'74 Chevy Caprice 'Drives Itself' Commercial (1973)

"A car that almost drives itself."
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[philiphatfield]

This was the perfect car to take a long family vacation in. You would not believe how quiet the ride was. I miss the incredible comfort that these cars provided.

[KoldingDenmark]

I bought one back in 1985 and later sold it to a friend of mine, who till this day has maintained it meticulously.
A very fine car indeed.

[williamcobb]

Bought one in 1978 used. One of the best cars I've ever owned.

[somersetdc]

It's also comes with a suspension system that gives you none of that annoying road feel that we all hated so much in the 1970s

[NewYorkCityBoxing]

This commercial scared the HELL out of me when I was kid -- I thought a ghost was driving the car.

[SpockvsMcCoy]

My father's 1971 Chevrolet Impala Sport Sedan which he purchased used in 1972 was my most favorite car that he ever drove. When he bought it I became a life-long car lover at age eight. I remember the voice of this narrator and I clearly remember when the 1974 Caprice was introduced but I don't remember this commercial so thanks for uploading it.

[lisabrooks]

OMG! I had to take my driver's test (in 1977) on one of these! I failed parallel parking (which was an instant fail on your driver's test back then) because prior to practicing on this "behemoth", I had only practiced driving on my best friend's dad's tiny Fiat. Come the morning of my test, my dad's friend drove out of town in the Fiat on a business trip and I was stuck with the Chevy! Yikes. I remember hitting the parallel parking barrier as if it were yesterday. That same week, my neighbor taught me to parallel park on her 1975 Chrysler New Yorker (also a "land yacht") and I returned to the driver's test behind the wheel of the Chevy and aced the test. After having parallel parked both "barges", I can pretty well parallel park anything! I don't need an app or AI to show me how!

[stevenikazy]

My Driver's Ed class had these big Chevys. The instructor kept telling me to slow down.

[tonygoulart]

Just finished a restoration to Original 4 door Hardtop no post fully optioned car. loaded from Factory. Great car to Drive.

[frankdenardo]

A friend I know has one. It's silver with a burgundy vinyl top and interior, built in Canada.

[jinglejazz]

I so miss those old big boats, todays big cars are smaller than the old small cars,

[nlpnt]

It would be interesting to see Level 5 autonomy done with 1970s tech. There'd be a huge tape machine in the trunk and you'd have to swap from one almost-briefcase-size cartridge to another if you wanted to take a different route...

[Nunofurdambiznez]

I'd LOVE to have one as my daily driver!!

[fleetwin]

Those cars were remarkably easy to drive considering their large size....

[sodiebergh]

Same car (but in convertible form) that Marsha and Greg Brady drove for their competition!

[riverbrock]

Cool I'm 16 and all I want is an old GM sedan like this one but it looks like I'm too late. Or maybe I'll find one, who knows.

[steveb]

This music starts out much like Bread's "If a Picture Paints a Thousand Words".

[SEATACFLUGHAFEN]

And everyone thinks self-driving cars are a 21st development.

[wnychevy]

The voice-over is the late Alexander Scourby

[matttravers]

Hey! Its a self driving car that actually looks good and folks might actually want!...😊