1989: Greater Grand Prix & cutting edge Caprice
Spyshots of the slightly revised Grand Prix shows off the new for the 90s mini headlamps, that from what I understand were only used on this, and the Oldsmobile Cutlass. Also, the Caprice shows off it’s new top hat, while the platform was not nearly as edited.
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Ah, the start of the W-body Mini-Quad headlights….. they look awesome, but light output is crap.
I remember really thinnking they were something special, when we brough home our new 92 Olds Cutlass International Series. I dont remember the light output being that low, but i didn’t get to drive it all that much!
Great video!
When the mini-quads came out, I wondered why GM would replace flush-mounted Euro-style headlights with exposed rectangular units. The move seemed sort of retrograde. By the close of the 1980s, I remember the Euro lamps sort of being a mark of automotive design progress.
I also remember thinking if only GM had introduced their mini-quads about 5 years earlier, they could have been regarded as semi-revolutionary.
Also, in addition to the Grand Prix and Cutlass, I think the refreshed ’92 Geo Storm used the new mini-quad lamps too.
The Caprice Classic on the show stand looks to be production standard car. Oddly enough, the stock alloys seem to have been highly polished or chromed. Even the center caps are unusually bright.
I’ve owned a few sets of these alloys, and they are of the machined face and painted shadows style from the factory. Most had black paint in between the mesh, with the LS trim level having gold color paint.
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That video takes me back. I remember that Caprice and the face-lifted Grand Prix. That Caprice for some odd reason looked better in that video than it did in real life. They fixed it in 1993 and it went own to spawn the Impala SS.
Chrysler also used the mini-quads– they were behind the flip-up doors of the New Yorker and Imperial.