The 1980s Weirdest Cars from General Motors

The 1980s were a decade of neon lights, bold ideas, and some of the strangest automotive experiments ever put on the road. And no car company pushed the limits quite like General Motors. From wild design choices and early digital dashboards to unexpected turbochargers and TV fame, GM spent the entire decade throwing ideas at the wall to see what would stick.

In today’s video, we break down the weirdest, boldest, and most head-scratching cars GM created throughout the 1980s. Some were brilliant. Some were bizarre. All of them were unforgettable.

In this video, we cover:

🚗 1980 Chevrolet Citation X-11 – A confused hot hatch trying to be both practical and sporty.
🚗 1981 Cadillac Seville Bustleback – A retro-inspired luxury car so unusual it instantly divided the public.
🚗 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (KITT replicas) – How a TV show accidentally turned a production car into a global icon.
🚗 1983 Buick Skyhawk T-Type – A turbocharged sleeper disguised as a sensible compact.
🚗 1984 Pontiac Fiero (early models) – A beautiful mid-engine dream with a fiery and flawed reality.

From cylinder-deactivating engines to talking cars, turbocharged compacts, and plastic-bodied sports cars, this is the story of a decade where GM wasn’t afraid to get weird — sometimes very weird.

If you enjoy oddball classics, obscure car history, or deep automotive storytelling, this episode is packed with nostalgia, surprises, and plenty of “What were they thinking?” moments.

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