This car was so ahead of its time. i remember my best friends mom having a black on black fully loaded model with digital dash. Sexy car that i would still drive today in 2016
I had a friend who's mother had one too when I was like 12. The car had quite a few problems. The 1990 Lexus LS400 was ahead of it's time. This is a joke compare to it.
Damn.. this 26 year old car had a touch screen display and NAV? Impressive. I liked the part where the reviewer spent all of 20 seconds on it and said he hated it. lol.
It wasn't really navigation. It was more like a digital compass. GPS navigation wasn't really adopted in cars in the US still around something like 1998. I believe the first car that had it was 1993 but it was extremely rare and I think it was CD ROM based.
@@CeeStyleDj I went over this was another person three days ago. There was also a gyroscopic nav system in a 1981 Honda... Also a cd rom based nav in 1987...
Navigation?! I knew GM was tinkering with a touchscreen CRT back in those days, I remember seeing it in a Buick but i had NO IDEA they had Nav as an option!!! This is why GM will always have a place in my heart, for doing things differently (when allowed by the bean counters).
It wasn't a GPS nav. It just was a compass and distance/speed calculator. But, still quite leading edge for its time. I'd love to pick one of these up in mint condition.
Years back I worked in a body shop that specialised in American cars,We had a prototype trofeo arrive in a container for a colour change before it went to the Paris motor show,it was pearl white and our task was to strip it and re-paint it Peugeot metallic black,I remember it was very advanced electronically for it's time. It arrived obviously not a complete car and with solid tubing in place of the front springs,but with a guy called Simon from Peugeot UK who literally lived with it,even sleeping at our unit. He mentioned that the reason for the colour change and his chaperone duties was that the big knobs decided that they didn't want to sell pearl white in Europe but the black car, the only other working car which was destined for Paris had been lost, they were determined to have a car there and that this was the only other 'working' one. The car we had wasn't even finished,there were a couple of guys who turned up over a few days tinkering,fitting and adjusting various things in order to make it a sort of fully working car, while there they even had to make from scratch some sort of rudimentary body control module from parts available from places like Maplins etc. just to make the dashboard,light,wipers etc.function,along with bringing trim parts for us to fit during the rebuild,these two guys were from the team that were developing it and had been flown here to the UK specifically for this task. (I've never seen a trofeo in Europe anyway),it was obvious that someone was pulling some serious strings to make it all happen in time and was taking no chances with what was now apparently the only working car.But, how the f**k do you lose a car,especially a prototype, and one of only two? I expect there was some serious ass kicking dished out as a result.
Oldsmobile had quite a few forward thinking ideas despite its "name", to bad GM cut its wings short in the 90s and killed it off in '04. Pontiac is one I can never forgive GM for killing off.
+TheZProtocol Cadillac is and will always be my number one from GM but Pontiac is my second favorite and especially for the Muscle car era. Such names like the GTO, LeMans, Grand Prix and Bonneville are all done with now sadly. Pontiac was GM's Driving excitement division for many years and it just very sad as the excitement has went away from all the divisions, except for maybe a few models.
Clarence Freeman Don't worry because Ford needs to retain a luxury division. Just like GM needs to retain Cadillac. But there latest cars stink as they are having such a tough time trying to match the productions numbers from the 90s and even the early 2000's of when both Lincoln's and Cadillac's were really selling good. I remember those days and being around lots of them. Now its not the same anymore with either brand.....its a shame.
I looked into it, it was closed under the order of the US government during the bailout process since it was deemed to not be profitable enough to keep around, supposedly at least. As for me, I personally wish they did more back when they had a partnership with Fiat, around 2005, Fiat was using some GM engines, transmissions, and even platforms as a result of this. I mean, GM could have gotten an Alfa Romeo engine exclusive to them before Chrysler lost it and created FCA. It was a missed opportunity if you ask me
I'd like to see a review for a Buick Riviera T-type. My grandfather had one and it was a very cool car for my then 16 year old self to drive on the weekends. All digital touchscreen audio and climate controls and a badass lime green CRT screen in the middle of the dash!
+Stephen Bianchi I have respect for MW, they tell it how it is, probably one of the few automotive magazines I still follow. and something better, they listen to the community. These retro reviews are awesome.
