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.

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instanceOf automobile model line
full-size car
alsoKnownAs Delta 88
Dynamic 88
Eighty-Eight
Holiday 88
Royal 88
Super 88
bodyStyle 2-door hardtop
2-door sedan
4-door hardtop
4-door sedan
station wagon
class full-size
countryOfOrigin United States
discontinuedAfterModelYear 1999 model year
driveTypeChange switched from rear-wheel drive to front-wheel drive in the 1980s
fuelType gasoline
introducedAtModelYear 1949 model year
layout front-engine, front-wheel-drive
front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
manufacturer Oldsmobile
marketedAs Rocket 88 in early years
marketSegment mainstream family car
notableCulturalImpact considered one of the first postwar performance cars accessible to the mass market
notableEngine Oldsmobile Rocket V8
notableEngineDisplacement 303 cu in Rocket V8
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
influencing the development of the American muscle car
success in NASCAR stock car racing in the early 1950s
parentCompany General Motors
platform GM B-body
GM C-body
predecessor Oldsmobile Series 70
productionEnd 1999
productionStart 1949
segmentChange transitioned from performance-oriented to comfort-oriented over time
successor Oldsmobile Aurora (for some trims)
linked to: Oldsmobile Aurora
transmissionOption Hydra-Matic automatic transmission
manual transmission
trimLevel Delta 88
Delta 88 Holiday Coupe
Delta 88 Royale
linked to: Delta 88

Dynamic 88
Super 88
base 88
wheelbaseVariant various wheelbases depending on generation

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Oldsmobile notableModelSeries Oldsmobile 88 series
Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight notableEngineFamily Oldsmobile Rocket V8
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Rocket V8 engine associatedWith Oldsmobile 88
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Oldsmobile 88 predecessor Oldsmobile Series 70
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Oldsmobile 88 notableEngine Oldsmobile Rocket V8
subject linked to: Oldsmobile 88 series
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GM H-body platformForModel Oldsmobile 88
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GM H-body platformForModel Oldsmobile LSS
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1949 Oldsmobile 88 predecessor Oldsmobile Series 70
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1949 Oldsmobile 88 successor 1950 Oldsmobile 88
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Rocket associatedWith Oldsmobile 88
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Rocket associatedWith Oldsmobile Super 88
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Oldsmobile Starfire (personal luxury role) relatedModel Oldsmobile 88
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Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight alsoKnownAs Oldsmobile 88
subject linked to: Eighty-Eight
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Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight relatedModel Oldsmobile Dynamic 88
subject linked to: Eighty-Eight
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Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight relatedModel Oldsmobile Super 88
subject linked to: Eighty-Eight
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Super 88 basedOn Oldsmobile 88
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Super 88 marketPosition upscale variant of Oldsmobile 88
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Dynamic 88 parentModel Oldsmobile 88
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Delta 88 relatedModel Oldsmobile 88
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Royal 88 alternateName Oldsmobile 88
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Holiday 88 partOfSeries Oldsmobile 88
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Holiday 88 basedOn Oldsmobile 88
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Holiday 88 relatedTo Oldsmobile Super 88
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Holiday 88 relatedTo Oldsmobile Dynamic 88
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GM B-body notableModel Oldsmobile Delta 88
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Delta 88 Holiday Coupe series Oldsmobile 88
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Pontiac Parisienne (front-drive derivative, certain markets) relatedTo Oldsmobile 88 (H-body)
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Buick Park Avenue relatedModel Oldsmobile 88
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