I own a 1991 Olds Regency Elite. It is by far the best car i have ever owned. People have stopped me on the street and commented how great it looks. She rides just beautifully. I purchased it in 2002 from the 1st owner and she now has 178,000 miles.
kirk kopak I am not sure either, you can Google to find out for sure. The last year for the '98 was either 1995 or 1996. The 1991 was the 50th anniversary edition of the Olds '98.
God I miss cars like this Oldsmobile. It was sharp looking, the 3800 V6 was an awesome, reliable engine and that big old car could haul ass prettty good!
Perhaps the nicest bucket seat and console combination GM ever made. The FE3 suspension package made a huge difference in handling and appearance also.
absolutely wonderful cars, I owned a regency elite and loved it so much, (when I totaled it, it saved my life) I replaced it with a incredible Regency Touring Sedan, that was Super Charged!!! That car was just wonderful, quick, safe, luxurious.
@@tomcomiskey6350 mine was a really sharp dark blue Met. with navy leather, every single option, I traded it in on a Old's Aurora, (what a mistake) typical NorthStar blown headgaskest at less then 60,0000 miles. never trusted it after that, so I just stored covered in the garage for like 10yrs. ended up selling it to believe it or not, a Cadillac dealer who put it on the showroom floor, it sat there for a couple of yrs, they were asking an insane price for it. Don't know if they ever sold it
You know I always am quick to wince at the memory of GM's extraordinarily generic vehicles between the mid-80's and the mid 2000's. This looks like a very nice ride for its time based on this video review. I have a penchant for driving German cars primarilly, but since the mid-2000s, GM has made vast and surprising improvements.
I am an owner of a 93 Touring Sedan (final year for the Touring Sedan - little over 1800 built) It's a fine car and drives very nicely.. and with the L67 3800 motor, it moves pretty swiftly for a large size sedan... very comfortable seats and I love driving it any chance I get! Most people prefer the Buick Ultra, but I'm personally partial to the look of the Oldsmobile.. as always, I'm in the acute minority
I agree. I have driven a number of full size FWD GMs and the 98 Touring Sedan basically takes all the interesting characteristics of the Oldsmobile, Buick, and Pontiac versions and puts it in to one car.
Our neighbors had the 94 version of this, with slightly nicer taillights, and I always thought it looked similar to the 1990 Lincoln Town Car from the rear.
i have a 94' olds 88 royale it is a absolute beautiful car ive owned many cars alot of cadillac and buick and this olds 88 can hang with any of them...ill be upoading a video soon
This was as good as it got for GM large front drivers of the time. The excellent Buick made 3.8 and 440T4E trans was the best power combo GM ever made until the Northstar came out. Rear air suspension struts and other electronic problems plagued these cars, but it was a fine hiway cruiser.
I got a comment about the NorthStar engine, then it was gone.. I'm not too sure on what that poster was saying, but that mill would last a long long time, provided the owners could keep them sealed up. It was a very good engine, very powerful, and returned good mileage as well. GM had some early teething problems with them at 1st, but after that, they run a very long time. I have 3 customers with them in their Caddys, each 1 with over 200k on them. To my knowledge, they have never been apart.
@daved1974 Agreed! I used to be a staunch Pontiac fan, but my last Pontiac experience (1997 Grand Am) left me cold. I'm on my second Olds now: a 1989 Delta 88 Royale Brougham. A wonderful highway machine. I bought it with 255000 km on it a little over a year ago and has never let me down. It needed pretty much a complete front end, as previous owners obviously did none. My only complaint is a sagging headliner.
wonder why the Ford taurus as some size car stands as one of the best in the market to date , though it’s not the best looking car in compare with ( buick’s / oldsmobile ) . I think GM should kept the 4.3 rear wheel D engine as optional and gives the 98s/88s nicer front grill/ light .
This may be a good year for that 3.8. The next year it was a "Series II" but had the same power. Teves brakes can be a pain; might as well buy a Lincoln Mark VII with the same brakes. And nope.. no 100th anniversary for Olds!