This car, in dark blue, I felt was one of the best looking cars they ever made! If I won the lotto I'd get one, swap in an Aurora DOHC 32V and have a set of those wheels made in 18" and upgrade the brakes!
had the exact same one back in 91...absolutely loved it, too bad all they make now is family boxes for all those mom's who need to get the brats to soccer practice....miss this and the Riviera
My best friend in highschool drove a Toronado Trofeo that looked exactly like this one. That car was a beast. He put it through hell and it never broke down. Super comfortable on long road trips. He even drove through two foot snow drifts during a blizzard to come pick me up one time. Couldn't stop the Toronado.
I absolutely LOVE these old 80's 90's American cars. What a gorgeous car, even if in the long run is crap. Beautiful. Also, I would love to go to the past and tell MW "yeah... about that. He's our president now..."
My father had a 91' Trofeo back in the day. I still think it is a great car and ahead of its time with the color VIC touchscreen. At the same time, MW was right on the performance issues. It definitely could've used a supercharger.
+MrHaun For the 91 and 92 models, you can add a supercharger from its Buick counterpart fairly easily, that's what I have planned for my 91 Toronado Trofeo in the future.
Was a tech at an Olds dealer when the Trofeo came out. It thrilled all of us. Typical cost new was in low $30's with demographics for buyers whose income was in the $70's. It was a beautiful car and I really wanted one but could not afford it. Finally got a deal on a 1990 model in 1994. It was white with grey interior. It was a trade-in, and sales stole it from the owner due to some mechanical issues. (One of the perks of being a dealer employee was availability to get these deals). Those mechanical issues I was able to get the service manager to work with the factory rep to approve all repairs under warranty (perk of being a tech with good relationship with the rep) I paid $7k for it and basically had it mechanically reconditioned for free, while getting paid to fix it. I bought it with 50,000 miles. When I let it move on to the next owner, the car had logged almost 300k miles on the original engine and transmission. It was a head turner and a lot of fun. Could get 30mpg on the highway if you drove it easy.
Yeah I have it in a portfolio somewhere I think. Just a pen and ink sketch but it was pretty cool. I'll upload it if I can find it. I must have been a senior as I graduated in '90.Redline
+travisp11 It was a 1987 Oldsmobile Toronado, that was the generation before the 90-92 models, but some still consider them in the same generation because of the short lived redesign.
GM should bring back Oldsmobile and the luxury coupe, Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo. My mom had one in 1992. The information center was made by SONY and called the Visual Information Center (VIC) for short. It was a great car!
I did not see many of these on the road. Personally love the looks. The tech/touch screen was way ahead of the game. I still prefer non touch screen controls.
Incredibly handsome car that's aged really well. Massive vaporwave vibes, while still retaining characteristics of old-school personal luxury yachts. And with the 3.8 L V6, it's powered by a great engine. Automotive design in hindsight is a fascinating phenomenon, this Trofeo still looks crisp and futuristic today, while the similarly ambitious 1995 Aurora feels incredibly dated and late-90s design dark age with its Taurus-esque jellybean design.
If you sat in a comparably priced Acura Legend you would swear the Legend cost three times more. This Trofeo is so cheaply built it's shocking, although the nav, touchscreen and phone were state-of-the-art for the time.
Technology back then was very expensive. $1800 for an touch screen and nav was expensive back in the 80s. The weren't too much competition back then than it is now. That is why back in the day the tech was so expensive.
With this 1990 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo first touch screen CRT design and optional car phone. If Oldsmobiles Innovation with a put a small microphone and a speaker inside to match that feature , it would have been the actual first hands-free system ever. Can you say the first Bluetooth in cars anyone! The car is awesome especially when it's a Oldsmobile, and an excellent technology 90s era.
I know a lady that drove a 1990 Buick RWD Wagon, she ended up buying a gold Olds Trofeo and loved the car, no complaints. I find Motor Week sometimes like Consumer Reports biased, foreign car oriented. I will always buy an American car regardless !
Wasn't born back when this was new I love older gm and all other brands but I can imagine someone seeing a touchscreen a phone and a key fob in a vehicle back then was mind blowing lol especially in the 80s with Buicks
I would love to put a supercharged 3.8 ltr from a later buick riviera or Pontiac Bonneville in one of these...what a sleeper that would make..love the trofeo..
