* Oldsmobile 442-began as a 1964 muscle car option package ( 4-barrel carburetor, 4-speed manual transmission, 2 exhausts ) on the F-85 / Cutlass.

* Oldsmobile Cutlass ( 1961 – 1999 )-mid-size car.

The Cutlass was initially the top model of the F-85 line but became a separate model by 1964 with the F-85 nameplate continued only on the lowest priced models through the 1972 model year, after which all Oldsmobile intermediates were Cutlasses.

* Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser ( 1964 – 1977 )-a stretched wheelbase Cutlass station wagon, which was stretched to 120 " from 115 " in the 1964-67 models and to 121 " from 116 " in the 1968-72 models, the stretched area being in the second-row seating area.

1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Sedan

Oldsmobile sales soared in the 1970s and 1980s ( for an all-time high of 1, 066, 122 in 1985 ) based on popular designs, positive reviews from critics and the perceived quality and reliability of the Rocket V8 engine, with the Cutlass series becoming North America's top selling car by 1976.

Oldsmobile also introduced a 5. 7L ( 350cu-in, V-8 ) diesel engine option on its Delta 88 and 98 models in 1978 and a smaller 4. 3L ( 260 cu-in ) displacement diesel on the ' 79 Cutlass Supreme.

* Oldsmobile Calais ( or Cutlass Calais ) ( 1985 – 1991 )-popular compact coupe or sedan on GM's " N-body " platform, similar to the Pontiac Grand Am.

* Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera ( 1982 – 1996 )-popular selling upscale mid-sized car based on GM's A platform.

* Oldsmobile Cutlass ( 1997 – 1999 )-mid-size sedan

But a complete departure in 1961 was the new Tempest, one of the three BOP ( Buick-Olds-Pontiac ) " compacts " introduced that year, the others being the Buick Special and Skylark and Oldsmobile F-85 and Cutlass.

Pontiac's sister division, Oldsmobile, received better reviews from the automotive press and the car-buying public with the similar-bodied Cutlass.

In 1988, when Oldsmobile planned to create a 442 based on the Cutlass Calais, Pontiac built a prototype GTO based on the Grand Am, equipped with a Quad 4 engine.

At the same time, slightly smaller, if not entirely more fuel efficient mid-size models such as the Oldsmobile Cutlass, Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Ford Thunderbird and various other models sold well.

This was a wise move on behalf of Ford, as this year's Thunderbird handily outsold the Oldsmobile Cutlass to become America's top selling personal luxury sedan.

Advice is given in some owner's manuals ( example: 1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme owner's manual ) that if the vehicle is parked on a steep slope using the park lock only, it may not be possible to release the park lock ( move the selector lever out of " P ").

After shopping for and purchasing a new purse from Marshall Field's, Sjodin left the mall and began walking to her 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass.

2: Mercedes-Benz W114, W168, W169 ; VW Sharan, Mitsubishi Delica, Honda Civic, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme ( Fifth Generation ), some minivans, some school buses, Peugeot 307, Ford Focus ( third generation ), Peugeot 308, Citroën C4, Citroën Xsara Picasso, Mitsubishi Grandis, Opel Zafira

The Oldsmobile Cutlass is a line of automobiles made by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors.

By the 1980s, Oldsmobile was using the Cutlass as a sub-marque, with a number of different vehicle lines bearing the name simultaneously.

The first Oldsmobile Cutlass was an experimental sports coupe designed in 1954.

New that year was the Cutlass Supreme four-door hardtop sedan also dubbed the Holiday Sedan by Oldsmobile, the first such bodystyle for Olds ' intermediate line.

The Cutlass line superseded the full-sized Delta 88 as the best-selling Oldsmobile line for the first time ever in 1975 with the Cutlass Supreme coupe accounting for the majority of those sales, becoming the best-selling intermediate-sized car in America by overtaking the Chevrolet Chevelle and Ford Torino for the top spot.

In 1998, the Cutlass Supreme was replaced by the Oldsmobile Intrigue.

The 6000 SUX itself was based on a 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme with extensive bodywork.

