuff, AND you solved a mystery for me. I have a video somewhere on my phone from 2-3 years ago of a Chevy Venture with the WB logo on the back in front of me at a stop light and I remember saying something like "Who would love WB enough to put a metal bugs bunny on the back of their minivan?" and sure enough, I learned today the factory did it! Hahaha.
There was a lot of cross-promotion between WB and Chevy in the early 2000s, including Chevy drivers driving special Looney Tunes paint schemes in the 2001 and 2002 fall Richmond NASCAR races.
As a Michigan kid who grew up riding in one of those vans I'm not surprised. I'm also willing to bet your van's fuel gauge broke because they all bloody did
I remember selling parts for these vans..specifically there was a low and high amp alternator… I always used to asked if they had a Warner brothers package.. I figured the TV and what not required more amperage.
My granddad had a Venture for about a decade, the thing rotted so bad, the frame rails turned completely to rust and buckled. I still have nightmares about that turd.
The 2003 trailblazer north face edition was neat in my opinion. The two tone paint, marker lamps and trim specific seats looked neat. And it had north face gear included.
@@chonkyhonky1887it’s such a cursed mating, which really does it for me. AWD and Mustang in the same sentence from factory is unusual to say the least.
My first job I worked at a Hyundai dealer. The weirdest thing I ever saw was the Hyundai Kona Iron Man Edition. We had one that sat on the lot for about 2 years, it was used as a demo / sales manager vehicle because no one wanted it. After we sold it, I have not seen a single one since
One of my old neighbors had a Warner Bros. Venture for as long as I can remember, and as of 3 years ago when I moved, they still had it. I had always assumed the WB badges were something they put on themselves. Pretty neat!
@@RockandrollNegro I agree with the SSR, do you mean the GNX? The Gran National? Nah, thats a muscle beast, it isnt traditional but it's still beautiful, mean and fast as all hell. It was meant to be the "not your dad's Buick".
In the spirit of the bravada and diamond edition jimmy- the blazer also had a "trailblazer" package with unique gold trimmed wheels (different between 2wd and 4wd) a unique grille, pinstripes and trim. It had a 2 tone leather interior (charcoal and black? Or brown and tan) and totally loaded. I had one. Only seen one other in the wild. I've found no information on them but mine had a locking front diff and ZR2 suspension
Yes! My childhood best friend's mother bought a Trailblazer packaged S10 Blazer when it was only a few years old. Only one I've ever seen. She shuttled us around in it often. Last I heard, she still has it and drives it as a winter vehicle, over 300k miles now
I remember seeing one of those WB vans in a scrap yard. I stole the WB badges off it and still have them not knowing what to do with them. They just looked cool and small enough to fit in your pocket. 😂
4:00 my parents, and eventually myself, had a '93 S10 Blazer with the "Baja" wheels (i don't know if they had an exact name but are always in the s10Baja promo pix). Our family always loved that vehicle. 🙃
Growing up, my parents had a Maroon 2001 Chevy Venture with the Warner Brothers package. I learned to drive on it in 2010. They drove it from 2000-2010 and we have several fond memories watching movies with the headphones on and eventually rigging up our GameCube and playing on long road trips. We used to call it the "BunnyBus" as Bugs Bunny was on the fenders. I miss that van sometimes.
Brilliant video. I live in the UK now but lived in South Carolina as a kid in the late80s and my grandad had a new Jimmy 4x4 V6 - I seem to remember it was pretty high spec with alloys, two tone paint and half leather. He nearly brought it back to the UK too. Whacky special editons are great - Ford and Vauxhall here in the UK churned out limited editons by the dozen in the 80s and 90s. I have always been intrigued by the crazy specials that Ford/Lincoln did with Cartier, Mark Cross, etc. they’re amazing!
We had a Venture when I was a kid. Not the WB edition, but the LT instead, which was more luxury instead of a TV (luxurious for a 2000 GM plastic-wasteland minivan, anyway), but I was aware of the WB as an option. It was very reliable, we used it for 11 years and over 225k miles before another driver caused an accident that totaled it.
The Warner brothers edition came with a beach set lol, I remember that growing up, I wish it wasn’t scrapped with 100k miles, those motors are great too.
I've ridden in one of the diamond Jimmys, really unique interior. Unique enough that I remember riding in one that my first boss ever owned, one time 25 years ago.
First of all I want to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving since I'm watching this on Thanksgiving . Really enjoyed the video hope to see more of these in the future. I own a special edition Buick Regal Joseph Abboud
Excellent. You did your homework and research. I watched the video. I hate you did not talk about the Oldsmobile special edition. You covered a lot and did a good job of putting your footage together. I recall all those models. There were more from GM, but you covered a lot. Please keep doing your videos. I look forward to your next video.
I miss my Saturn, my 94 sc2 made it to 434k. I knew a lady I worked with and she had the warner brothers venture and the transmission died at 60k 😂... It's amazing how many blazers and Jimmy's are still on the road today 😮
Just clicked on the video. Dont know if it will be mentioned but i had a 2003 buick regal GS "joseph abboud edition", some designer id never heard of. It also had something to do with the Olympics as it had the Olympic rings next to his name. Absolutely loved that car.
I was a Chevy mechanic, We had the Michael Jordan S-10 blazer, With 3 basketballs on the outside doors, The "Indy" Beretta's Had the Indy logo sewn into the seat backs in pastel colors! I had a costumer show me his Harley Davidson edition Ford F-150
Another awesome vid! I wasn't even aware of a Diamond edition Jimmy! It was ugly outside, so I see why it didn't make it lol. Looks too... I went overboard at Pep Boys. I've chatted about the Warner Brothers Venture on a few of my vids now and remember seeing them in the wild here and there.
