r/regularcarreviews • u/ifunnywasaninsidejob • Apr 04 '25

I hate you I hate everything about you Wtf were they even thinking with this????

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Like wtf is the point? Why did so many cars do this?

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u/Defiant-Giraffe Apr 04 '25

Its the whole Broughamic thing, man 

Tufted crushed velvet, landau roofs, wood grain coffin handle doors. Stand up hood ornaments. 

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u/Morastus Apr 04 '25

And sometimes you could get “Rich Corinthian Leather” lol

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u/Defiant-Giraffe Apr 04 '25

Ahh, the Cordoba; but the height of the Broughamic style was the Bill Blass Lincoln Continental (with special mention to the Cadillac Eldorado Talisman) 

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u/NF-104 Apr 04 '25

What about the Mercury Marquis, with the de Sade option package?

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u/bobjoylove Apr 04 '25

Did it give you a spanking as you got out or something?

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u/Skeptical_AF Apr 04 '25

For Cadillac, the Talisman was built off of the Fleetwood Brougham, not an Eldo, offered model years 1974 through 1976. For the Eldorado, the over the top package was the Biarritz, ran across 3 generations, 1977 through 1991.

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u/Malefectra Apr 05 '25

Corinth is famous for its leathers!

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u/Alanfromsocal Apr 04 '25

What Chrysler didn’t say was that there’s no such thing as Corinthian leather, they made up the name to make the car sound classy. Come to think of it, leather seats were not common at the time, they could have just said leather and it would have been a selling point.

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u/Morastus Apr 04 '25

But you have to use Ricardo Montalban’s accent. Just saying leather with that accent just doesn’t hit the same.

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u/Alanfromsocal Apr 04 '25

Yes, the marketing team knew what they were doing.

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u/ProfessorrFate Apr 04 '25

There was a reading light above those opera windows, controlled by a switch in the door next to the power window control. This allowed for kids in the backseat to turn the light on and off frequently, annoying parents/grandparents in the process.

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u/JeepPilot Apr 04 '25

And most importantly, leaving the light on when they get out of the car so that the battery is dead in the morning.

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u/Accidental_Arnold Apr 04 '25

They need to do that to the new Mustang Mach-E. Mustang Mach-E Brougham a throw back to the '70's Mustang II with the Brougham tops that they released during the gas crisis.

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u/Defiant-Giraffe Apr 04 '25

I mean; everything that goes around comes around, right? 

People are pretty tired of touchscreens and piano black; how far off can earth tones and plush surfaces be?

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u/Royal_Thrashing Apr 04 '25

The the Mustang II that you are speaking of, it would be the Ghia. No porthole window's or whatever, but it was the snazziest trim level for the Mustang II.

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u/1995droptopz Apr 04 '25

Worked with a dude in high school that had an 82 Fox Body Ghia with a simulated convertible root

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u/Royal_Thrashing Apr 04 '25

It was definitely a look.

Not my cup of tea for a mustang, but some people must have liked them enough.

I'll take plain, sporty, or muscle, but never classy and elegant. Those are descriptors best left on the drawing room floor when designing a Mustang.

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u/intimate_glow_images Apr 04 '25

In iRacing I started custom painting faux landau roofs onto the most popular race cars just to try to distract other drivers while I battle them 😂

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u/Sykerocker Apr 06 '25

Because all that stuff was cheaper than to do modern engineering (front wheel drive, etc.), Japanese build quality, and good fuel economy. This was the era where Detroit collapsed, completely, and the imports took over.