Toronado,s that were built from 1986-92 didn't need the trofeo package in the first place the suspension was too stiff, some the options ,by that time should've been standard equipment.
I love the design of this car both inside and out.... But my word look at that fit and finish. You can literally see the interior panel gaps and cheap GM plastics flex and creak as the buttons are pushed XD
I wanted one when new, wished I had money to buy one when used, and had to be content looking for them in junkyards to supply parts for my '89 Riv. Low E-body production meant scarce parts. But the front lower control arm from a '90 Eldo worked out ok for me.
A forgotten and under appreciated GM gem! I rather like this car! The styling is quite good, it was well equipped for its day (a touch screen in 1990?!), and had European road manners. Of course, the 3.4 liter four cam engine would be preferable, but it's hard to talk crap about GM's 3800 V6!
90% of GM history is made up of automotive journalists saying "This is the one that's competitive! I know we said this 25 times now, but this is the one. Really, it is!" And then four years later they joke about how the same car was a pile of crap and how they can't believe anyone bought one.
Once again another 80s touchscreen (a 90 model went on sale and was built in the 80s) that works better than the modern Cadillac CUE system. Seriously Cadillac, I want to buy another Caddy - which would be my 3rd - but the CUE system is terrible, it's laggy, it's slow. Touchscreens are fine so long as there are some physical buttons for common commands AND the touch screen works perfectly, every time, without lag. I literally have a 5 year old smartphone that cost me $25 new, without a contract, that performs better than the CUE system in the loaded ATS I was looking at. It makes no sense.
I'll admit that he looks like he aged a lot more in that review than in other reviews of the same era. The make-up artist probably just gave up that day lmao
If you ever wanted one, they aren't that easy to find now, not that the Trofeo was common when new. Suddenly, it looks like something that would be cool to have.
I think it’s nearly identical to the Buick Reatta but larger considering the Oldsmobile Trofeo can seat at least 4 or 5 people with a back seat, where the Buick can only seat 2 and no back seat!
This car was so ahead of its time. i remember my best friends mom having a black on black fully loaded model with digital dash. Sexy car that i would still drive today in 2016
I had a friend who's mother had one too when I was like 12. The car had quite a few problems. The 1990 Lexus LS400 was ahead of it's time. This is a joke compare to it.
My mom has an 88' black one with digital dash. Insurance company told my parents I couldn't drive it.
A friend of mine's mom had one also and I remember liking the way the exhaust sounded.
FTN PPG Far from a joke. Lexus sucks.
@@JSmith-zr2ve Yet magically a lot more are still running
When a 1990 touchscreen is way more responsive than a 2016...
What's crazy is Buick had touch screens in the 80s!
@@CeeStyleDj Which Buick had a touchscreen in the 80's ?
@@dinopappous6639 The Riviera, the Reatta..maybe more.
At that time GM was ahead of their competitors.
Back when companies cared about Quality over quantity.
That 3.8L V6 was a fantastic engine. Powerful, yet efficient. I had an ‘86 Oldsmobile Delta 88 with that engine, and it was excellent.
I wonder how it would be Turbo charged 🤔
@@Cmobley_ they made then with blowers
@@Cmobley_ Grand National (GNX) was the first 3800 to have a turbo charger.
unkillable.
At that time the 3800 motor got 30+ MPG many times from most all my customer's testimonials. Without a doubt one of the best motors GM ever made.
Don't know about the other years but the 1992 3.8 was so good it didn't even need EGR.
3800, 3.8, Turbo 6, whatever you call it, it's an awesome motor. I love it.
That's Why The 3800 & 3800 Supercharged Versions Are Gone, Over 30MPG & Hard To Break
Damn.. this 26 year old car had a touch screen display and NAV? Impressive. I liked the part where the reviewer spent all of 20 seconds on it and said he hated it. lol.
diablomix yeah he just skipped over it like it was nothing
NAV in the Trofeo was just a compass I think. Still, impressive.
It wasn't really navigation. It was more like a digital compass. GPS navigation wasn't really adopted in cars in the US still around something like 1998. I believe the first car that had it was 1993 but it was extremely rare and I think it was CD ROM based.