❤Your videos are so satisfying. I luv references and you come with receipts! I still remember those bicentennial Chevys and seeing at the car show. At the time i thought it looked cheap but now seeing those wittle eagles in cloth i am impressed, GM! The old ads are so fun, even twenty years ago looks ancient!
For the 1984 Summer Olympics hosted in LA, GM marketed a special edition Buick Century. I recall the cars were white with gold Olympic emblems and tan interiors. Not sure if they were available in other colors or other models
Since you used the Saturn footage at the top of the video I'm surprised you didn't mention the actual 1994 Homecoming Edition. It came with a pearl white paint from Cadillac, leather/cloth seats, ABS, power accessories, special 15-inch wheels and blacked-out badging. They also did another one in 1999 with a full leather interior and this sort of "mint" color. Another one of my favorite GM special editions was the 2013 Avalanche Black Diamond. It was sort of released as a "last hurrah" for the Avalanche, similar to what the Eldorado Collector's Series was. It came with a special badge and a coffee table book which showed the history of the Avalanche; as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the Silao production plant, and was personalized with a copy of the owner's window sticker and commemorative photos of their truck.
Let me explain something else to you. So there's this thing called an audience. When you speak to a large group of people who have different knowledge and experience, you have to explain or break down meanings for some people! Who would have thought!!! The world doesn't revolve around you bozo...
Great video as always I'm from Colorado they also had a addition in the state the Avalanche Blazer all It had was too plaques on both sides of the doors and one on the back with the Avalanche logo and pinstripe also the coach of the team at the time Mark Crawford starred in the commercial the team was still new to the state and they also won their first Stanley Cup being in Colorado because they were in Canada prior so I would see these Blazers from time to time😎😎
Thank you man! Bladed Angel and his brother Omni Rider inspired me to make this channel. This was about 6 years ago or so. Anyway, Bladed’s theme was blue, Omni’s was red and I chose green😂 And the hawk, just think it’s a cool animal I guess😂😂😂
Now that you’ve reminded me, I remember going mini van shopping with my mom, dad, & little brother around 2000. My bro & I were young, me 10 or so, him a couple yrs younger. I remember going through the brochure for the Chevy and seeing the WB edition. Nothing about the WB bit really registered with me at the time. Glossed over that, but I do remember lusting after that TV. She ended up leasing a Windstar, without a TV. My brother and I made it our mission to lobby for one with a TV every time the lease was up from that point on. 4 or 5 years and 2 Windstars later, they finally relented and got one with the TV, about the time I got my learner’s permit. I got to enjoy that TV for maybe 2 months before I was in the front seat, driving. A few months after that, my mom totaled it. After that she graduated from the mini van to a Volvo XC90. It had a Yamaha built 4.4L V8 making a little over 300hp. That was a lot of power back then. It sounded phenomenal, and to this day it’s one of the smoothest, fastest revving, best V8s I’ve ever experienced. I think Nobel used it, a modified version of it, in the M600. Which, at the time, was one of, if not the fastest car(s) in the world. It may not have been an inbuilt TV, but it brought me the same kind of joy over a car as if it were. I still lust over that motor, and have always wanted to put one in a project car. In a few years, when mid engine Vettes become a bit more plentiful, I’d love to find one with a blown up engine & transplant one of those 4.4L Yamaha/ Volvo V8s ((re)built) in its place. Or, now that I’m thinking about it, possibly a Lotus Evora/ Emira w/ the same, to take full advantage of the packaging/ transverse layout. Dunno if you could squeeze one into an Alpha Romeo 4C, but, holy shit, would that not pleasure all to completion every time it let you take it out? A MR2 might be more attainable, just as high maintenance, nearly as invigorating, but asks for nearly all your time at mere fractions of the price. Resell’d go the same. So, unlike the Italian, you’d be married to it. Ah, but to be made a fool for love any way you cut it?
@@GreenHawkDrive Well shoot. Seems like such a strange thing to change the company name to since it was named for the Warner brothers but people make strange decisions - like some of those interior choices with the Vega. Thank you for the response - I learned something even though I don't like it (not your fault obviously) but what I DO like is this video.
@@GreenHawkDrive Yes and no... Both "Warner Brothers" and "Warner Bros." are correct. The problem is the way @GreenHawkDrive is pronouncing (or mispronouncing) "Warner Bros." as "Warner Bros". Do you notice the period after the word ("Bros.") in the first quotation? That's called an abbreviation. "Bros." is the abbreviated version of the word "Brothers" and it's not pronounced as "bros". If you notice, they use a period every time the word is shortened for a reason. The sale in 1967 changed the name to "Warner Bros.-Seven Arts". Two years later the company was sold again and the "Seven Arts" portion of the name was dropped. Warner has used both the full "Warner Brothers" and "Warner Bros." name since it's inception. Even early advertising from the company features the use of both styles. The abbreviated word "bro.", meaning "brother" (aka: male sibling) has been around since at least 1660. The slang word "bro" started to be used in the 1970's as a broad term for a male friend.
@@GreenHawkDrive it's really irritating that you can't be grownup enough to see that someone is trying to help you. Your videos show that you put in a good amount of effort to make the best videos possible. Am I wrong? If so, keep ignoring my and others advice. If I'm right, be humble enough to learn and understand that people like me are trying to help you sound less uneducated.