Why was this more expensive than the Buick Park Avenue? GM had a real identity crisis with all of its different brands, but especially between Olds and Buick. I never really understood how they were supposed to differ. It kind of seemed like Buick was second only to Cadillac in luxury, and then Oldsmobile. But that doesn't make sense for these two cars. No wonder Olds died off.
You're right...by the time of it's demise, Olds was almost interchangeable with Buick, and although Buick was one step higher in the GM "ladder of success", the Olds 98 always cost more than the Electra/Park Avenue and the Toronado always cost more than the Riviera. But most people thought the Buicks were better looking and more prestigious.
Dash Riprock Yeah, count me as one of those who think Buicks are better looking than Oldsmobiles. This Olds is particularly fugly, imho. The Olds Aurora from the 90s was a pretty good-looking car, though. I also liked the look of the Alero, but by then Olds was already on its deathbed. Too many brands for today. Made sense back when the entire market was pretty much GM/Ford/Chrysler.
Dash Riprock they all flubbed the brand identity thing..they are still doing it. Chevy SS (holden monaro) belongs in the Buick line as a GS. Chevy already has the camaro the SS should have been the "fast with class" car. As far as the Buick and Olds thing, olds was supposed to be the "sportier" top tier luxury brand while buick was the "doctor's cadillac" funny how its powered by a BUICK engine though
Frank Burns Buick was F'ing BORING though🙄🙄🙄 GM also stopped giving an F when the "new" Cutlass was just the 96 Malibu 😣😣😣 Cookie Cutter mentality back from the dead!
Luxury car nose dive haha, check out all the BMW retro reviews, the nose doesn't dive at all, in fact the whole car just squats a little on all four corners when hurried to a stop
I bought an 89 Trofeo to replace my totally awesome 85 Toro Brougham and it was a dreadful car. GM bought it back under lemon law and put me in a 90 98 Regency Brogham. I didn't really want it but it turned out to be a REALLY great car! Red with red leather! Sure wish the cars today came with some choices... (like red leather!!). When the 91 98's came out, I wnated one REAL BAD but there wasn't the need for it so i waited and got an incredible Cadillac Concourse in a dark cherry color. KILL-ER! I think those were the last good ones. Everything from there on out has been FUGLY and always getting worse. Switched to Lincolns years ago and LOVE EM!!
Very cool! So you purchased the Trofeo new and subsequently bought a new 98? It's always neat to hear from people who actually purchased these cars new, and experienced them new and just being a cool person to do so at the time. Very nice. My parents purchased a new 1992 Buick Riviera with sunroof and pinstripe for ~$32k in 1992, it blew my mind and they were ontop of the world with a big American luxury.
They were decent soft feeling cars, my mother was a fan of that type. I can't believe they got $29K for that. Think of that as a 60K car in today's terms. There just isn't enough there to justify that.
MrTheMiguelox I remember those days. Back then you still had to pay for fm radio in most cars. Let alone stuff like ps, pdl, pw. Girlfriend back then had a car with no overdrive an no passenger side mirror.
I happen to like these cars, think they're beautiful without being overstated and seem plush, comfortable and powerful. In my opinion, it looks more formal and better than the Park Avenue. It's too bad they were priced so high, helping to lead to its demise and that of the entire line.
Such a disappointing replacement for the beautiful 1985 to 1990 regency 98. The front looks like a clown & the back is a mockery of previous regency 98
these just didn't look as good as the Buick Park Ave. I was looking for a Used Park Ave in 1996, and we were at the Cadillac dealer, where my friend worked and there were several Park Ave's and one Olds 98 sitting next to each other and it just looked a bit too boxy. Sadly I didn't get one, they were all 91 models and they all had high miles on them, I wound up with a Loaded 92 Mercury Sable, off the same lot. My need for a new car was the back seat had to hold 3 cars seats, as all 3 of my girls were still in a car seat, and that Sable took care of that need
all the used Park Avenues then ( a favorite with people in Sales and traveling) had 100K miles on them. I did replace the Sable with a Late 90's Deville so I did roll in 90s Luxury , just a bit later
wkeil1981 i think the Oldsmobile was slightly less susceptible to the GM quality control issues of the day though. Remember that these were still the benchmark until Lexus came along...... they werent total crap.
