10 Most ELEGANT American Luxury Cars of the 1970s

Before the 1973 oil embargo forced Detroit to shrink everything on four wheels, American automakers built some of the most extravagant, over-engineered, unapologetically massive luxury cars in history. Nineteen-foot sedans. Seven-and-a-half-liter V8s. A dashboard clock designed by Tiffany & Co. This was American luxury at its absolute peak — before the government stepped in and changed everything. In this video, we count down 10 of the most elegant American luxury cars of the 1970s, from Lincoln's answer to the Cadillac Eldorado, to the rarest Imperial ever built, to the boat-tail Buick that history had to forgive years after Detroit gave up on it. We close with the very last car Elvis Presley ever owned. If you grew up around one of these, or just love the era of American cars that refused to apologize for their size, this one's for you. 🔔 Subscribe for more deep dives into classic and forgotten American luxury cars — new videos every week. 👍 Let us know in the comments which car on this list you'd actually want in your driveway. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – Intro: The last honest decade of American excess 01:47 – #10. 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III 03:48 – #9. 1970 Cadillac Coupe deVille 05:58 – #8. 1970 Imperial Crown 08:14 – #7. 1971 Buick Riviera "Boat-Tail" 10:25 – #6. 1971 Chrysler New Yorker 12:38 – #5. 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham 15:12 – #4. 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix 17:32 – #3. 1972 Buick Electra 225 Custom 19:50 – #2. 1973 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency 22:22 – #1. 1977 Cadillac Seville (Elvis Presley's last car) 24:43 – Outro & final thoughts #ClassicCars #VintageCars #AmericanMuscle #Cadillac #Lincoln #Chrysler #Buick #Oldsmobile #Pontiac #70sCars #LuxuryCars #ClassicCarHistory #GentleAmerica #CarHistory #elvishattitude