Great video with GM that had a lot of these special edition vehicles. Three that I would have touch base on that I find to be rare is the following the first one I don't know how rare it is but I will include it. 1 GMC Safari GT there was also a Chevy Astro version of it but I can't remember what they called it. 2 most will remember the Chevy Monza Spider Edition but there was also a Scorpion Edition. 3 1978 I think until 1980 Buick Century station wagon Hawk Edition.
Might I suggest having a look at the Chevy Celebrity Eurosport VR? The Celebrity was the most popular car in 1987 and they made less than 500 VR's total! The looks were very futuristic. It could be said that the VR was the grandfather to the tuner cars that were yet to come.
I worked for Buff Whelan Chevrolet in the early 2000’s & remember the Warner Brothers Venture - Remember the Key Chain… the ZR2 2 door Blazer - with the spare tire you couldn’t see out the back window..!!!
I was selling cars in the 90s, and some poor guy was trying to trade in his 96 or 97 Aerostar XLT 5 speed . It had low miles and the manager made phone calls to get a "buy figure" from wholesalers (he had no intention of keeping that one to sale). Book value at the time was 10k, but no one would offer more than 4k due to the transmission.
@@autochatter You know that doesn’t surprise me at all! my friend’s dad worked for Ford at the assembly plant that built the Mercury villager. They always had the weird model of Ford products. A manual Mercury Tracer wagon for instance. Both the Mom and Dad only would drive manuals, they hated automatics. It was a good time for manual drivers!
@reslider As my current car is a 6MT, I'm a manual fan myself! But...I could see why a Aerostar with a 5 speed could be a tough sale even then. Your friends Dad was at...Avon Lake factory I think? They built the Quest van there too.
@@autochatter You're correct. We grew up in Westlake a few miles away. They ended up moving to Kentucky to a new Ford Plant at some point in the late 90's when that plant either closed or changed production. 6MT driver myself, they're becoming unicorns nowadays so I'm holding on to mine as long as I possibly can.
@@reslider Cool. Was trying to remember my Quest history as that and the Villager was a joint collaboration. I've actually produced two manual transmission guides for my channel now..the 2024 version I did about a month ago. The list keeps getting shorter!
In 1976, my dad purchased a "Spirit of America" Special Edition Chevy truck. It was painted white with red inserts on the sides with red white and blue 'woven' vinyl bench seat. Funny though, The accent color was red but the- pad was blue. Of course special badging for the Bicentennial!
I once saw a WB Venture where the owner had decided to attach all of the badging from a Cadillac DeVille to it 6:07 the Cougar also stuck around until 2002
I remember when the WB vans came out and thinking it was cool to see Bugs on the emblems. It was the first time since 1980 that a WB character was featured on a car emblem; after Plymouth discontinued the Road Runner.
My wealthy neighbors had a red warner bros venture back then. I had no idea they were that expensive. Rode in it a few times, glad I can say I watched a dvd in one lol can't remember what dvd though.
Growing up my parents had a chrysler town and country, and there were only 2 of us kids, so they would remove the middle row of seats, bungie a wooden chair to the front row, had a power inverter, and hooked up an atari commodore monitor and vcr, then as time went on it changed to a dvd player, and finally, an original xbox, all the while keeping the atari monitor instead of getting a regular tv. Was awesome, in fact i still have and use that monitor and og xbox
I had a 75 Monza 2+2 with a 262 V8 for a while, wish I'd kept it...never saw the Spirit of America version, but I did see a Monza Spyder once at a wrecking yard and grabbed a cool Spyder emblem. And I've heard rumors of a "Monza Mirage"...but never have I seen this rare edition...
It really was the perfect option for people with kids on long trips. VCR/TV systems in the late 90s with vans was somthing other brands did too.Even Nissan Quests had a Audiovox entertainment system as a option....But no Bugs Bunny logos came with that, and you didnt have to buy the high trim model to get it.
Over the last couple of years I’ve become a Jeep XJ and WJ Cherokee guy and was surprised to find they made some weird editions of those too. One was branded a Columbia Edition… literally partnered with a clothing company for some weird reason. You should do a video about all those weird Jeeps lol. Also surprised not to see the early 90’s SS Silverados in this video. While not super wacky, at the same time it was odd for the Super Sport badge, that was exclusive to muscle cars, to be put on a pickup truck. But boy did it work… those were cool.
Coworker is restorting a 1976 Chevy pick up Montreal Olypmic edition. Between GM and Chevy, only 600 were made, 300 for each brand. Each brand had different stylings and trims. Not much else is known about these trucks.
I own a 2006 Cadillac Escalade 2wd 6.0 with "Diamond Edition" graphics in the rear quarter windows. It has pinstripes, gold badges, the full stick-on woodgrain trim package covering every switch and vent bezel in the interior, and what I'm pretty sure is a dealer-installed backup cam tied in to the factory touch screen. I've been trying to find info about it before I start changing things, with no luck. My theory is the original owner went all out on the dealer installed options.
I worked at a GM Pontiac dealer in 2000, this diamond edition was a total rip off. I remember looking at its 35k(in 2000 money) price tag as a college kid and I thought, who the hell would pay for this.
wow that red and black interior screams 2002. reminds me of the "ford racing" floormats almost as old as me that i've kept in my trucks since i started driving in just 2015. I remember seeing the Warners Bros commercials on air in my grandmas living room. what times
I have a 2003 Chevy Avalanche North Face Edition and I didn't know it existed when I bought it. An obscure special edition made by GM from 2002 to 2003 that nobody cared about. Designed to complete with the popular Eddie Bower edition Fords of the time.
