During the 1990s, a certain type of American car that had existed for decades became virtually extinct. These were cars like the Chrysler Cordoba, Buick Riviera, Cadillac Eldorado, and Oldsmobile Toronado. They were big, inefficient, not very practical, but strikingly showy and handsome. They were known as “personal luxury cars” and represented a certain period of over-the-top American style. Today, two-door cars are almost exclusively high-performance sports cars, while the personal luxury coupés from the past continue to command higher prices from car collectors.