ponchoman49 That is so true Its like 99.99% black So dark and sombre and just depressing inside. Looking all futuristic for the hell of fashion and it's just yuck and can also look so tacky. Seen all the different neon lights in the Mercedes Benz interiors? Looks like a 70's disco lol Tacky
I own a 1991 Olds Regency Elite. It is by far the best car i have ever owned. People have stopped me on the street and commented how great it looks. She rides just beautifully. I purchased it in 2002 from the 1st owner and she now has 178,000 miles.
williamabeck46 I wondered how long they made the Regency Elite. I wasn't sure if they were available in the '90s. I remember them being a gorgous car.
kirk kopak I am not sure either, you can Google to find out for sure. The last year for the '98 was either 1995 or 1996. The 1991 was the 50th anniversary edition of the Olds '98.
YOUGOTIT210 They made the 88 Royale until 1998. I think the 98 was discontinued earlier. The Park Ave was made until 2005.
I love Oldsmobile Regency elite, Ninety Eight and others cars
when I was a teen (in the "90's) I wanted, I wanted a slightly used one of these soooo bad. thought they were so beautiful.
yes i wanted one so bad too. I also wanted the Tornado Trofeo coupe with the VIC in it.
Same here. I thought these new GM models had much better styling than before. I even watched Motorweek regularly at the time.
Jesus
I still have one!
God I miss cars like this Oldsmobile. It was sharp looking, the 3800 V6 was an awesome, reliable engine and that big old car could haul ass prettty good!
Still have one!
Perhaps the nicest bucket seat and console combination GM ever made. The FE3 suspension package made a huge difference in handling and appearance also.
absolutely wonderful cars, I owned a regency elite and loved it so much, (when I totaled it, it saved my life) I replaced it with a incredible Regency Touring Sedan, that was Super Charged!!! That car was just wonderful, quick, safe, luxurious.
The Touring Sedan, was priced higher than the Park Ave Ultra because it offered so much more. The T.S. is now very collectible. Thumbs up!!!
I still have one , black in color.
@@tomcomiskey6350 mine was a really sharp dark blue Met. with navy leather, every single option, I traded it in on a Old's Aurora, (what a mistake) typical NorthStar blown headgaskest at less then 60,0000 miles. never trusted it after that, so I just stored covered in the garage for like 10yrs. ended up selling it to believe it or not, a Cadillac dealer who put it on the showroom floor, it sat there for a couple of yrs, they were asking an insane price for it. Don't know if they ever sold it
@@harleyguyinmilw I love it ,I need to get it back on the road " some day " .
these cars rode great and got good mileage with the amazing 3.8 which was one of GMs best engines.
Yeah, 3.8 is engine durable
i can never get tired of watching this ........
You know I always am quick to wince at the memory of GM's extraordinarily generic vehicles between the mid-80's and the mid 2000's. This looks like a very nice ride for its time based on this video review. I have a penchant for driving German cars primarilly, but since the mid-2000s, GM has made vast and surprising improvements.
Very beautifull this Oldsmobile Ninety Eight 91
I am an owner of a 93 Touring Sedan (final year for the Touring Sedan - little over 1800 built)
It's a fine car and drives very nicely.. and with the L67 3800 motor, it moves pretty swiftly for a large size sedan... very comfortable seats and I love driving it any chance I get!
Most people prefer the Buick Ultra, but I'm personally partial to the look of the Oldsmobile.. as always, I'm in the acute minority
I agree. I have driven a number of full size FWD GMs and the 98 Touring Sedan basically takes all the interesting characteristics of the Oldsmobile, Buick, and Pontiac versions and puts it in to one car.
Amazing how far advanced computer integration in design led to what we have now in car tech. Both mechanically, and otherwise.
i love the grille!
Our neighbors had the 94 version of this, with slightly nicer taillights, and I always thought it looked similar to the 1990 Lincoln Town Car from the rear.
i have a 94' olds 88 royale it is a absolute beautiful car ive owned many cars alot of cadillac and buick and this olds 88 can hang with any of them...ill be upoading a video soon
This was as good as it got for GM large front drivers of the time. The excellent Buick made 3.8 and 440T4E trans was the best power combo GM ever made until the Northstar came out. Rear air suspension struts and other electronic problems plagued these cars, but it was a fine hiway cruiser.