My gpa had the red Elderado when I was a kid. I loved that car, but one night he left it outside instead of parking in the garage like he always did. Some douche stole it and crashed it a mile away from his house. That crushed my gpa hard, he loved that car so much
My favorite obscure GM special edition would have to be the Sportsgirl Holden Barina. The Barina was a small batch - it was a rebadged Suzuki Swift (cultus) / Geo Metro / etc Sportsgirl is an Australian clothing retailer - as the name implies, catering towards girls. From memory, I think it even came with a Sportsgirl giftcard, on top of the Sportsgirl decals and bag.
The Warner Brothers Venture was the same as the Oldsmobile Silhouette Premiere. We had a Silhouette Premiere with the VCR n TV Screen. Later models got a DVD player.
My uncle had a Spirit Of America edition Chevy Nova. He took my dad and his brother to McDonald's after picking it up from the dealer. He got angry at them after they dropped burgers onto the seats.
We had the Chevy Venture WB Edition when I was a kid! I almost forgot about it until now. My mom crashed it into a creek and tree, then we got the much nicer Chrysler Town and Country Limited!
@@thatmeatteacher8662 she hit “black ice” which essentially means she was on her phone, steered too late and slid off the road. Her car went into a tree and it was actually hanging on the tree over the creek!
i think a lot of Warner Bros Ventures sold. i bought a new venture in 2002, and i recall they were all around the sales floor. years later, i see lots wb editions in the scrap yard
Hey pal, One of the quirkiest modern cars I've ever seen was a 2012 Transformers Edition Camaro. The owner told my 2012s were the last year they made a special edition Bumblebee. It was a $3,000 option apparently and it's an RPO code embedded into the vin so someone can't just fake it. He said the metal autobot emblems on the fenders are factory and even have a GM part number. That is so ridiculously geeky and I searched that emblem and it's a couple hundred bucks each from Chevy parts. Absolutely crazy my man
@@GreenHawkDrive cool. Yeah make sure to look up 2012 because they are apparently the last and rarest versions man. When I saw his in person it had road presence.
You are literally my new favorite channel. I absolutely love car history stuff, AND you solved a mystery for me. I have a video somewhere on my phone from 2-3 years ago of a Chevy Venture with the WB logo on the back in front of me at a stop light and I remember saying something like "Who would love WB enough to put a metal bugs bunny on the back of their minivan?" and sure enough, I learned today the factory did it! Hahaha.
There was a lot of cross-promotion between WB and Chevy in the early 2000s, including Chevy drivers driving special Looney Tunes paint schemes in the 2001 and 2002 fall Richmond NASCAR races.
Lol i asked the same question as a child 😂
My aunt and uncle had the WB Venture a few years after it released. They lived in Michigan and that thing was made mostly of rust.
As a Michigan kid who grew up riding in one of those vans I'm not surprised. I'm also willing to bet your van's fuel gauge broke because they all bloody did
I remember selling parts for these vans..specifically there was a low and high amp alternator…
I always used to asked if they had a Warner brothers package.. I figured the TV and what not required more amperage.
All gm is made to rust but the motors out lasted the body's lol
that 3800 V6 outlasts any car its in, that's for sure@@jionnigreco1969
My granddad had a Venture for about a decade, the thing rotted so bad, the frame rails turned completely to rust and buckled.
I still have nightmares about that turd.
The 2003 trailblazer north face edition was neat in my opinion. The two tone paint, marker lamps and trim specific seats looked neat. And it had north face gear included.
Those are sick but I like the Eddie Bauer edition explorers and the fact they were awd with a mustang motor
@@chonkyhonky1887it’s such a cursed mating, which really does it for me. AWD and Mustang in the same sentence from factory is unusual to say the least.
Don't forget about the avalanche that got a rather... Unique coloring scheme, courtesy of North Face
My first job I worked at a Hyundai dealer. The weirdest thing I ever saw was the Hyundai Kona Iron Man Edition. We had one that sat on the lot for about 2 years, it was used as a demo / sales manager vehicle because no one wanted it. After we sold it, I have not seen a single one since
Because up until recently Hyundais were throw away cars
I remember seeing one of those at a Hyundai dealer when I had my Accent. Honestly what were they thinking?
One of my old neighbors had a Warner Bros. Venture for as long as I can remember, and as of 3 years ago when I moved, they still had it. I had always assumed the WB badges were something they put on themselves. Pretty neat!
Little known fact....Those seats in the spirit of 76 vegas uses the exact same pattern that Betsy Ross used for her kitchen curtains.
Chevy HHR Panel Van SS, to me, is the ultimate culmination of the "fuck it just do it" General Motors Era
Chevy SSR and Regal GSX are those 'wtf' models to me.
@@RockandrollNegro I agree with the SSR, do you mean the GNX? The Gran National? Nah, thats a muscle beast, it isnt traditional but it's still beautiful, mean and fast as all hell. It was meant to be the "not your dad's Buick".
In the spirit of the bravada and diamond edition jimmy- the blazer also had a "trailblazer" package with unique gold trimmed wheels (different between 2wd and 4wd) a unique grille, pinstripes and trim. It had a 2 tone leather interior (charcoal and black? Or brown and tan) and totally loaded. I had one. Only seen one other in the wild. I've found no information on them but mine had a locking front diff and ZR2 suspension
Yes! My childhood best friend's mother bought a Trailblazer packaged S10 Blazer when it was only a few years old. Only one I've ever seen. She shuttled us around in it often. Last I heard, she still has it and drives it as a winter vehicle, over 300k miles now
I remember seeing one of those WB vans in a scrap yard. I stole the WB badges off it and still have them not knowing what to do with them. They just looked cool and small enough to fit in your pocket. 😂
4:00 my parents, and eventually myself, had a '93 S10 Blazer with the "Baja" wheels (i don't know if they had an exact name but are always in the s10Baja promo pix).
