@Joseph-s6y
I work at an Oldsmobile dealership back then. I prepared new cars. Part of the prep was a test drive. The Calais with the quad 4 and manual transmission was a thrill to drive. It was surprisingly quick and handled well for a front drive car. The hardest part was feathering the clutch on takeoff. That thing would easily spin the tires through the first 3 gears. A true sleeper.
@jonathanmorrisey5771
I was a dealer tech and then an instructor 1974-2001. The Neon ACR was the RoadRunner/SuperBee of the '90s. All the go-fast goodies in a bare bones package.
@9ZERO6
I am telling you, the Berretta GTZ was a tuff looking car. Super 90's esthetic and cool color options. The body color alloys would still look fresh today. They sounded good too. GM did it right. The Supercharged Bonneville was dang sweet too. As a teen coming out of the boring cars of the 80's ,with few exceptions, it was cool to see these on the lots. Great video and it sure brings back memories. I only had 5.0 Notchback 5spd Mustangs during most of the 90's but that's a different ball of wax altogether. But they were stepping stones that helped get us to where we are today with the fastest street cars ever produced. Again, thanks for the video. 😊
@Magnum062
A friend of mine's father has a red Beretta. Makes me think of Joe dirt. He won it brand new unloaded from trailer at his house. Beaten, patched, mismatched body plates looking like it's pushing a 100 years old. Still running as his daily driver as of 2018 when I was visiting Fresno, Ca. Don't recall exactly but was nearing 400k on it's first engine and third transmission. When you look at him I honestly think in his mind he's in that brand new Beretta everything he drives; loves that car. I think that's a great thing. Thanks for another fun and informative video!
@jeremypilot1015
In 1998 I had an Olds Calais with the Quad 4. You could smoke Mustangs with that car. They went like crazy!
@Redline1986
Crazy to think I learned how to drive manual in my dad's 1991 Quad442 W-41!
@uttasyda9746
Love my Berettas!!!had 3,a Z26,GT,and GTU!!! Miss them,so fun to drive!!!
@TheRealTrididos
The 2.3 LG0/W41 mated to the Getrag 5-speed was an understated BEAST for the time, allowing the Grand AM H.O. and 442 to keep pace with all of the American V8 sports cats, outside of the Corvette.
@TheRealArtimusKnight
Honestly the Daytona IROC R/T looks cool as hell
@underwearunderthere2454
The Quad 4 was a dope engine at the time. My friend had an automatic trans 4dr Grand Am with a Quad 4 and it sounded awesome. Even had some poke for it's time. It was quicker in a straight line than my 2nd gen Supra. Of course, my car was amazing on a back road, was beautiful, and was the love of my life, but yeah-the Quad 4!
@JDMJDK
My buddy had a 442 Calais back then, anything with close to 200hp at the time was serious fun. 🤙🏼🏁
@SSO1025RET
Creator, great video as usual. these were all my favorites growing up. Thank you for doing all this research and providing us with the memories. Great job.
@LrulestheworldM8
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: up until 2005, you could buy parts directly from Oldsmobile in the rocket parts catalogue. These parts including faster cams, stronger internals, bigger valves and different heads, as well as a supercharger kit for the later 2.4l twin cam. The Quad 442 was capable of low 15 seconds from the factory, and even faster with some modding. Make no mistake, these are fast little cars. The Turbo Quad 4 was planned for 1989, but was scrapped by late 1987 because it was much faster than the Corvette. It pushed out 250hp and 250ft lbs. They put 58 of those motors in the 1987 Olds Cutlass pace car, and it was so powerful, it bent the frame, and so every Oldsmobile convertible after that sported the B pillar bar. These same cars were bought back by GM and crushed, except for 2 that we know of. Those cars are hidden and will probably never see the light of day until 'new GM' is bankrupt. The Oldsmobile Quad 4 set many records in 1987 with AJ Foyt and the Quad 4 that have yet to be beaten today, including fastest factory 4 cylinder, fastest flying mile, and fastest pass on 4 cylinders from the factory. No other brand since then has attempted to beat it.
@DanBrando
I like what you’re doing very well put together you’re very articulate and just the smallest of personal thoughts. Great job.
@csj9619
I had the Pontiac version of this car, a 1988 Grand Am Quad-4. I recall smoking a couple Hondas in it. It was a fun car and the first car I had with A/C, shiny paint and 4 matching tires.
@frankbuettner4513
Great video. I had the olds cutlas caliais Quad 442 W41. It had over 7000 redline. The engine screamed like a motorcycle engine. One of the cool things is that it had a strut running across the fire wall. They only made it in red and only made 200 of them. The W41 had silver stripes while the w40 had gold. It handled very well.
@MamesJatthew29
The 91 Calais 442 w41 and it’s successor, the 92 SCX w41- had 190 hp. The HO Quad used in other GM models made 180, but the W41 made an additional 10 (185 in the 93 SCX.)
@OLDS98
Thank you for the video. I enjoyed the Oldsmobile information and the footage you shared. The list was informative and interesting. It is clear you did your research and explained what you learned. I did not knows you liked Oldsmobile. That was a fun fact. You could do a video on the luxury coupes, but it would take some effort. Thank you for the effort.
@darren6951
I had a daytona turbo z Carroll Shelby edition that i absolutely loved! T tops, black leather and paint, gold wheels miss that car😢 i also had a probe with the mazda V6. It wasn't that fast but it was fun.
@Crispychicken4u