ahh the aurora... there's an intriguing, almost captivating quality about the 1st gen, particularly with the interior having that supra like cockpit style control layout

years ago i started a thread about the aurora when i actually considering getting one after seeing how cheap they were, then i found out why they were so cheap lol... an antique northstar engine doesn't sound very promising

 

You could get around being stuck with the Northstar by going with the smaller 2Gen model, which had the choice of the 4.0 Northstar or a 3.5L V6.

Actually, for its time, though unreliable, the Northstar engine was pretty advanced mechanically...the first time, I believe, that the corporation ever offered an OHC V8 instead of the usual pushrods. It had, of course, offered (thanks to John DeLorean's influence at Pontiac) offered an overhead-cam in-line-6 back in the 1960s on the Tempest/LeMans models.

 

No, I would never buy a car spec'ed like that. Even in the 90s that wasn't my thing.

 

that's true but part of the aurora's appeal (to me at least) was that it only came with a cadillac V8, and the 2nd gen just doesn't have that certain something the 1st gen did... idk maybe it just looks too much like the alero... either way i've actually seen a few 1st gens in the wild but i don't think i've ever seen a 2nd gen

 

He has a lot of SC430 videos. I love listening to him.

 

That video was 10x longer than it needed to be. Even after i switched to 2x playback speed it was waaaaay too long.

 

So was his tirade about the poor goats.

 

His videos always are, you have to like his humor.

 

His side quips are funny.

 

It’s crazy to think that Oldsmobile once had the #1 selling cars in US for several years and now its a brand that regular ppl would not even know existed.

GM unfortunately continues to be a poorly managed company with lackluster products.

 

I disagree on lackluster products (at least after the 2009 reorganization and bailout)...but, as far as poor management and marketing, I totally agree....it perhaps sets the industry standard.

 

Most of his cars I could care less about, it's all his humor for me. My better half who doesn't care about a car loves listening to him. Anytime I need a laugh, I hit his channel.

 

My Mom bought a new Aurora in 1996. The 1999 Shelby Series 1 engine was a highly modified Aurora engine.

 

I liked the Aurora styling inside & out for the most part, & up to that time it handled as well as any front wheel drive vehicle I had driven.
The 1st Aurora I ever touched was a photo car for the Aurora brochure. While I was inspecting the interior I found a empty Canadian Whiskey bottle under the RF seat.

 

I never took the aurora seriously because it’s a front wheel drive V8.
Signed, a man who bought a 3.2TL-S with more horsepower and is also front wheel drive and probably has far worse torque steer