Our family always loved that vehicle. 🙃
Hearing Warner Bros instead of Warner Brothers repeated so many times in the course of 3 minutes melted my brain.
Sorry to hear that
Growing up, my parents had a Maroon 2001 Chevy Venture with the Warner Brothers package. I learned to drive on it in 2010. They drove it from 2000-2010 and we have several fond memories watching movies with the headphones on and eventually rigging up our GameCube and playing on long road trips. We used to call it the "BunnyBus" as Bugs Bunny was on the fenders. I miss that van sometimes.
My daughter LOVED those vans! She got excited every time she saw the WB symbol on the van with Bugs next to it!
Brilliant video. I live in the UK now but lived in South Carolina as a kid in the late80s and my grandad had a new Jimmy 4x4 V6 - I seem to remember it was pretty high spec with alloys, two tone paint and half leather. He nearly brought it back to the UK too.
Whacky special editons are great - Ford and Vauxhall here in the UK churned out limited editons by the dozen in the 80s and 90s. I have always been intrigued by the crazy specials that Ford/Lincoln did with Cartier, Mark Cross, etc. they’re amazing!
What part of SC? That’s interesting lol
We had a Venture when I was a kid. Not the WB edition, but the LT instead, which was more luxury instead of a TV (luxurious for a 2000 GM plastic-wasteland minivan, anyway), but I was aware of the WB as an option. It was very reliable, we used it for 11 years and over 225k miles before another driver caused an accident that totaled it.
The Warner brothers edition came with a beach set lol, I remember that growing up, I wish it wasn’t scrapped with 100k miles, those motors are great too.
I loved Gm’s antennas on the rear side windows or rear window. Onstar antennas were dope too.
i disliked the onstar antennas i think it kinda ruined the look of the cars but luckily i didn't live in the US
There's something about the 12th gen Eldorado that reminds me of the last gen Lotus Esprit
This is a phenomenal video about these special models. Keep these unique uploads...and thanks for your efforts
Glad you like them! Thank you!
I've ridden in one of the diamond Jimmys, really unique interior. Unique enough that I remember riding in one that my first boss ever owned, one time 25 years ago.
First of all I want to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving since I'm watching this on Thanksgiving . Really enjoyed the video hope to see more of these in the future. I own a special edition Buick Regal Joseph Abboud
Excellent. You did your homework and research. I watched the video. I hate you did not talk about the Oldsmobile special edition. You covered a lot and did a good job of putting your footage together. I recall all those models. There were more from GM, but you covered a lot. Please keep doing your videos. I look forward to your next video.
I appreciate that man, thank you! Yeah I definitely plan on doing a part 2 and having at least one oldsmobile on there
@@GreenHawkDrive I will look forward to this.
I miss my Saturn, my 94 sc2 made it to 434k. I knew a lady I worked with and she had the warner brothers venture and the transmission died at 60k 😂... It's amazing how many blazers and Jimmy's are still on the road today 😮
We had the warner brothers venture growing up. I think it lasted 4 years before my mom totaled it. We thought it was so cool
Just clicked on the video. Dont know if it will be mentioned but i had a 2003 buick regal GS "joseph abboud edition", some designer id never heard of. It also had something to do with the Olympics as it had the Olympic rings next to his name. Absolutely loved that car.
That 3800 V6 with a supercharger!
I was a Chevy mechanic,
We had the Michael Jordan S-10 blazer,
With 3 basketballs on the outside doors,
The "Indy" Beretta's
Had the Indy logo sewn into the seat backs in pastel colors!
I had a costumer show me his Harley Davidson edition Ford F-150
Love your videos mate! Fairdos! 👌🏻
I never knew about ANY of these, hahahahaha. Thanks for the history lesson! Can't wait for the next video. Cheers!
Thank you as always, Stinger!
Loving these videos! I owned a Monza and then much later an S10 SS !
I had a 1980 Chevy Monza. Not only my first car, but one of my favorite cars. I also like the Corvair.
Another awesome vid! I wasn't even aware of a Diamond edition Jimmy! It was ugly outside, so I see why it didn't make it lol. Looks too... I went overboard at Pep Boys. I've chatted about the Warner Brothers Venture on a few of my vids now and remember seeing them in the wild here and there.
Thank you so much man! What video did you mention it in?
@@GreenHawkDrive Most recently my GM minivan/Star Trek themed one ua-cam.com/video/qp8cjJ75gMI/v-deo.htmle right around the 10:25 mark
I have seen a few diamond edition jimmys….kinda forgot about them, thanks!
Those Cadillac collector series cars looked so good!
❤Your videos are so satisfying. I luv references and you come with receipts!
I still remember those bicentennial Chevys and seeing at the car show.
At the time i thought it looked cheap but now seeing those wittle eagles in cloth i am impressed, GM!
The old ads are so fun, even twenty years ago looks ancient!