What's crazy is Buick had touchscreens in the 1980s before this car!
@@CeeStyleDj I went over this was another person three days ago. There was also a gyroscopic nav system in a 1981 Honda...
Also a cd rom based nav in 1987...
What a beautiful car inside and out. Love the taillights and that front end, not to mention that Cadillac Cue v1.0.
Navigation?! I knew GM was tinkering with a touchscreen CRT back in those days, I remember seeing it in a Buick but i had NO IDEA they had Nav as an option!!! This is why GM will always have a place in my heart, for doing things differently (when allowed by the bean counters).
It wasn't a GPS nav. It just was a compass and distance/speed calculator. But, still quite leading edge for its time. I'd love to pick one of these up in mint condition.
Years back I worked in a body shop that specialised in American cars,We had a prototype trofeo arrive in a container for a colour change before it went to the Paris motor show,it was pearl white and our task was to strip it and re-paint it Peugeot metallic black,I remember it was very advanced electronically for it's time. It arrived obviously not a complete car and with solid tubing in place of the front springs,but with a guy called Simon from Peugeot UK who literally lived with it,even sleeping at our unit. He mentioned that the reason for the colour change and his chaperone duties was that the big knobs decided that they didn't want to sell pearl white in Europe but the black car, the only other working car which was destined for Paris had been lost, they were determined to have a car there and that this was the only other 'working' one. The car we had wasn't even finished,there were a couple of guys who turned up over a few days tinkering,fitting and adjusting various things in order to make it a sort of fully working car, while there they even had to make from scratch some sort of rudimentary body control module from parts available from places like Maplins etc. just to make the dashboard,light,wipers etc.function,along with bringing trim parts for us to fit during the rebuild,these two guys were from the team that were developing it and had been flown here to the UK specifically for this task. (I've never seen a trofeo in Europe anyway),it was obvious that someone was pulling some serious strings to make it all happen in time and was taking no chances with what was now apparently the only working car.But, how the f**k do you lose a car,especially a prototype, and one of only two? I expect there was some serious ass kicking dished out as a result.
such a gorgeous car!!!! have always loved the 90s trofeos and buick rivs
I agree. The front kind of reminds me of the upper trim level Soliad Wendovers.
"creditable"?? I thought he was trying to say "credible" , I looked it up and he is correct! Its a word haha.
Donald Trump jokes before they were overplayed and mainstream. Ahead of the curve again, MW.
Spot on. Lol
+President DonaldJTrump Can't tell if troll or actual Trump supporter...which makes sense, they're pretty hard to tell apart.
+President DonaldJTrump Made my fucking day. Vote earned.
lol
what are you idiots trying to say
I love this car, I have 2 1991 with less than 110k on one and 150k on another..still awesome car
Orlando Hillard does it have the touchscreen?
Touchscreen, Trump jokes... What is this, 2016?!
TheLaXandro only 26 years before. Motorweek, been in 2016 long before the rest of the world lol
They even knew back then tht frump is nothing but a pun.
Got one thing right guy is all about one person himself
@@EndeavorsDnB BLM is domestic terrorism.
@@EndeavorsDnB "F" the democrats!
Oldsmobile had quite a few forward thinking ideas despite its "name", to bad GM cut its wings short in the 90s and killed it off in '04. Pontiac is one I can never forgive GM for killing off.
and I think the same about Ford canning Mercury
+TheZProtocol Cadillac is and will always be my number one from GM but Pontiac is my second favorite and especially for the Muscle car era. Such names like the GTO, LeMans, Grand Prix and Bonneville are all done with now sadly. Pontiac was GM's Driving excitement division for many years and it just very sad as the excitement has went away from all the divisions, except for maybe a few models.
And if Ford cans Lincoln, I have lost every ounce of respect for Ford
Clarence Freeman Don't worry because Ford needs to retain a luxury division. Just like GM needs to retain Cadillac. But there latest cars stink as they are having such a tough time trying to match the productions numbers from the 90s and even the early 2000's of when both Lincoln's and Cadillac's were really selling good. I remember those days and being around lots of them. Now its not the same anymore with either brand.....its a shame.
