Oldsmobile to end production Thursday

[TheMightyFavog]

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2004-04-27-last-olds_x.htm

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The last Oldsmobile is scheduled to roll off a Lansing assembly line this week, ending production of an automobile line that began in the city in 1897.


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The last Oldsmobile will be an Alero, the only model still in production. General Motors has slowly phased out other Olds models the past few years.

The final Alero will go to Lansing's R.E. Olds Transportation Museum.


:cry:

I own an Olds. (95 Cutlass Ciera). Thursday will be a sad day.

[Fenris]

1. Quite sad, really

Such a historic name in American automobiles. R.E. Olds, we hardly knew ye.

[frylock]

2. jerry was a race car driver, he drove so goddamned fast..

Never did win no checkered flag
But he never did come in last
Jerry was a race car driver
He’d say El Solo number one
With a Bocephus sticker on his 442
He’d light ’em up just for fun

RIP Oldsmobile.

[AlCzervik]

3. My very first car

was a 79 cutless supreme in old lady blue, burned a ton of oil and sucked down a whole lotta gas but i loved that car.

[supernova]

5. Olds Omega was my first car

in "old lady blue." LOL!

I did love that car. It road well and I kept it from 1984 til 1992.

[AlCzervik]

9. My cutless met it's demise

when a dumbass woman driving a huge pontiac grand safari station wagon slammed into it going 50 through a parking lot, i was so bummed, i had a really kickass stereo in that car.

[CO Liberal]

10. Oldsmobiles Were KNOWN For Kickass Radios

When I was a Boy Scout back in the '60s, my scoutmaster had two Oldsmobiles - a full-size '62 wagon and a '63 F-85 coupe. And they both had great sounding AM radios.

[BiggJawn]

4. My third favourite car was a Delta 88 sedan...

All time fav was Brunhilda, the '72 Kombi, followed by Jesus Chrysler (140 MPH) and then the Olds...

[Kolesar]

6. Is GM going to commemorate by closing the factory in Lansing?

I just know how GM management loves to do that.

[CO Liberal]

7. I Had a '76 Olds Cutlass S

Like the one in this picture, only it was grey with no vinyl roof and red, black, and white plaid upholstery. My second wife and I paid $450 for it in 1986 and had it for three years before it started falling apart - at 150,000 miles.

Great car......

[pagerbear]

18. Ooh! Dig the waterfall grille!

I drove the Buick equivalent, a 1976 Century Custom, in college.

[noonwitch]

8. This is going to be really hard on the city of Lansing

They don't have the most diverse economy. Olds and state government are the two main employers.

[sablescort]

16. GM, thru Cadillac is still alive and kicking in Lansing...

Thanks to the new Lansing Grand River Plant currently producing the new Cadillac CTS sedan, STS sedan and the SRX Sports-utility.

However I will miss Oldsmobile.

Plymouth went away in 2001 then we have Oldsmobile's demise...RIP to both great American brands.

[Deja Q]

21. With decreased tax revenue

(mostly from the workers, I'll wager), the government jobs will be endangered too.

Sad.

This might be another stunt to lure in customers. They did this a couple years ago, saying Olds was to go away...

[TX-RAT]

11. Wife bought a 2003 Aurora

Then they shut down,"great"

[TheMightyFavog]

12. Damn SUVs...

First they kill the F-Body Sports cars, now they kill Oldsmobile, what's next?

[RhodaGrits]

13. I had a 1962 Oldsmobile (Olds 88) in college -

that thing was a TANK. In fact, when I finally saved up for something a little sportier, its final stop was the demolition derby and the guy that bought it from me said it did real well. I remember scavenging the auto scrap yards for parts for it - back then I knew what a solenoid was... Now, I never even raise my car's hood :-( I hate to hear the Olds will be no more, it will be a sad day.

[TheMightyFavog]

14. Yeah, those old Oldsmobiles wre tough cars....

End of Line....

[yorgatron]

15. i currently own a 1954 Oldsmobile

R.I.P. B.august 21 1897 D.April 29 2004 x( :mad: :wtf:

[TheMightyFavog]

17. GM had to get rid of Olds...

Gotta build more H2's!

[Ernesto]

19. The "Olds" was a kick-ass hot rod in the early 50's

Yes I know I'm an old coot but... those early Olds V8's were the shit! I once owned a '51 sedan with a bored & stroked 394" with a Cad LaSalle top shift tranny. I blew off a Corvette stingray with that beast. & how bout their pioneer work with automatic trannys? Ever hear of the B&M stick-hydro? To be honest, I think a '50 Old's coupe would be a great resto-rod project car...... Guess I'll just go buy myself a Japanese econo-box (NOT, never have-never will).

[Deja Q]

20. They pulled this stunt a couple years ago...

Sales skyrocketed so they didn't ditch the brand and then went on a few months later to boast about how great their sales were. :eyes:

Needless to say, I won't ever buy an Olds.

[Commendatori]

31. It's for real this time,

and if I were inclined to cry over stuff like this I'd be bawling my eyes out right now.

[TroubleMan]

22. My first car to was an Oldsmobile....Cutlass Calai

That's sad.

[Faygo Kid]

23. This Lansing guy is saddened. 107 years, and a great song.

I will be visiting the Olds Museum very soon. From 1905, you all know the tune:

Come away with me Lucile in my merry Oldsmobile
Down the road of life we’ll fly automo-bubbling you and I.
To the church we’ll swiftly steal, then our wedding bells will peal,
You can go as far you like with me, In my merry Oldsmobile

[bobthedrummer]

24. I once owned a 1972 Oldsmobile 98 w/455 V-8

it was my Highway Star car.

[onehandle]

25. Me too!

It was my first car. A hand me down from my Mom. Had to use Premium gas, and got about 9 miles to the gallon. It was very easy to push the speedometer needle past 120.

In the late seventies my friends and I drag raced stock Trans-Ams and other "fast cars" a few times. Smoked 'em all.

Huge bench front and back seats. Handy for a teenager.

[bobthedrummer]

27. Midnight cruiser alert!

Yep, it was a great road car!
:hi:

[TheMightyFavog]

28. What year an model was it?

End of Line.

[onehandle]

29. Same as Bob's...

"72 Oldsmobile 98 w/455 V-8"

[TheMightyFavog]

30. Big ol 455..

Bet that car was one hell of a mover.

[cosmicdot]

26. symbolic in many ways

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