Oldsmobile

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Oldsmobile was a historic American automobile marque known for pioneering innovations like the mass-produced Curved Dash and the Rocket V8 engine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf automobile marque
defunct motor vehicle manufacturer
acquiredBy General Motors
acquisitionDate 1908
brandOf General Motors
brandStatus discontinued
ceasedProductionOfVehicles April 2004
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolutionDate 2004
founder Ransom E. Olds
genre mass-market automobiles
hasLogo Oldsmobile self-linksurface differs
surface form: Oldsmobile rocket emblem

Oldsmobile stylized oval emblem
headquartersLocation Lansing, Michigan
historicalSignificance one of the oldest American car brands
pioneer in automotive mass production
inception 1897
industry automotive industry
lastModelProduced Oldsmobile Alero
Oldsmobile Bravada
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
market North America
namedAfter Ransom E. Olds
notableInnovation Curved Dash mass-produced automobile
Rocket V8 engine
early adoption of automatic transmissions
first mass-produced gasoline-powered car in the United States
notableModelSeries Oldsmobile 88 series
Oldsmobile Cutlass
surface form: Oldsmobile Cutlass series
notableProduct Oldsmobile Delmont 88
surface form: Oldsmobile 88

Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight
surface form: Oldsmobile 98

Oldsmobile Aurora
Oldsmobile self-linksurface differs
surface form: Oldsmobile Curved Dash

Oldsmobile Cutlass
Oldsmobile Toronado
notableTechnology early high-compression overhead-valve V8
front-wheel drive Toronado
ownedBy General Motors
parentOrganization General Motors
partOf American automotive history
product light trucks
passenger cars
slogan Oldsmobile self-linksurface differs
surface form: This is not your father’s Oldsmobile
vehicleClass full-size car
luxury car
mid-size car

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Ransom E. Olds associatedWith Oldsmobile
this entity surface form: Oldsmobile brand
Oldsmobile Alero brand Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile Cutlass brand Oldsmobile
Regency brand Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile Aurora emblem Oldsmobile
this entity surface form: Oldsmobile rocket logo
GM Motorama exhibitedBrand Oldsmobile
General Motors formerBrand Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile hasLogo Oldsmobile self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Oldsmobile rocket emblem
subject surface form: Oldsmobile 88
Oldsmobile Alero manufacturer Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile Aurora manufacturer Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile Bravada manufacturer Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile Cutlass manufacturer Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile Toronado manufacturer Oldsmobile
Rocket V8 engine manufacturer Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile notableProduct Oldsmobile self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Oldsmobile Curved Dash
Oldsmobile slogan Oldsmobile self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: This is not your father’s Oldsmobile
GM C-body usedByBrand Oldsmobile
GM H-body usedByBrand Oldsmobile
Regency usedByManufacturer Oldsmobile
Rocket V8 engine usedInBrand Oldsmobile