I appreciate the support, really, thank you😄
For the 1984 Summer Olympics hosted in LA, GM marketed a special edition Buick Century. I recall the cars were white with gold Olympic emblems and tan interiors. Not sure if they were available in other colors or other models
There was one other color I think it was blue I saw one get traded in the early 90s
this channel is fucking fire this will definitely be famous one day
I love having a cup of coffee and reminiscing my 90s childhood haha
Great video. Do a part 2 there’s so many other awesome limited models from GM 💪🏻
Definitely will man! Thank you for the support😎
Aww us watching your videos makes you happy and you making videos makes us happy!! Sounds like a partnership, I'm subscribed lol
Thank you so much!
@@GreenHawkDrive when you get 1 million subs don't forget about us tho 😂😂😂
Since you used the Saturn footage at the top of the video I'm surprised you didn't mention the actual 1994 Homecoming Edition. It came with a pearl white paint from Cadillac, leather/cloth seats, ABS, power accessories, special 15-inch wheels and blacked-out badging. They also did another one in 1999 with a full leather interior and this sort of "mint" color.
Another one of my favorite GM special editions was the 2013 Avalanche Black Diamond. It was sort of released as a "last hurrah" for the Avalanche, similar to what the Eldorado Collector's Series was. It came with a special badge and a coffee table book which showed the history of the Avalanche; as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the Silao production plant, and was personalized with a copy of the owner's window sticker and commemorative photos of their truck.
I didn't know the diamond edition went that far back. I see some malibus with the diamond badging. 5:03
Thanks for explaining what "exclusive" means. I never would have figured it out otherwise.
Let me explain something else to you. So there's this thing called an audience. When you speak to a large group of people who have different knowledge and experience, you have to explain or break down meanings for some people! Who would have thought!!! The world doesn't revolve around you bozo...
wow thats my truck at the end... 94 F150XL lol. Same color guts and bench too!
I remember that Bugs commercial. “I knew I should’ve taken a left at Albuquerque.”
Jimmy's and Blazes were so underrated.
Great video as always I'm from Colorado they also had a addition in the state the Avalanche Blazer all It had was too plaques on both sides of the doors and one on the back with the Avalanche logo and pinstripe also the coach of the team at the time Mark Crawford starred in the commercial the team was still new to the state and they also won their first Stanley Cup being in Colorado because they were in Canada prior so I would see these Blazers from time to time😎😎
That’s so bizarre, thank you for that!
Awesome video what is the song I would love to own the GMC Diamond addition that will be so cool
Great video brother I loved every minute please 🤘🔥😎
Awesome thank you!
Great Vid + content...question Why "Green Hawk"??
Keep em coming 👌
Thank you man! Bladed Angel and his brother Omni Rider inspired me to make this channel. This was about 6 years ago or so. Anyway, Bladed’s theme was blue, Omni’s was red and I chose green😂 And the hawk, just think it’s a cool animal I guess😂😂😂
Great video. As always. 👏
Thank you bro😎
Great video. Well done, my favorite was the diamond edition on the GMC Jimmie. Those seats looked fucking wicked
Thank you, and I would agree!😂
1976 was a GREAT year.
back when one could "piece meal" together ANY combination of options.
Now that you’ve reminded me, I remember going mini van shopping with my mom, dad, & little brother around 2000. My bro & I were young, me 10 or so, him a couple yrs younger. I remember going through the brochure for the Chevy and seeing the WB edition. Nothing about the WB bit really registered with me at the time. Glossed over that, but I do remember lusting after that TV. She ended up leasing a Windstar, without a TV. My brother and I made it our mission to lobby for one with a TV every time the lease was up from that point on. 4 or 5 years and 2 Windstars later, they finally relented and got one with the TV, about the time I got my learner’s permit. I got to enjoy that TV for maybe 2 months before I was in the front seat, driving. A few months after that, my mom totaled it. After that she graduated from the mini van to a Volvo XC90. It had a Yamaha built 4.4L V8 making a little over 300hp. That was a lot of power back then. It sounded phenomenal, and to this day it’s one of the smoothest, fastest revving, best V8s I’ve ever experienced. I think Nobel used it, a modified version of it, in the M600. Which, at the time, was one of, if not the fastest car(s) in the world. It may not have been an inbuilt TV, but it brought me the same kind of joy over a car as if it were.
I still lust over that motor, and have always wanted to put one in a project car. In a few years, when mid engine Vettes become a bit more plentiful, I’d love to find one with a blown up engine & transplant one of those 4.4L Yamaha/ Volvo V8s ((re)built) in its place. Or, now that I’m thinking about it, possibly a Lotus Evora/ Emira w/ the same, to take full advantage of the packaging/ transverse layout. Dunno if you could squeeze one into an Alpha Romeo 4C, but, holy shit, would that not pleasure all to completion every time it let you take it out? A MR2 might be more attainable, just as high maintenance, nearly as invigorating, but asks for nearly all your time at mere fractions of the price. Resell’d go the same. So, unlike the Italian, you’d be married to it. Ah, but to be made a fool for love any way you cut it?
Great video. Subscribed.
Warner BROTHERS - WARNER BROTHERS. Every time you said Warner Bros I died a little.
Both are correct, they actually renamed it to Warner Bros in 1967
@@GreenHawkDrive Well shoot. Seems like such a strange thing to change the company name to since it was named for the Warner brothers but people make strange decisions - like some of those interior choices with the Vega.
Thank you for the response - I learned something even though I don't like it (not your fault obviously) but what I DO like is this video.
