1981 Caprice, 305 V8… my father had one. Excellent car.
1989 Caprice
1996 Caprice with 9C1 police package
1972 Chevelle SS-454
1970 Olds 442
1969 GTO, The Judge
1969 Camaro
1978 Trans-Am
1992 Firebird Formula
1992 Firebird Firehawk
4th Gen F-body, both brands.
Corvette: C2; C3; C4; C6… don’t liked the C5 too much. Of those, C4 ZR-1, C6 Z06, C3 Split Window and Fuelie, C3… 74 style on
Cadillac CTS, both gens, if V-version better.
1996 Chevy Tahoe
2007 Chevy Tahoe
1988-1998 C-K Pickup. I love the style of these trucks.
2007+ Chevy Silverado
1970-1972 Camaro
1974 Firebird… ummm Super Duty 455 =)
1996 Impala SS
1987 Buick GNX, also Grand National
1987 Chevy Monte Carlo Aerocoupe, don’t remember if there was an SS version
1959 Cadillac Eldorado (convertible)
The original Oldsmobile Toronado
The Riv Mr. Farago mentioned
1987 Chevy Chevette (as sold in Venezuela) I learned to drive in one of those.
The bubbletop Impala mentioned above with the 409
1973 Chevelle Malibu
1990-1992 Isuzu Impulse (I own 2), maybe not fully GM car but under that umbrella.

Puff that was too many.

Sure, I qualify as a GM fan =)

You sir, have good taste. Dad built a hot rod ‘49 Chevy truck. Nice to look at but useless. Too pretty to do much with. I’d keep mine stock except that gas tank issue. Keep the cap on the side of the cab. Put the tank under the back of the bed. I drove mine daily for a while in 1999 or so. Six volt electrics are fun in the winter. Vacuum wipers are fun in traffic. There there was the worn king pins. Wish I still had that truck.

I like the old cars but I prefer some basic safety too. Dual circuit brakes. My Mustang lost it’s single circuit brakes twice. First car too. Seatbelts are welcomed. Some decent fuel system safety. Everything else can stay stock.

If I was “going all out” I’d add a two piece steering column for collision safety and make it look original. I’d add a good vacuum wiper motor for more wiper action on hills. Lastly I’d improve the lighting a little. Just so the other cars might notice me. I see them just fine even with those dim lights.

Second would be the 65 Impala SS that I bought used in 1970 and drove happily for years with nothing but a few oil and tire changes. Beautiful car!

Long hood, short rear deck – hella cool “cockpit” interior. Went like stink with the 400 CID V8, handled well enough for the day, stopped well. Topped out @ 140MPH, got 20MPG on the highway (when the speed limit was 55, heh)

But my beauty had the infamous nylon coated timing gear that pulled a disappearing act – right into the oil pan.

That was an expensive repair.

I think it was the only car that I didn’t wreck back in my “crazy days”. :-)

After refreshing my memory, I’d like to amend my comment. The pre-1940 GM/Chevy trucks are much better looking than the mid to late 40’s. Much cleaner and simpler lines.

GMs I love: mid-60’s Corvettes, Corvairs, anything older than ~1960.

GMs I’ve owned (briefly) and loved: 1949 Chevy pickup. What a deathtrap though. Truck was in good condition but the gas tank was inside the cab! I’d have another truck like that but would relocate the tank under the truck bed! Oh, and seatbelts!!!

If it’s just GM cars in general, my list would be incredibly long, and from all eras. (although I’ve owned and loved other makes and models, too.)

In fact, I would have a very hard time just keeping it down to 10. That said, I will stick with the two that I posted earlier, as I did own them and grew to love them.

Why settle for less than 638 hp?

It looked great, and past all the BS of advertising and magazines, there were the General Motors Engineering Journals to read at the library of the Engineering College I was attending. Three full issues are devoted to this car. The engineering was covered in detail. We’re not talking wussy puff sheet articles here, folks. Over 20 real essays on the design. I wanted to go work for them, I was so impressed, and still am. I have copies.

I don’t think any other car company in the world at that time could have come up with the resources and the sheer effort it took to engineer this car, and I mean nobody, not even Mercedes Benz. It even had the first modern ventilation system, wind tunnel checked for hundreds of variations. Not much was left to chance, not even brake cooling, also wind tunnel checked.

Therein does lie the one flaw of this incredible vehicle. No disc brakes. The US car industry just refused to use them, ‘cuz they were furrin.

