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Oldsmobile

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17published models

Origins

How the company began.

The founder story explains why the later cars took the form they did.

Manufacturer history

Oldsmobile through time.

Read the company as a sequence of engineering, design and business decisions.

Museum catalogue

Every model gets a plaque.

An image on the right, a concise interpretation on the left and a clear statement of why the car belongs in the chronology. Missing images fall back gracefully until you upload the WebP.

1960s

1 model

1961–1999Passenger Car

Cutlass

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue + historical curatorial range.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile Cutlass

1990s

16 models

1992–1999Passenger Car

88

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile 88

1992–1996Passenger Car

98

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile 98

1992–1998Passenger Car

Achieva

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile Achieva

1992–2004Passenger Car

Bravada

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile Bravada

1992Passenger Car

Custom Cruiser

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser

1992–1995Passenger Car

Cutlass Ciera

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera

1992–1997Passenger Car

Cutlass Supreme

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

1992–2004Passenger Car

Silhouette

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile Silhouette

1992Passenger Car

Toronado

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile Toronado

1993–1994Passenger Car

Cutlass Cruiser

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser

1995–2003Passenger Car

Aurora

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile Aurora

1996Passenger Car

Ciera

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile Ciera

1997–1999Passenger Car

LSS

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile LSS

1997–1998Passenger Car

Regency

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile Regency

1998–2002Passenger Car

Intrigue

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile Intrigue

1999–2004Passenger Car

Alero

Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.

Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.

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Oldsmobile Alero