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Cutlass (38) 442 (26) 88 (17) 98 (14) Toronado (13) Dynamic 88 (12) Super 88 (11) Delta 88 (8)

Oldsmobile, America's oldest automotive brand (1897–2004), created the first mass-produced car with an automatic transmission. The 442, Cutlass, and Toronado remain highly collectible classics.

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Orange, CA

1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

$39,995 2,623 miles

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1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

$42,994 95,000 miles

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1955 Oldsmobile Super 88

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Warner Robins, GA

Frequently Asked Questions about Classic Oldsmobile

Oldsmobile was founded by Ransom E. Olds, who started the Olds Motor Vehicle Company in Lansing, Michigan, in 1897. In 1899 the business was reorganized as Olds Motor Works and relocated to Detroit, and cars were later built in both cities. The cars took their name from Olds himself. He left the company in 1904 and set up the REO Motor Car Company.

Oldsmobile cars, including the Cutlass, 442, 88 and Toronado, were made by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors. Olds Motor Works operated as an independent company until 1908, when it was bought by the newly formed General Motors. Oldsmobile stayed inside GM for the rest of its life, and more than 14 million of its cars were built in Lansing, Michigan.

The last Oldsmobile was built on April 29, 2004, at the Lansing Car Assembly plant in Michigan. It was an Alero sedan, signed by plant workers and then put on display at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum in Lansing. General Motors had announced in December 2000 that it would phase out the brand after years of falling sales. More than 35 million Oldsmobiles had been built by then.

On the original 1964 Oldsmobile 4-4-2, the numbers stood for a four-barrel carburetor, a four-speed manual transmission and dual exhausts. The package, officially the B09 Police Apprehender Pursuit option, used a 330-cubic-inch V8 rated at 310 horsepower. For 1965 a 400-cubic-inch V8 replaced the 330 and an automatic became available, and Oldsmobile redefined the name as a 400-cubic-inch engine, four-barrel carburetor and dual exhausts.

The Oldsmobile Toronado was front-wheel drive. Introduced for the 1966 model year, it returned front-wheel drive to American production cars for the first time since the 1937 Cord. A 425-cubic-inch V8 rated at 385 horsepower drove the front wheels through a drivetrain known as the Unitized Power Package. The 1966 Toronado also won Motor Trend's Car of the Year award.

The 88 name followed Oldsmobile's two-digit model system, in which the first digit identified the series or body and the second the number of cylinders. The 98, for example, was the big 90-series car with an eight-cylinder engine. The 88 arrived for 1949, when Oldsmobile fitted its new Rocket V8 to the smaller body shared with the six-cylinder 76.

Some writers call the 1949 Oldsmobile 88 the first muscle car, but the label is disputed. That year Oldsmobile put its new 303-cubic-inch Rocket V8, rated at 135 horsepower, into its smaller, lighter body. Old Cars Weekly reports that some give the 88 the title, while Mac's Motor City Garage argues that it misses the mark, noting that the term did not exist in 1949.

Oldsmobile was known for bringing new engineering to mass-market cars. The Curved Dash, built from 1901 to 1907 and priced at $650, is credited as the first mass-produced automobile. The Hydra-Matic, offered on 1940 models, was the first fully automatic transmission in volume production. The overhead-valve Rocket V8 followed for 1949, and the 1966 Toronado revived front-wheel drive among American cars.

The 173 Oldsmobile listings on Classic Cars Arena right now include 171 with an asking price of $1,000 or more. Those are priced from $2,500 to $149,495, with a median asking price of $27,895. These are the prices sellers are asking today, not sale prices, and the figures change as cars are listed and sold.

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