Oldsmobile 88 series
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The Oldsmobile 88 series was a long-running line of full-size American cars, especially famous in the 1950s for its powerful Rocket V8 engines and role in popularizing the muscle car concept.
Aliases (4)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automobile model line
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full-size car → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Delta 88
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Dynamic 88 → Eighty-Eight → Holiday 88 → Royal 88 → Super 88 → |
| bodyStyle |
2-door hardtop
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2-door sedan → 4-door hardtop → 4-door sedan → station wagon → |
| class |
full-size
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| discontinuedAfterModelYear |
1999 model year
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| driveTypeChange |
switched from rear-wheel drive to front-wheel drive in the 1980s
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| fuelType |
gasoline
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| introducedAtModelYear |
1949 model year
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| layout |
front-engine, front-wheel-drive
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front-engine, rear-wheel-drive → |
| manufacturer |
Oldsmobile
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| marketedAs |
Rocket 88 in early years
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| marketSegment |
mainstream family car
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| notableCulturalImpact |
considered one of the first postwar performance cars accessible to the mass market
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| notableEngine |
Oldsmobile Rocket V8
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| notableEngineDisplacement |
303 cu in Rocket V8
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324 cu in Rocket V8 → 371 cu in Rocket V8 → 394 cu in Rocket V8 → |
| notableFor |
early use of high-compression overhead-valve V8 engines
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influencing the development of the American muscle car → success in NASCAR stock car racing in the early 1950s → |
| parentCompany |
General Motors
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| platform |
GM B-body
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GM C-body → |
| predecessor |
Oldsmobile Series 70
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| productionEnd |
1999
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| productionStart |
1949
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| segmentChange |
transitioned from performance-oriented to comfort-oriented over time
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| successor |
Oldsmobile Aurora (for some trims)
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| transmissionOption |
Hydra-Matic automatic transmission
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manual transmission → |
| trimLevel |
Delta 88
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Delta 88 Holiday Coupe → Delta 88 Royale → Dynamic 88 → Super 88 → base 88 → |
| wheelbaseVariant |
various wheelbases depending on generation
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Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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GM H-body
("Oldsmobile 88")
→
GM H-body ("Oldsmobile LSS") → |
platformForModel |
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Rocket V8 engine
("Oldsmobile 88")
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associatedWith |
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Oldsmobile 88
("Oldsmobile Rocket V8")
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notableEngine |
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Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight
("Oldsmobile Rocket V8")
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notableEngineFamily |
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Oldsmobile
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notableModelSeries |
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Oldsmobile 88
("Oldsmobile Series 70")
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|
predecessor |