I looked into it, it was closed under the order of the US government during the bailout process since it was deemed to not be profitable enough to keep around, supposedly at least. As for me, I personally wish they did more back when they had a partnership with Fiat, around 2005, Fiat was using some GM engines, transmissions, and even platforms as a result of this. I mean, GM could have gotten an Alfa Romeo engine exclusive to them before Chrysler lost it and created FCA. It was a missed opportunity if you ask me
I like how the operator stopped changing radio stations when he got to Queen at 2:52.
I'd like to see a review for a Buick Riviera T-type. My grandfather had one and it was a very cool car for my then 16 year old self to drive on the weekends. All digital touchscreen audio and climate controls and a badass lime green CRT screen in the middle of the dash!
travisp11 I second that request!!!!!!
This car was sporting touch screen before the cars today where even a thought
Bought one in 1996, fully loaded with the screen. Bright red on black leather. People just looked at it awe. Fun car
GM had some danged nice cars from the late 80's through he early 90's. This is one of my faves. The Reatta and the Allante also come to mind
Thank you for uploading this, I'm glad my request was filled, best company ever!
I see someone thanking MW for taking their request on EVERY video. Props to them. Interesting car...
+Stephen Bianchi I have respect for MW, they tell it how it is, probably one of the few automotive magazines I still follow. and something better, they listen to the community. These retro reviews are awesome.
@@Redline1986not always
This car, in dark blue, I felt was one of the best looking cars they ever made! If I won the lotto I'd get one, swap in an Aurora DOHC 32V and have a set of those wheels made in 18" and upgrade the brakes!
The dark blue was the paint option dubbed "very dark sapphire" that's what color my car is painted.
had the exact same one back in 91...absolutely loved it, too bad all they make now is family boxes for all those mom's who need to get the brats to soccer practice....miss this and the Riviera
My best friend in highschool drove a Toronado Trofeo that looked exactly like this one. That car was a beast. He put it through hell and it never broke down. Super comfortable on long road trips. He even drove through two foot snow drifts during a blizzard to come pick me up one time. Couldn't stop the Toronado.
Wow!! This Oldsmobile was way ahead of its time with the tech they use now 2020!!
I absolutely LOVE these old 80's 90's American cars. What a gorgeous car, even if in the long run is crap. Beautiful. Also, I would love to go to the past and tell MW "yeah... about that. He's our president now..."
My father had a 91' Trofeo back in the day. I still think it is a great car and ahead of its time with the color VIC touchscreen. At the same time, MW was right on the performance issues. It definitely could've used a supercharger.
+MrHaun For the 91 and 92 models, you can add a supercharger from its Buick counterpart fairly easily, that's what I have planned for my 91 Toronado Trofeo in the future.
Was a tech at an Olds dealer when the Trofeo came out. It thrilled all of us. Typical cost new was in low $30's with demographics for buyers whose income was in the $70's. It was a beautiful car and I really wanted one but could not afford it. Finally got a deal on a 1990 model in 1994. It was white with grey interior. It was a trade-in, and sales stole it from the owner due to some mechanical issues. (One of the perks of being a dealer employee was availability to get these deals). Those mechanical issues I was able to get the service manager to work with the factory rep to approve all repairs under warranty (perk of being a tech with good relationship with the rep) I paid $7k for it and basically had it mechanically reconditioned for free, while getting paid to fix it. I bought it with 50,000 miles. When I let it move on to the next owner, the car had logged almost 300k miles on the original engine and transmission. It was a head turner and a lot of fun. Could get 30mpg on the highway if you drove it easy.
Touch screen in 1990 car omg!
The first was the Riviera in 1983
I had the privilege of riding in one, the car had a smooth ride and felt it had good engine power. I was impressed with the touch screen too.
The 3800 was a very dependable engine
I owned this exact same car! Was an awesome ride and very dependable. Although in time there were electrical issues with the dash gauges.
Surprised to see touch screens like that, that only became popular this decade! I wonder if it broke down a lot
Yes it was infamously failure prone.
Not really trouble prone. It's Just back then the old farts who bought cars like this didn't care for it.
Very trouble prone, I have probably spent more money fixing the one on my Reatta than oil changes.