I thought so myself.
I got a comment about the NorthStar engine, then it was gone.. I'm not too sure on what that poster was saying, but that mill would last a long long time, provided the owners could keep them sealed up. It was a very good engine, very powerful, and returned good mileage as well. GM had some early teething problems with them at 1st, but after that, they run a very long time. I have 3 customers with them in their Caddys, each 1 with over 200k on them. To my knowledge, they have never been apart.
I had one and if you watch your coolant levels and make sure the oil levels are fine , they ran really good. I had a 96 Deville,
feel like gettin one of these with some gold bbs 😸
@daved1974 Agreed! I used to be a staunch Pontiac fan, but my last Pontiac experience (1997 Grand Am) left me cold. I'm on my second Olds now: a 1989 Delta 88 Royale Brougham. A wonderful highway machine. I bought it with 255000 km on it a little over a year ago and has never let me down. It needed pretty much a complete front end, as previous owners obviously did none. My only complaint is a sagging headliner.
One of the Best( 90's) Cars ever.!!! from GM ... Designed by Chuck Jordan
Still have one.
wonder why the Ford taurus as some size car stands as one of the best in the market to date , though it’s not the best looking car in compare with ( buick’s / oldsmobile ) .
I think GM should kept the 4.3 rear wheel D engine as optional and gives the 98s/88s nicer front grill/ light .
R.I.P OLD'S
I have a 92 elite and its the most reliable car I've ever had
This may be a good year for that 3.8. The next year it was a "Series II" but had the same power. Teves brakes can be a pain; might as well buy a Lincoln Mark VII with the same brakes. And nope.. no 100th anniversary for Olds!
i miss analog tv
Love hearing a luxury car squeal the tires!
Why was this more expensive than the Buick Park Avenue? GM had a real identity crisis with all of its different brands, but especially between Olds and Buick. I never really understood how they were supposed to differ. It kind of seemed like Buick was second only to Cadillac in luxury, and then Oldsmobile. But that doesn't make sense for these two cars. No wonder Olds died off.
You're right...by the time of it's demise, Olds was almost interchangeable with Buick, and although Buick was one step higher in the GM "ladder of success", the Olds 98 always cost more than the Electra/Park Avenue and the Toronado always cost more than the Riviera. But most people thought the Buicks were better looking and more prestigious.
Dash Riprock Yeah, count me as one of those who think Buicks are better looking than Oldsmobiles. This Olds is particularly fugly, imho. The Olds Aurora from the 90s was a pretty good-looking car, though. I also liked the look of the Alero, but by then Olds was already on its deathbed. Too many brands for today. Made sense back when the entire market was pretty much GM/Ford/Chrysler.
Dash Riprock
they all flubbed the brand identity thing..they are still doing it.
Chevy SS (holden monaro)
belongs in the Buick line as a GS.
Chevy already has the camaro the SS should have been the "fast with class" car. As far as the Buick and Olds thing,
olds was supposed to be the "sportier" top tier luxury brand while buick was the "doctor's cadillac"
funny how its powered by a BUICK engine though
Frank Burns Buick was F'ing BORING though🙄🙄🙄 GM also stopped giving an F when the "new" Cutlass was just the 96 Malibu 😣😣😣 Cookie Cutter mentality back from the dead!
So GM had V6 FWD big cars. That's why GM fans think the Mercury Grand Marquis is a V6 FWD car.
Luxury car nose dive haha, check out all the BMW retro reviews, the nose doesn't dive at all, in fact the whole car just squats a little on all four corners when hurried to a stop
I think he meant the well known American luxury car nose dive
Traditional GM body roll. My god.
Harder to find the touring version, I have only come across the Regency Elite.
a pretty car with a lots of optional touches ... vive USA cars
I bought an 89 Trofeo to replace my totally awesome 85 Toro Brougham and it was a dreadful car. GM bought it back under lemon law and put me in a 90 98 Regency Brogham. I didn't really want it but it turned out to be a REALLY great car! Red with red leather! Sure wish the cars today came with some choices... (like red leather!!). When the 91 98's came out, I wnated one REAL BAD but there wasn't the need for it so i waited and got an incredible Cadillac Concourse in a dark cherry color. KILL-ER! I think those were the last good ones. Everything from there on out has been FUGLY and always getting worse. Switched to Lincolns years ago and LOVE EM!!