@@GreenHawkDrive Yes and no... Both "Warner Brothers" and "Warner Bros." are correct. The problem is the way @GreenHawkDrive is pronouncing (or mispronouncing) "Warner Bros." as "Warner Bros". Do you notice the period after the word ("Bros.") in the first quotation? That's called an abbreviation. "Bros." is the abbreviated version of the word "Brothers" and it's not pronounced as "bros". If you notice, they use a period every time the word is shortened for a reason.
The sale in 1967 changed the name to "Warner Bros.-Seven Arts". Two years later the company was sold again and the "Seven Arts" portion of the name was dropped. Warner has used both the full "Warner Brothers" and "Warner Bros." name since it's inception. Even early advertising from the company features the use of both styles. The abbreviated word "bro.", meaning "brother" (aka: male sibling) has been around since at least 1660. The slang word "bro" started to be used in the 1970's as a broad term for a male friend.
@@drewchristy You seem like a very fun person to be around
@@GreenHawkDrive it's really irritating that you can't be grownup enough to see that someone is trying to help you. Your videos show that you put in a good amount of effort to make the best videos possible. Am I wrong? If so, keep ignoring my and others advice. If I'm right, be humble enough to learn and understand that people like me are trying to help you sound less uneducated.
Weird special edition cars are so cool
Great video with GM that had a lot of these special edition vehicles.
Three that I would have touch base on that I find to be rare is the following the first one I don't know how rare it is but I will include it.
1 GMC Safari GT there was also a Chevy Astro version of it but I can't remember what they called it.
2 most will remember the Chevy Monza Spider Edition but there was also a Scorpion Edition.
3 1978 I think until 1980 Buick Century station wagon Hawk Edition.
Keep going you do great videos 💯💯💯
Might I suggest having a look at the Chevy Celebrity Eurosport VR? The Celebrity was the most popular car in 1987 and they made less than 500 VR's total! The looks were very futuristic. It could be said that the VR was the grandfather to the tuner cars that were yet to come.
They were made in 1988 as well but without the cool colorful interiors.
Around 1500 for both years.
I own a few of them too.
I worked for Buff Whelan Chevrolet in the early 2000’s & remember the Warner Brothers Venture - Remember the Key Chain… the ZR2 2 door Blazer - with the spare tire you couldn’t see out the back window..!!!
Great video 👍🏼
Thank you!
Is that a stick shift Ford Aerostar?!?! My friend's parents had one while I was growing up. Cool van.
I was selling cars in the 90s, and some poor guy was trying to trade in his 96 or 97 Aerostar XLT 5 speed . It had low miles and the manager made phone calls to get a "buy figure" from wholesalers (he had no intention of keeping that one to sale). Book value at the time was 10k, but no one would offer more than 4k due to the transmission.
@@autochatter You know that doesn’t surprise me at all! my friend’s dad worked for Ford at the assembly plant that built the Mercury villager. They always had the weird model of Ford products. A manual Mercury Tracer wagon for instance. Both the Mom and Dad only would drive manuals, they hated automatics. It was a good time for manual drivers!
@reslider As my current car is a 6MT, I'm a manual fan myself! But...I could see why a Aerostar with a 5 speed could be a tough sale even then. Your friends Dad was at...Avon Lake factory I think? They built the Quest van there too.
@@autochatter You're correct. We grew up in Westlake a few miles away. They ended up moving to Kentucky to a new Ford Plant at some point in the late 90's when that plant either closed or changed production. 6MT driver myself, they're becoming unicorns nowadays so I'm holding on to mine as long as I possibly can.
@@reslider Cool. Was trying to remember my Quest history as that and the Villager was a joint collaboration. I've actually produced two manual transmission guides for my channel now..the 2024 version I did about a month ago. The list keeps getting shorter!
I remember with the Silhouette Premiere my parents got a blockbuster membership as well.
In 1976, my dad purchased a "Spirit of America" Special Edition Chevy truck. It was painted white with red inserts on the sides with red white and blue 'woven' vinyl bench seat.
Funny though, The accent color was red but the- pad was blue.
Of course special badging for the Bicentennial!
Great video, I love the music.
Thank you!
I once saw a WB Venture where the owner had decided to attach all of the badging from a Cadillac DeVille to it
6:07 the Cougar also stuck around until 2002
I remember when the WB vans came out and thinking it was cool to see Bugs on the emblems. It was the first time since 1980 that a WB character was featured on a car emblem; after Plymouth discontinued the Road Runner.
My wealthy neighbors had a red warner bros venture back then. I had no idea they were that expensive. Rode in it a few times, glad I can say I watched a dvd in one lol can't remember what dvd though.
Growing up my parents had a chrysler town and country, and there were only 2 of us kids, so they would remove the middle row of seats, bungie a wooden chair to the front row, had a power inverter, and hooked up an atari commodore monitor and vcr, then as time went on it changed to a dvd player, and finally, an original xbox, all the while keeping the atari monitor instead of getting a regular tv. Was awesome, in fact i still have and use that monitor and og xbox
The commerative edition Vegas should have included a die cast scale model tow truck😊
Thanks green hawk drive!!!👍😁
I'm waiting for Chevy edition of this playlist, just the spirit of '76 edition.
I had a 75 Monza 2+2 with a 262 V8 for a while, wish I'd kept it...never saw the Spirit of America version, but I did see a Monza Spyder once at a wrecking yard and grabbed a cool Spyder emblem. And I've heard rumors of a "Monza Mirage"...but never have I seen this rare edition...
Great video
Nice video
My 7th grade language arts teacher had a Chevy Venture WB Edition. We thought she was rich because it had the DVD system in the back.
