Remembering Oldsmobile

[EPA2]

Oldsmobile once a crown jewel of GM has been gone for four years now. Here's a look back at Oldsmobile:



Remembering Oldsmobile

By Pete Dunton

http://www.oldcarmemories.com/content/view/16/1/




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[MERCURYSABLE08]

That was a great write up. Thanks for posting. I really miss Oldsmobile. I still say I would have rather seen Buick or Saturn fade away than Oldsmobile, but, oh well.

You will forever be remembered Oldsmobile.

[EPA2]

Originally Posted by MERCURYSABLE08

That was a great write up. Thanks for posting. I really miss Oldsmobile. I still say I would have rather seen Buick or Saturn fade away than Oldsmobile, but, oh well.

You will forever be remembered Oldsmobile.

Thanks... Very well said.

When I see an old rear wheel drive Oldsmobile on the road it brings a smile to my face.

[91 s-10baja]

Here are some fitting videos I uploaded!!

+ YouTube Video

+ YouTube Video

[EPA2]

91 s-10baja,

Thanks for posting. I really enjoyed watching both Olds videos.

BTW. Very nice '91 Baja! I always liked the Baja package I was sorry to see Chevy drop it after '91.

[F14CRAZY]

The Roger Smith cookie cutter front-wheel drive cars are responsible for the loss of individual identity among all the different GM divisions.

[91 s-10baja]

Originally Posted by EPA2

91 s-10baja,

Thanks for posting. I really enjoyed watching both Olds videos.

BTW. Very nice '91 Baja! I always liked the Baja package I was sorry to see Chevy drop it after '91.

Thanks, I love my ride! I drove it today actually, we got a bunch of snow in Seattle this week, so was the car of choice today!

Originally Posted by F14CRAZY

The Roger Smith cookie cutter front-wheel drive cars are responsible for the loss of individual identity among all the different GM divisions.

Yes indeed, I could never tell the difference between our Chevrolet Cierra, or the Oldsmobile Celebrity..........

[MCGARRETT]

It started before Roger Smith, you can really trace it back to the 60's starting from the muscle car era, when every division wanted a performance car, and they got one,(except Cadillac) then in the 70's, they all wanted compacts and sub-compact cars, and they got them, in the way of the Nova, Ventura, Omega and Apollo cars and the H-special, Monza, Sunbird, Starfire and Skyhawk, the "watering down" of the divisions continued with each one trying to be everything to everyone, turbocharged Buick performance cars, Cadillac sub-compacts, lux-ed up Caprices that were almost as nice as Cadillacs, fluffy Grand Prix Broughams and Bonneville sedans with whites and wires next to turbocharged Sunbirds and Fieros, but since each division was healthy and the were all selling, GM brass just kept giving and giving until it was so out of focus that you couldn't tell who was who anymore, and then in the middle of all that, what did they decide to do? ad another division, Saturn, which after neglect, fell into the same, "feed me feed me" trap and they got SUV's and Minivans etc etc too!

[EPA2]

Originally Posted by MCGARRETT

It started before Roger Smith, you can really trace it back to the 60's starting from the muscle car era, when every division wanted a performance car, and they got one,(except Cadillac) then in the 70's, they all wanted compacts and sub-compact cars, and they got them, in the way of the Nova, Ventura, Omega and Apollo cars and the H-special, Monza, Sunbird, Starfire and Skyhawk, the "watering down" of the divisions continued with each one trying to be everything to everyone, turbocharged Buick performance cars, Cadillac sub-compacts, lux-ed up Caprices that were almost as nice as Cadillacs, fluffy Grand Prix Broughams and Bonneville sedans with whites and wires next to turbocharged Sunbirds and Fieros, but since each division was healthy and the were all selling, GM brass just kept giving and giving until it was so out of focus that you couldn't tell who was who anymore, and then in the middle of all that, what did they decide to do? ad another division, Saturn, which after neglect, fell into the same, "feed me feed me" trap and they got SUV's and Minivans etc etc too!

Excellent insights and so very true. This indeed started the crumbling of the indentities of the different divisions. This also led to the different divisions swapping engines in the 1970s which was a disaster and later led to the "GM corporate" engine policy that was enacted for the 1982 model year.

[knightfan26917]

VERY cool article ... glad you posted it here!

Originally Posted by 91 s-10baja

Yes indeed, I could never tell the difference between our Chevrolet Cierra, or the Oldsmobile Celebrity..........

LOL! And some non-car enthusiasts that I know have never been able to tell an older Monte Carlo from an older Cutlass Supreme from an older Regal from an older Grand Prix. Ugh.



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[newdude]

Those were some cool vids '91. Oh, nice reader ride in Truck Trend...nice truck.

[EPA2]

Anyone remember this crazy Ringo Starr Oldsmobile ad?

+ YouTube Video

[EPA2]

Here's a 1970 442 commercial that's pretty hip.

+ YouTube Video

[EPA2]

And how about this 1985 Cutlass Supreme commercial with the 1980s Olds jingle "There's a Special Feel in an Oldsmobile":

+ YouTube Video

[knightfan26917]

I remember that 1985 jingle, not necessarily the commercial, though.



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