Not failure prone at all, I have two Trofeos with the VIC system and both are working perfectly, even after 20+ years.
i owned one and never had an issue.
I'm not gonna lie for 1990 this is pretty damn cool!
I drew a picture of this car in high school art class.
+BWX Still have it today?
Yeah I have it in a portfolio somewhere I think. Just a pen and ink sketch but it was pretty cool. I'll upload it if I can find it. I must have been a senior as I graduated in '90.Redline
+BWX awesome, hope you find ot, I would love to see it
In the epic skater flick "Gleaming the Cube", I think the main cop flogged one of these. I think it was the first time I saw one.
+travisp11 It was a 1987 Oldsmobile Toronado, that was the generation before the 90-92 models, but some still consider them in the same generation because of the short lived redesign.
travisp11 OMG! Thank you lol. I think about that movie every time I see one of these and C4 Corvettes lol
Never ever knew the name of the movie, even while watching it lmao
GM should bring back Oldsmobile and the luxury coupe, Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo. My mom had one in 1992. The information center was made by SONY and called the Visual Information Center (VIC) for short. It was a great car!
that nav is the coolest thing i've ever seen
I did not see many of these on the road. Personally love the looks. The tech/touch screen was way ahead of the game. I still prefer non touch screen controls.
Incredibly handsome car that's aged really well. Massive vaporwave vibes, while still retaining characteristics of old-school personal luxury yachts. And with the 3.8 L V6, it's powered by a great engine.
Automotive design in hindsight is a fascinating phenomenon, this Trofeo still looks crisp and futuristic today, while the similarly ambitious 1995 Aurora feels incredibly dated and late-90s design dark age with its Taurus-esque jellybean design.
If you sat in a comparably priced Acura Legend you would swear the Legend cost three times more. This Trofeo is so cheaply built it's shocking, although the nav, touchscreen and phone were state-of-the-art for the time.
huh, the car the Soliad Wendover was based on looks great!
This car was ahead of its time.
That engine is legendary in Australia!!!
If it lasted a few more years we would have seen it get a L67 in it. Would have been a nice sounding car in the 1/4 mile test.
really sexy looking car back in the 1990s, and even more so today! would love to find a pristine, low-mileage G-body trofeo or buick riv
No such thing as a G body Toronado or Riviera... They were E bodies and FWD.
Love the proportions, but a touch screen crt with the early graphics is amazing!!!
Great Car. Would have been nice to have one back in the day.
Awesome, thanks for uploading this! Now I want one. Please upload the Aurora next!
+Schaefft I second this
Third
Why do I always encounter you on old Motorweek videos, Rico?
This is one of the most beautiful cars the world has ever seen.
Technology back then was very expensive. $1800 for an touch screen and nav was expensive back in the 80s. The weren't too much competition back then than it is now. That is why back in the day the tech was so expensive.
This cars computer even had an "Oldsmobile" Screen saver!!
With this 1990 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo first touch screen CRT design and optional car phone. If Oldsmobiles Innovation with a put a small microphone and a speaker inside to match that feature , it would have been the actual first hands-free system ever. Can you say the first Bluetooth in cars anyone! The car is awesome especially when it's a Oldsmobile, and an excellent technology 90s era.
I had one of these for my first car in 2006 and I miss it so damn much!!
I can attest to the spaciousness of the rear seat due to the design - I got laid in the back in high school and it had nice clearance in the back ;)
I know a lady that drove a 1990 Buick RWD Wagon, she ended up buying a gold Olds Trofeo and loved the car, no complaints. I find Motor Week sometimes like Consumer Reports biased, foreign car oriented. I will always buy an American car regardless !
Wasn't born back when this was new I love older gm and all other brands but I can imagine someone seeing a touchscreen a phone and a key fob in a vehicle back then was mind blowing lol especially in the 80s with Buicks
I still would love to have one. Gorgeous!
I love that touchscreen crt.
I would love to put a supercharged 3.8 ltr from a later buick riviera or Pontiac Bonneville in one of these...what a sleeper that would make..love the trofeo..
Man i love this guys 80s and 90s clothes
2:22 WHOA! It's Tony Hawk!
The testers hated the touchscreen. Now that's just about all you get lol.
I can’t wait for Mike Wolfe to find John’s leather jacket in a future episode of American Pickers.
