Posts tagged with '1980s cars'

Holiday 88 At Oldsmobile, “Holiday” describes a hardtop (postless) body style. Because of this, the name of this car was loosely thrown around for 20+years, but 1978 was the first ‘official’ year using Holiday 88 as a model name. It was the sporty version of the 88 series at the time. Added to a basic […]
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Cutlass Supreme The Cutlass Supreme was introduced for model year 1966. The only body style at this time was a 4-door hardtop. Four more body styles were added for the next model year, which were 4-door post, 2-door post, 2-door hardtop and a convertible. For these two years, ‘Supreme’ was not on the exterior. An […]
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Custom Cruiser The Custom Cruiser was introduced for the 1971 model year, and was underpinned by the Ninety Eight’s C-body platform. The wheelbase was a monstrous 127 inches. GM’s entire fullsize lineup was redesigned for 1971, and all big wagons featured a new clam-shell tailgate design. The ‘Cruiser’ nomenclature was Oldsmobile’s designation for station wagon. […]
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Cutlass Calais The Cutlass Calais was introduced in 1978. It was on the new 108″ wheelbase A-body platform. This generation lasted though 1984 and while it was the same basic platform, it was known as a G-body at this point. The notch-back front wheel drive Calais was introduced for the 1985 model year, replacing the […]
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Firenza The Firenza nameplate was originally a sporty trim level on the rear wheel drive Oldsmobile Starfire from 1978-1980. The ’78s had four rectangular headlights… …whereas the ’79-’80 models got a revised nose featuring dual rectangular headlamps on each side. The front wheel drive Oldsmobile Firenza was introduced for 1982. It was based on GM’s […]
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