It really was the perfect option for people with kids on long trips. VCR/TV systems in the late 90s with vans was somthing other brands did too.Even Nissan Quests had a Audiovox entertainment system as a option....But no Bugs Bunny logos came with that, and you didnt have to buy the high trim model to get it.
Bruh. 😂
Over the last couple of years I’ve become a Jeep XJ and WJ Cherokee guy and was surprised to find they made some weird editions of those too. One was branded a Columbia Edition… literally partnered with a clothing company for some weird reason. You should do a video about all those weird Jeeps lol.
Also surprised not to see the early 90’s SS Silverados in this video. While not super wacky, at the same time it was odd for the Super Sport badge, that was exclusive to muscle cars, to be put on a pickup truck. But boy did it work… those were cool.
Don’t forget about the orvis edition jeep and the grand Cherokee tsi. I was a Jeep technician in those years for about 15 years
@@jamesmccafferty7045 Would love to pick your brain, I've got a 25-30 minute feature video I'm planning for my channel on the WJ and how good it was.
I’ve seen quite a few of those WB ventures growing up. I’m in the Midwest which may make a difference.
Coworker is restorting a 1976 Chevy pick up Montreal Olypmic edition. Between GM and Chevy, only 600 were made, 300 for each brand. Each brand had different stylings and trims. Not much else is known about these trucks.
ASC stands for American Sunroof Company, not American specialty cars.
You would think I wouldn’t mess that up…
I own a 2006 Cadillac Escalade 2wd 6.0 with "Diamond Edition" graphics in the rear quarter windows. It has pinstripes, gold badges, the full stick-on woodgrain trim package covering every switch and vent bezel in the interior, and what I'm pretty sure is a dealer-installed backup cam tied in to the factory touch screen. I've been trying to find info about it before I start changing things, with no luck. My theory is the original owner went all out on the dealer installed options.
There are regional available models as well. California had a sporty Chevrolet Caprice Classic, El Camino, and Malibu package available
I sure would like one of those 1953 eldo's and maybe that white eldo (but only if it came with its own prepaid cleaning staff)
Well done
I worked at a GM Pontiac dealer in 2000, this diamond edition was a total rip off. I remember looking at its 35k(in 2000 money) price tag as a college kid and I thought, who the hell would pay for this.
I guess there's plenty of people that would pay that...but not for a GMC Jimmy...
wow that red and black interior screams 2002. reminds me of the "ford racing" floormats almost as old as me that i've kept in my trucks since i started driving in just 2015.
I remember seeing the Warners Bros commercials on air in my grandmas living room. what times
I have a 2003 Chevy Avalanche North Face Edition and I didn't know it existed when I bought it. An obscure special edition made by GM from 2002 to 2003 that nobody cared about. Designed to complete with the popular Eddie Bower edition Fords of the time.
Someone said the trailblazer offered the same thing! I had no idea either
Should do a video with all the gm performance vehicles. Gto. Caprice ss. Impala ss. Lumina z34. Suoercharged buicks. Gnx.
I remember looking at the brochure of my wife’s Chevy venture minivan and saw the Warner brothers advertisement.
My gpa had the red Elderado when I was a kid. I loved that car, but one night he left it outside instead of parking in the garage like he always did. Some douche stole it and crashed it a mile away from his house. That crushed my gpa hard, he loved that car so much
My dad had a jimmy diamond edition 😢I grew up in the back of it I miss it
Good video
My favorite obscure GM special edition would have to be the Sportsgirl Holden Barina.
The Barina was a small batch - it was a rebadged Suzuki Swift (cultus) / Geo Metro / etc
Sportsgirl is an Australian clothing retailer - as the name implies, catering towards girls.
From memory, I think it even came with a Sportsgirl giftcard, on top of the Sportsgirl decals and bag.
The Warner Brothers Venture was the same as the Oldsmobile Silhouette Premiere. We had a Silhouette Premiere with the VCR n TV Screen. Later models got a DVD player.
My uncle had a Spirit Of America edition Chevy Nova. He took my dad and his brother to McDonald's after
picking it up from the dealer. He got angry at them after they dropped burgers onto the seats.
We had the Chevy Venture WB Edition when I was a kid! I almost forgot about it until now. My mom crashed it into a creek and tree, then we got the much nicer Chrysler Town and Country Limited!
I mean I gotta ask, how did she get it in a creek and a tree
@@thatmeatteacher8662 she hit “black ice” which essentially means she was on her phone, steered too late and slid off the road. Her car went into a tree and it was actually hanging on the tree over the creek!
Wow-- they went to the future to bring back Harry Potter and Joker DVDs for the Venture!
i think a lot of Warner Bros Ventures sold. i bought a new venture in 2002, and i recall they were all around the sales floor. years later, i see lots wb editions in the scrap yard
Cool video and all but you need a pop filter for your microphone.
Hey pal, One of the quirkiest modern cars I've ever seen was a 2012 Transformers Edition Camaro. The owner told my 2012s were the last year they made a special edition Bumblebee. It was a $3,000 option apparently and it's an RPO code embedded into the vin so someone can't just fake it. He said the metal autobot emblems on the fenders are factory and even have a GM part number. That is so ridiculously geeky and I searched that emblem and it's a couple hundred bucks each from Chevy parts. Absolutely crazy my man
Thanks for sharing that man, definitely will be an entry in the future!
@@GreenHawkDrive cool. Yeah make sure to look up 2012 because they are apparently the last and rarest versions man. When I saw his in person it had road presence.
I wanted that Chevy Venture as a kid.
Very interesting