Alright, the 1970s: When cars were massive, chrome was king, and nobody cared about miles per gallon. These weren’t just vehicles; they were land yachts, street-cruising beasts with hoods long enough to host a picnic.
Gas was cheap (kind of), engines were loud, and parallel parking was a contact sport. From Cadillac Eldorados to Lincoln Continentals, these rides guzzled fuel like teenagers at a soda fountain and looked flat-out glorious doing it. Sure, they’d cry at today’s pump prices, but back then, excess was the point.
Buckle up and take a joyride through the biggest, boldest gas hogs of a gloriously reckless era.
1
1973 Cadillac Eldorado
Built like a yacht, burned gas like a cruise ship; but oh, what a ride.
2
1975 Lincoln Continental
19 feet of pure drama. Parallel parking? Not without divine intervention.
3
1973 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Sedan
Takes up two lanes, sips gas like a thirsty camel. Still somehow grandma’s favorite car.
4
1977 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham
Came with a V8 engine and enough chrome to blind the entire neighborhood.
5
1978 Ford LTD Country Squire Wagon
Hauls the whole family, the dog, and all your regrets to the gas station... again.
6
1971 Buick Electra 225
They called it the ‘deuce and a quarter’ because 225 inches of car still wasn’t enough.
7
1977 Pontiac Bonneville
This beast had two speeds: parked and passing everything in sight while guzzling a gallon a minute.
8
1978 Mercury Grand Marquis Sedan
If you drove this down the street, people heard you coming and smelled the gas disappearing.
9
1976 Chevrolet Caprice Classic
GM said ‘full-size,’ and they weren’t kidding. This baby could host a dinner party in the trunk.
10
1970 Imperial LeBaron
Because back then, the only thing more important than power… was more power.
11
1973 Lincoln Continental Town Car
So long, it had its own time zone. So thirsty, it had its own fuel budget.
12
1977 Dodge Royal Monaco
The car that made every cop show look cooler and every gas station richer.
13
1979 Chrysler Cordoba
Ricardo Montalbán sold us on the ‘rich Corinthian leather’, but forgot to mention 10 MPG.
14
1974 Chevrolet Opala
Classic American muscle meets slow-motion bankruptcy at the gas pump.
15
1973 AMC Ambassador Brougham
Not the flashiest, but still drank gas like it was going out of style (which it was).