At 3:02, in 1990, how do we just glance right over a navigation system?
What were its capabilities back then?
The Trofeo: Olds last attempt to keep the Toronado alive only to be axed 2 years later.
Toronado,s that were built from 1986-92 didn't need the trofeo package in the first place the suspension was too stiff, some the options ,by that time should've been standard equipment.
I remember the "Day-oh" commercial jingle for these cars. I thought they were cool looking cars. This was the new generation of Oldsmobile.
This is 1 of the best, oldsmobile's. Evermade
Is it bad that I really want one of these?
One of my friends had one of these.
It was a very unique car.
I love the design of this car both inside and out.... But my word look at that fit and finish. You can literally see the interior panel gaps and cheap GM plastics flex and creak as the buttons are pushed XD
I had an 89 tornado, top 3 best Cars I've ever had, and I've had atleast 50-60 vehicles
Crazy there was a touch screen back then. Never knew!
I wanted one when new, wished I had money to buy one when used, and had to be content looking for them in junkyards to supply parts for my '89 Riv. Low E-body production meant scarce parts. But the front lower control arm from a '90 Eldo worked out ok for me.
I'd still love to have one!!!
All those rattling buttons and plastic panels... I love GM.
Wow I touch screen in a 1990 Oldsmobile it was a head of its time
Sounds really good with that exhaust
A forgotten and under appreciated GM gem! I rather like this car! The styling is quite good, it was well equipped for its day (a touch screen in 1990?!), and had European road manners. Of course, the 3.4 liter four cam engine would be preferable, but it's hard to talk crap about GM's 3800 V6!
I had wanted this car so bad in 1990.
90% of GM history is made up of automotive journalists saying "This is the one that's competitive! I know we said this 25 times now, but this is the one. Really, it is!" And then four years later they joke about how the same car was a pile of crap and how they can't believe anyone bought one.
Once again another 80s touchscreen (a 90 model went on sale and was built in the 80s) that works better than the modern Cadillac CUE system. Seriously Cadillac, I want to buy another Caddy - which would be my 3rd - but the CUE system is terrible, it's laggy, it's slow. Touchscreens are fine so long as there are some physical buttons for common commands AND the touch screen works perfectly, every time, without lag. I literally have a 5 year old smartphone that cost me $25 new, without a contract, that performs better than the CUE system in the loaded ATS I was looking at. It makes no sense.
can you guys please put up a 2006 ford fusion review if u dont already have one?? thanks!!
John Davis is the best automobile reviewer/host ever. So many wannabe reviewers on the net today can't compare to Davis.
You see how the whole trim went in when he hit the button for the headlights. GM quality was abysmal back then.
Some say it still is lol
I like how this car has pretty much the same modern tech that current cars have.
wanted one of these so badly, still do
i had one these loved that car i regret selling it with 250 thousand miles still ran like new
John looks awful in this review
I'll admit that he looks like he aged a lot more in that review than in other reviews of the same era. The make-up artist probably just gave up that day lmao
He looked pretty heavy. At least he's more fit nowadays.
If you ever wanted one, they aren't that easy to find now, not that the Trofeo was common when new. Suddenly, it looks like something that would be cool to have.
I got a couple of Toronado Trofeos still in working condition.
2:44 Ooh so futuristic.
I think it’s nearly identical to the Buick Reatta but larger considering the Oldsmobile Trofeo can seat at least 4 or 5 people with a back seat, where the Buick can only seat 2 and no back seat!
Buen equipamiento lujo y potencia reunidos en este coche. Greetings from Jalisco Mexico.
How many were sold? Like 2 or 3?
I have a 90 Trofeo I am trying to restore. I love this car. It's in very bad shape right now though.
I wonder how many of those touch screen information systems worked after 4 years?
Mine is still working after 25 years and 200k miles on it, mine is a 92 Trofeo.
Pretty nice package from GM. Probably better in most ways than the Cadillac offerings for that year, but at a lower price.
These were a great car if they were properly maintained, we had one that was, and drove it everywhere,
Insanely underrated.
3:08 “for another $995 you can also order a hands-free cellular telephone...” That $995, in 1990, adjusted to inflation would cost $1,962.57 in 2020.