Very cool! So you purchased the Trofeo new and subsequently bought a new 98? It's always neat to hear from people who actually purchased these cars new, and experienced them new and just being a cool person to do so at the time. Very nice. My parents purchased a new 1992 Buick Riviera with sunroof and pinstripe for ~$32k in 1992, it blew my mind and they were ontop of the world with a big American luxury.
They were decent soft feeling cars, my mother was a fan of that type. I can't believe they got $29K for that. Think of that as a 60K car in today's terms. There just isn't enough there to justify that.
David W Those high sticker prices is one of the reasons Olds sales slumped in the 90's.
David W They came very loaded standard.
MrTheMiguelox I remember those days. Back then you still had to pay for fm radio in most cars. Let alone stuff like ps, pdl, pw. Girlfriend back then had a car with no overdrive an no passenger side mirror.
+David W Exactly!!!
I happen to like these cars, think they're beautiful without being overstated and seem plush, comfortable and powerful. In my opinion, it looks more formal and better than the Park Avenue. It's too bad they were priced so high, helping to lead to its demise and that of the entire line.
sorry mw that 100th anniversary sadly is not going to happen, for Oldsmobile sucommed in 2004 very sad day when the last one rolled off the line
Such a disappointing replacement for the beautiful 1985 to 1990 regency 98. The front looks like a clown & the back is a mockery of previous regency 98
has the 3800 v6 right? one of the best engines ever imho.
WHOA THERE DON'T ZOOM IN ON THAT AIRBAG TOO FAST....SLOWER...SLOOOOOWWWWWWERRR...that's right, perfect.
I remember tat GM Junk. I moved on to liking Benzes instead of these American cookie cutter rental cars lol
What was that about a 100 anniversary?
Olds made it to their 100th Anniversary. 1997. Olds died in 2004.
I thought it was started in the 1930's, but it was started in 1897.
these just didn't look as good as the Buick Park Ave. I was looking for a Used Park Ave in 1996, and we were at the Cadillac dealer, where my friend worked and there were several Park Ave's and one Olds 98 sitting next to each other and it just looked a bit too boxy. Sadly I didn't get one, they were all 91 models and they all had high miles on them,
I wound up with a Loaded 92 Mercury Sable, off the same lot. My need for a new car was the back seat had to hold 3 cars seats, as all 3 of my girls were still in a car seat, and that Sable took care of that need
Why didn't you purchase a new Park Avenue back then? It would of been a cool story to have for years, rolling in brand new 90s American luxury.
all the used Park Avenues then ( a favorite with people in Sales and traveling) had 100K miles on them. I did replace the Sable with a Late 90's Deville so I did roll in 90s Luxury , just a bit later
he'll be dead, without the seatbelt on in a frontal crash.
This just didn't look as good as the Buick Park Ave
How can he call this downsized piece of JUNK big. A 1976 Oldsmobile 98 Regency with a 455 cubic inch V-8, that was BIG.
😂🤡
that was shit they day it rolled of the assembly line
amen!
As if Ford and Chrysler were any better. Please
wkeil1981
i think the Oldsmobile was slightly less susceptible to the GM quality control issues of the day though.
Remember that these were still the benchmark until Lexus came along......
they werent total crap.
terring
90's cars were so ugly. especially GM........ick..
Disagree. There more ugly now then ever. They all look the same.
+aohmusaa7886 agree
also most cars look the same.... boring
Cars today are so boring and plain. The interiors look almost alike too with no colors other than stupid gray and black. Yuck!
ponchoman49
That is so true
Its like 99.99% black
So dark and sombre and just depressing inside. Looking all futuristic for the hell of fashion and it's just yuck and can also look so tacky.
Seen all the different neon lights in the Mercedes Benz interiors? Looks like a 70's disco lol
Tacky