Here are the Top 10 Weirdest cars from General Motors!

In this episode I provide my picks for the top 10 weirdest cars that were made by GM. I had originally planned a top 10 weirdest car list among all brands, but so many in my list were GM that I decided to dedicate this list to just GM cars. Let me know what others I may have missed, or other weird non-GM cars I could include in a future list.

00:00 Start
01:34 Number 10
03:57 Number 9
05:51 Number 8
08:01 Number 7
10:10 Number 6
12:13 Number 5
13:43 Number 4
15:23 Number 3
17:40 Number 2
19:38 Number 1

[timothysmith]

The Caprice police package was rather unique. We called them Shamu cars (consider the car with a traditional Police black and white paint job) and the faster we drove them, the better they handled.

[bobh]

I was involved in the building of the production line that produced the huge glass windshields for the "Dustbuster" vans.  A company I won't mention spent nearly $50 million making that production line. The glass had to get a special coating to keep it from being too much like a greenhouse. Said coating kept it from passing so much light that it melted dashboards and such. Luckily, the same production line could be used to make the rear windows for various model Corvettes, so it wasn't a total waste.

[bindig]

The weirdest GM car I had was a 1981 Caprice wagon with a diesel engine. Beautiful car, terrible engine. Would start, then wouldn't restart until the engine completely cooled down. Even a short trip to the 7-Eleven would take hours. I ended up pulling the diesel out and put in an Olds 350 gas engine. Ran great for years

[jokergordon]

I actually love those caprices with the LT1. But everybody has their style.

[CallowXayne]

I like that GM brought a lot of wierd ideas to market. I just wish they would have either stuck with them longer or executed them better from the start.

[larryfromwisconsin]

I had an aeroback Cutlass Salon diesel. I bought it used dirt cheap in 1986 because it was running very rough. I had the mechanical fuel injection rebuild by a diesel truck mechanic and it ran great -- for about 10, 000 miles then just died. I junked it. If I knew then what I know now I would have put a water separator on it. That was it's fatal flaw. It was an odd looking car. I drove it from Fort Ord, California to Fort Campbell, Kentucky and did get close to 30 miles per gallon driving the National speed limit of 55 mph.

[davidpar]

I was always fascinated by the styling of the 80-85 Cadillacs Seville

[catjudo]

When I drove for Yellow Cab, I got to drive both the Crown Victoria and the bloated whale Caprice Classic. I genuinely preferred the Chevrolet as the big car could hustle and handle well, plus the steering was much more precise. I'd love to find a clean one today.

[rob]

I had an Oldsmobile silhouette, we called it the “spaceship “ because it reminded me of the view from the millennium falcon, I did like it though although the automatic sliding door would always blow the fuse

[StCornerback]

I could say that the Corvair is still beautiful and underrated for me, especially the Corsa.

[kenpreston]

The Seville looks good. I wanted one in the 80s and I still do today.

[stavl]

Bought a 2003 Aztek brand new for $18, 000 and drove it for 11 years (198, 000 miles). Loved it.

[silvanski]

GM's 1990 futuristic styled "dustbuster" vans received mixed reactions in the US. The styling was appreciated better in Europe. The Belgian gendarmerie even used the export version of the Pontiac Trans Sport, powered by a 2.3L quad four coupled to a 5-speed manual.

[ShaunChaudoin]

LOVE IT! Now I need to see an episode on the 1973 Boat tail Buick Riviera & their cult following as a movie car... Beautiful & quirky design with a 7.5L 455... Had one and loved it!

[rampy]

When I first saw that Caprice, I thought Chevy had taken a Taurus and redesigned it to look like it was a Hudson.

[CPDheadstomp]

The bubble dome Chevy was the best police vehicle I’ve ever driven. Turning radius was fantastic.

[FlameG]

I genuinely still love the dustbuster vans
And i still think the last gen caprice was a great looking car. I never understood the hate, but then i suppose it's because I grew up around this kind of design vs people that grew up with the 50's-80's cars.

I dunno. i tend to think that early 90's car design was peak American car design. it took the designs of the 80's, and made them sleeker. and for the better imo.

I will say, between the Caprice Classic and the first gen Crown Vic, I prefer the caprice

[michaelwalter]

The "bustleback" Seville was a takeoff on the Rolls Royce Silver Cloud of the 1950's, which in turn was a takeoff on the Packard Clipper of 1940-41.

[CBBC]

The Pontiac Aztek was way ahead of its time.

[jimbrown]

I owned a Caprice Estate Wagon...I used it much like a truck and it made a great winter car in the Midwest...which ultimately killed it (rust).