10 Most Luxurious American Cars of the 1980s That Carried On the Classic Tradition

The most luxurious American cars of the 1980s weren't trying to look modern. They were trying to look old. While the rest of Detroit shrank and switched to front-wheel drive, a handful of builders looked backward, to ten cars from the 1930s that had already settled what luxury meant. We count down all ten, along with the 1980s cars that tried to carry them forward, from a stretched Cadillac Sixty Special to a gold-trimmed Stutz Royale. At number one, a Cadillac V-16 comes back in 2003 with 1,000 horsepower. Which one would you park in your driveway? Tell me in the comments, I read them. If you're watching on your TV, grab the remote and hit subscribe. That's how Gentle America keeps finding forgotten cars worth talking about. Chapters 0:00 Why the 1980s looked backward 0:57 #10 Cadillac Series 60 / Sixty Special 3:13 #9 Lincoln-Zephyr 5:27 #8 Auburn 851 Speedster 7:44 #7 Lincoln K Series 10:07 #6 Marmon Sixteen 12:27 #5 Packard Twelve 14:46 #4 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow 17:10 #3 Cord 810 / 812 19:40 #2 Duesenberg Model J 22:15 #1 Cadillac V-16 24:53 Final thoughts #ClassicCars #AmericanLuxury #1980sCars #VintageCars #CadillacV16