1985 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Sedan Makes You Feel Good Inside
Here's a magazine advertisement for the 1985 Caprice Classic (all Caprices were Classics by that point), targeting middle-aged buyers who weren't having that newfangled front-wheel-drive nonsense, thank you very much.
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