'75 General Motors Cars Commercial (1974)
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- "There may never be a better time to move to a GM compact."
General Motors commercial featuring upcoming 1975 compact vehicles; Chevrolet Nova, Pontiac Ventura, Oldsmobile Omega, and Buick Apollo. Spot aired December 1974. Visit www.bionicdisc... for 1970s pop culture fun.
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Did anyone notice the flex on that “hatch” when the guy shut it, oh man! Quality!
A hell of a lot more interesting lineup than the Crossover/truck only lineup they currently have
I had The 77 Nova 2 door 305 (I swapped in a 350) and the 76 Skylark S/R 4 door 231 V6.
Loved both cars
'76 Skylark 4-door 231 V-6 . . . NOW you're talking! THAT was a damned nice car!
Thanks for sharing this; lots of memories for me.
You're welcome. Thanks for tuning in. =)
The '75 Pontiac Ventura I had was a brown on brown four door with a tiny 260 ci. V8.
It was the third slowest car I've ever owned. But handled really well with wide radial tires.
The second slowest, was the green on green '75 Ford Grenada, 250 ci. inline 6.
Slowest was the '76 blue on blue Dodge Challenger with 225 ci. slant 6.
NovaOmegaVenturaApollo...yup I can see where the inspiration comes from! Clever GM!
We had a '75 Nova 2-door with a trunk, and a 350. It had been a driver's ed car before joining our stable. My sister and I put it through a couple of serious crashes that bent the frame during our 3 1/2 years of ownership. The carburetor didn't dig getting floored, but the top end was pretty good for a new-unleaded era car. Mom and Dad replaced it with an '80 Ford Fairmont. No guts, but it ran well for them, and me after I bought it.
Sum of the best cars for the money that GM ever built. Had a 1976 Nova Concours with a 350. Very nice car.
"Compacts." lol, how times have changed
Lovin those corporate guys selling us their compact cars
Out of the 1st 4 I've only seen the Nova my entire life out on the road
Unusual for a commercial to advertise for four different divisions.
Apollo would be renamed Skylark one year later.
For me who has owned the big bumper years '73 & '74 in the Nova series them hatchbacks were alot more solid when it was closed not the flimsy hatchbacks of the "disco year Nova's" '75 to '79.
At 0:16 when he closes that huge hatch from one side you can see it flex very noticeably - you'd think they'd have avoided that.
Yeah because the jackass grabbed it from one side and closed it. You’re not supposed to do that, ever. I HATE when I see someone close trunk lids and hoods of a classic car like that. A few times and the arms start to bend wrong and even sometimes the metal of the hood will get pinched where the arm is bolted to it. Use BOTH hands on BOTH sides! Can’t even tell you how many times when I’ve been selling a classic car and someone tries to jerk the hood down with one hand. Depending how much I like the car, thats usually when I tell them to get lost since I can see what kind of life the car will have if it ends up with one of these dummies... a short one.
Exactly. The equivalent with a prop-rod hood is letting the hood drop all the way instead of bringing it down and letting it drop the last couple inches. And with the Nova's rear hatch the side push is an especially big deal because the window is perfectly positioned to shower broken glass on your rear-seat passengers if (when) the window pops out.
Yeah and not to mention on hatchback cars like this one in the video, those thin, long shock rods will not tolerate un-even play like that for long, and will likely start to bind and kink. Which will make it not close properly, which will lead to frustration, which will lead to swearing, and which leads to having to slam it over and over to make it close, which will eventually lead to the glass shower. And also by that time, you’ll prob hate the car too.
Nah. They didn't want the actor turning away from the camera. Those cars were shit anyway. Preferred the previous generations.
Amen!, Ling and it seems it was such a problem it should have been addressed in the owners manual or recall!
The Nova looks like the type of car that won't start in a horror movie.
ELECTRICCLOCK hahaha!! Well said!!!
LA Sheriffs used Chevy Novas from '75-78. After being auctioned off a lot of them went to Hollywood and were used up in stunts - they were cheap (too cramped to work as taxis), fast and reliable (350 V8/TH350) and looked "normal" in a way the bigger Dodges that had almost no sales to anyone *but* the cops in their final years just didn't.
Our old '77 Concours often wouldn't, & it never was in a horror movie!!!!!!!
Chevy No Va
RADIUM CLOCK Jesus
0:30 lol dealer labor charge ... $11 per hour - it's 10X that today, how does that work?
that nova kinda does look like a seville novas plain clothes sevilles the sharp suit you knew you looked good in built like tank underneath i think it was the best caddy made !
The Seville was built on the Nova frame. It was one of the few good decisions Caddy ever made.
I remember seeing a number of these GM compacts with serious wheel alignment problems. You could tell the chassis was tweaked since the back end was not aligned with the front. Not sure if the chassis was weak to begin with or rust ate away at the sub frames causing things to twist.
Remember the Nova remake in 89? It died in the showroom. I saw many die within 2 seasons.
Oh you mean the TOYOTA?? It was a good car in its own right.
The guy reminded me of a young Tom Brokaw.
I LIKE IT...
24mpg?? WOW!!! LOL
1973 thru 77 Monte Carlos were nice looking. Bad mpg though, 16/18.
My brother had one. It would pass everything but a gas station.
I'd take a 75 duster 318 instead...
..or amc hornet
Where was the Pheonix? I think it was a Pontiac of this rebadging shenanigans 😂
Ventura would be renamed Phoenix during the 1977 model year.
@@wesclay14 You're right. 74-75 was the Ventura and the GTO
@@wesclay14 The GTO that most don't like except I do.
Chevy "No-Start".
Things started to go downhill for GM from here, in my opinion.
A LOW POINT IN DESIGN IN AMERICAN AUTO INDUSTRY. THE NEW 5MPH BUMPER REGULATIONS, '73 FRONT, '74 REAR, POORLY INTEGRATED INTO THE BODY. THE '70'S IN GENERAL WERE A DREARY TIME.
HATED those @*&#$% hatchbacks!!! They absolutely sucked! The pistons wore out in no time and that f****ing lid was HEAVY! Gimme a 4-door every time.
These piles of junk even came with the head cracking chevy inline 6cylinder .
Hahaha compact! Well history showed these cars were neither compact or reliable, they certainly weren't pretty either. The mid 70's thru the mid 80's have to be the worst 10 years in car history. Even viewing from a longer lens, these things have not gotten any better after 49 years...
They were better than the Ford Maverick and Granada, maybe not as durable as the Dodge Dart and Plymouth Valiant but were seen as far less stodgy.