Second choice, 1977 Impala, the only reasonably modern body on frame vehicle produced (except for recent trucks). Amazingly good in snow for a rear drive vehicle and to this day makes the Ford Panther chassis seem pathetic, 31 freaking years later.

The rest? Blah.

2)The ‘55 Buick Century I learned to drive in.

3)I prefer the Bill Mitchell-cleaned-up 1960 versions of Harley Earl’s ’59s–any make, any model.

4)The last series of Corvair.

I think you’re seeing less than there is–I’ve seen quite a few late 70s thru early 90s listed here. My list was, as usual, woefully incomplete in this sort of thing, I’d be happy to include many. The problem is that GM never had a knock-out mid-size family sedan in the 80s and 90s to compete with Camrys and Accords…

86-90 Formula 350 Firebird, 86-90 Z28/IROC, pretty much any 78-88 G-Body as long as it had a V8 or turbo V6… The Fiero got good toward the end… The 454SS pickup was underpowered, but still a great ride… Syclone/Typhoon… the early TBI 4.3 S10s and Blazers you simply could not kill.

Any full-size GM car (B or C body), especially ones from the ’60’s and ’70’s-Impala/Caprice, LeSabre/Electra, Bonneville, 98 Regency, etc. I particularly like the downsized ‘77-’79 cars and of those, the 2-door Caprice/Impala is my favorite. I had a 1979 Caprice Landau coupe years ago.

1990-91 Buick LeSabre. These cars and I go back a long way. When I was in high school driver’s ed in 1990, the driver’s ed car was a new LeSabre. In 1995, I bought my own 1990 LeSabre and had it for nearly 10 years. It was one of the best cars I’ve ever owned. In 2002, I bought another LeSabre (a ‘91), and it was just as good as the ‘90 was. I just traded it in last Friday (it had seen better days), but I already miss it dearly. Someday, I want to buy a nice 2-door ‘90-’91 LeSabre. I will forever have a soft spot for these cars. Come to think of it, I can pick just one favorite. This would be it.

I’ve always liked the 1978-newer A/G body Regal, Grand Prix, Monte Carlo and especially the Cutlass Supreme. Great looking cars. When Olds dropped that Cutlass and brought out the totally different front wheel drive Cutlass for ‘88, it was a travesty…the ‘88 model was one of the first nails in Oldsmobile’s coffin.

1984-88 Pontiac Fiero…neat car that had a lot of potential.

Too many more to list, but I can say that almost none of their current line-up appeals to me except for the Corvette, which is just freakin’ awesome. That, and the Buick Lucerne, which I rather like.

Wait, are we counting rebadged Opels? I’m looking at an Astra right now that I think will change my life.

In all seriousness, I had a 1996 S-10 4WD Blazer – the last of the REAL midsize SUVs, before they became the vehicle of choice for karate and ballet class – in which I frequently took my friends mudding, knocked down trees, harassed wildlife, and engaged in otherwise obnoxious behavior when gas was $2.21 a gallon.

I still check out Blazers in parking lots…but I try not to do it in front of my xB.

Not for its performance, nor its looks,[it might of looked good in its day], but it has served my family well, and it still runs today. i use it for my daily communte to work.

we’ve had it since 87 and i can tell you, not much cars can go through so much and still drive like she does.

I call her the Empress, my wife calls it a piece of junk, but i inherited it from my parents at 19 when they got a new car, and never parted with it. for one reason it was the first car i drove. i went joyriding with it at 12 for the first time (kids dont try this at home) had my first accident at 17, 1 year shy of a drivers license.
the second reason being that if i were to sell it now no one is willing to pay more than 200 bucks for it. so i keep it as my mule.
she serves me well,

but the ultimate GM car i believe is a C3 Corvette T Top. [I hope the Empress gets me home today]

And there were so many other great GM cars going back into the last 100 years….

-Mc

I was considering a new ‘06 Impala; but the Epica had way more content, leather interior, sunroof, auto A/C etc. for at least $12K less than a similarly optioned Impala. Great looking interior, very smooth engine (Epica has a 2.5 liter straight six, very smooth). The Epica impressed me by feeling like a Lexus at a Chevy price. The Impala feels like…well, an Impala.

Yeah, it’s not “really” a Chevy, since it’s built by GMDAT in South Korea. But this is the future of Chevy for a lot of product.

My next car? Likely a 2010 Buick Allure/LaCrosse, if it’s anywhere as good looking as the pics. Or maybe a new Impala if GM updates it, at least with a 6-speed auto.

AH memories :)

Looking at them today, I’d have one now if I could afford it. Even more beautiful today.