In the 1970s, the HUD was introduced to commercial aviation, and in 1988, the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme became the first production car with a head-up display.

Oldsmobile, whose larger and more expensive front-drive Toronado was a direct competitor to the Thunderbird, decided to further capitalize on strong sales of its intermediate Cutlass line by introducing a new Cutlass Supreme coupe with a formal roofline similar to the GPs but on the standard wheelbase used for two-door A-body intermediates and the same lower sheetmetal used on other Cutlass models.

The six-passenger seating configuration with a front bench seat and column-mounted gear shift in the Grand Prix and its sister cars the Buick Regal and Oldsmobile Intrigue ( formerly Cutlass Supreme ) was discontinued.

Oldsmobile revived the name in the 1980s on the rear-wheel drive Cutlass Supreme and early 1990s as an option package for the new front-wheel drive Cutlass.

The 442 name was revived in 1985 on the rear-wheel drive G-body Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme due to the demise of Oldsmobile and Hurst's official collaboration on the Hurst / Olds but Oldsmobile wanted to continue to offer a performance-oriented Cutlass model to the public.

The North American Chevrolet Lumina was based on the mid-size GM W platform, which was shared with the Pontiac Grand Prix, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, Oldsmobile Intrigue, Buick Regal and Buick Century ( after 1996 ).

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The Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme was a mid-size car produced by General Motors for the American market.

1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme convertible

Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme coupe

1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

When the Oldsmobile Calais became a separate model on the GM N platform in 1985, the rear-wheel drive Cutlass Calais was renamed Cutlass Salon ( taking its name from the upscale Supreme coupe and sedan that preceded the Calais ).

File :' 79 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Coupe. JPG | 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme coupe

To pump life into the Dynamic 88 range, Oldsmobile renamed it the Delmont 88 for 1967.

Front-wheel drive became common in the United States only in the 1980s, though Citroën introduced the Traction Avant in 1934, Ford offered it in certain models of its German-built Taunus, and General Motors sold the front wheel drive Oldsmobile Toronado in 1966 and Cadillac Eldorado in 1967.

The popularity of the Tasman formulae was directly responsible for 1966s ' return to power ' in Formula One, and having spent years developing with Repco the Brabham cars and eventually the Oldsmobile based Repco V8s in his Brabhams in the Tasman series gave Jack Brabham the opportunity to unexpectedly dominate Formula One with a ready-proven lightweight car that left Ferrari and the British ' garagistes ' struggling with their heavy, technically fragile or underpowered cars until the appearance of the Lotus-Cosworth late in 1967.

Kennedy drove the 1967 Oldsmobile Delmont 88 off a narrow, unlit bridge, which was without guardrails and was not on the route to Edgartown.

) A similar CD unit was available from Delco in 1966, which was optional on Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and GMC vehicles in the 1967 model year.

The Oldsmobile Toronado ( 276 ) released in June 1968 was an updated version of the earlier 1967 Corgi release of the same model but re-coloured metallic red or metallic yellow, but the metallic gold coloured Chevrolet Camaro SS350 ( 338 ) issued in August 1968 was a new model of one of the latest generation ' pony ' cars from America.

In contrast, the Riviera's E-body stablemates, the Oldsmobile Toronado and Cadillac Eldorado ( subsequent to its change in platform in 1967 ), were always front-wheel drive.

* General Motors Oldsmobile ( 1967 )

In all other Season 1 episodes Mannix drove a 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado roadster " customized " by George Barris, builder of TV's Batmobile from the 1960s Batman ABC series, since the producers wanted a convertible and Oldsmobile never produced an open-topped Toronado.

The Oldsmobile engine block formed the basis of the Repco 3-liter engine used by Brabham to win the 1966 and 1967 Formula One world championships.

* 1967 – 1968 Oldsmobile Delmont 88

One feature of the Dynaflow, the variable-pitch torque converter stator, colloquially the " Switch-Pitch ", lived on in some versions of the Turbo-Hydramatic ( Super Turbine 400 ) fitted to full-size Buicks, full-size Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs built from 1964 – 1967, as well as the Buick Super Turbine 300 and Oldsmobile Jetaway.