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land yachts, forgotten econoboxes from the low point in automotive performance-'73-'83, also known as the Malaise Era

Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser

 
 

Vista Cruiser

The Vista Cruiser for ’73 was based on the Cutlass, as were all historically. The car lost it’s raised skylight roof that the previous generations sported, but the woodgrain was in its primetime appearance. For motivation, buyers got a 350 or 403 small block, or a 455 big block V8.


For 1976, the car gained a new nose, with quad rectangular headlamps. The last year of the Vista Cruiser was 1977.