GTP Cool Wall: 1991-1996 Chevrolet Caprice

[Conza]

I think this is going to end up in the uncool pile, despite equal votes for seriously uncool and uncool at time of writing

I went seriously uncool, nothing does it for me, its so plain jane, and the power seems very low for a car from the 90s, with such huge engines.

 

[ScottPuss20]

I am not a fan of fenders that partly cover the wheels. Also ugly. Uncool

 

[Dennisch]

Wagon. So cool.

 

[TheCracker]

America's Vauxhall/Opel Cavalier/Vectra. Seriously uncool.

 

[jeffgoddin]

Wagon. So cool.

Yeah the wagon version would merit a cool, too. Unless I'm mistaken, one of the biggest wagons ever. Certainly the biggest since the 1970s.

 

[Anathema]

My maternal grandfather bought only Caprices, from the first-gen, up until the 4th gen (until he passed away in 1993.) If I was old enough to have asked him what he thought of the cars, I'm not sure what kind of an answer I'd get.

Me, personally, uncool.

 

[synchromesh]

Sub-Zero, these were awesome! I wouldn't drive it, but I still love it.

 

[Crash]

Whale. Uncool.

The Impala SS would get a cool though.

 

[ClydeYellow]

Meh. Not a Roadmaster.

 

[Slash]

5.7Litres= large V8..hehehe

My thoughts exactly, coming from a country where 7.5 to 10 liter V8s are not uncommon.

 

[JR98]

An old American V8 sedan that has aged horribly and that probably drives like a boat, not the mention the hideous things some people do to these things. Uncool

 

[mustafur]

Man that is way too heavy.

Holden Commodores here at the same time had similar engines making similar power from similar sized body, weighing 500kg less.

Where does that weight come from seriously!

Either way its a beached whale of a car uncool.

 

[Sage Ages]

I went seriously uncool, nothing does it for me, its so plain jane, and the power seems very low for a car from the 90s, with such huge engines.

Power seems perfectly average for what it is. This isn't exactly an upscale model.

5.7Litres= large V8..hehehe

It is a fairly decent size. A lot of foreign makes were using 4-5 liter engines at the time.

 

[Slash]

"Low power"

Everyone forgets 4 and 6 cylinders of the time period were barely making 100-120hp.

 

[playnthru]

It is a fairly decent size. A lot of foreign makes were using 4-5 liter engines at the time.

I'd say 5.7 was about average size here for V8's. A lot of foreign cars back then had smaller displacement engines than their U.S marketed counterpart. I'm not sure the comparison is fair though. Our V8's are often larger than the foreign markets, that doesn't make them large per say.

 

[Sage Ages]

Everyone forgets 4 and 6 cylinders of the time period were barely making 100-120hp.

Yeah...no.

Try 120-240, depending on displacement.

 

[Slash]

Yeah...no.

Try 120-240, depending on displacement.

240hp 6 cylinders were very high end of the 6 cylinder spectrum.

The V8s were still far more powerful no matter how you look at it.

 

[Dennisch]

I know where this is going.

 

[Sage Ages]

240hp 6 cylinders were very high end of the 6 cylinder spectrum.

I could easily go higher and include forced induction engines, but it wouldn't really be a fair comparison pricing wise.

 

[Slash]

I could easily go higher and include forced induction engines, but it wouldn't really be a fair comparison pricing wise.

This is true.

 

[Sage Ages]

If it wasn't an issue, I'd say that some six cylinders line up pretty decently with V8s, but eventually you'll hit ZR-1, AMG Hammer territory.

I honestly can't name anything else in the high 300 range.

 

[Roger the Horse]

1992 E36 M3, 3 litre naturally aspirated inline six. 282 horsepower.

1989 Ferrari 348, 3.4 litre naturally aspirated V8, 300 horsepower.

1990 Honda NSX, 3 litre naturally aspirated V6, 270 horsepower.

1989 Honda Integra XSi, 1.6 litre naturally aspirated inline four, 158 horsepower.

These things were running big engines compared to what much of the rest of the world was using for comparable output. The likely reason being that it's cheaper to do so.

 

[Sage Ages]

That is true, although it isn't necessarily a bad thing.

 

[mustafur]

1992 E36 M3, 3 litre naturally aspirated inline six. 282 horsepower.

1989 Ferrari 348, 3.4 litre naturally aspirated V8, 300 horsepower.

1990 Honda NSX, 3 litre naturally aspirated V6, 270 horsepower.

1989 Honda Integra XSi, 1.6 litre naturally aspirated inline four, 158 horsepower.

These things were running big engines compared to what much of the rest of the world was using for comparable output. The likely reason being that it's cheaper to do so.

All of which are Highly strung Performance engines, not even close to a comparison.

 

[Tornado]

Man that is way too heavy.

Holden Commodores here at the same time had similar engines making similar power from similar sized body, weighing 500kg less.

Where does that weight come from seriously!

The final generation Caprices were almost two feet longer than the contemporary Commodore. They were still lardasses compared to the Caprice Classic they replaced, but comparing them to a car the size of a Taurus isn't fair.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

"Low power"

Everyone forgets 4 and 6 cylinders of the time period were barely making 100-120hp.

 

[Legro]

4 cylinders of the time period

100-120hp.

120-

More like half of that.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

The looks have really not aged well. And I'm sure we polled the Buick version of this?

The Impala SS version isnt enough to save it from Uncool.

 

[Cano]

The wagon saves it from uncool. In fact, it pushes it into cool for me, I've always loved the weird stance of these due to the half-covered rear axle.

 

[Heldenzeit]

Caprice is for old people, cops and taxi drivers. Meh.

Impala SS would be cool, but that isn't what is being polled.