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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Generate an image of the Oldsmobile 88 series (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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
subject linked to: Oldsmobile 88 series
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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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GM 3800 Series II V6 → usedIn → Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight ⓘ
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Chrysler LHS → competitor → Oldsmobile 88 / 98 ⓘ
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GM B platform → notableModel → Oldsmobile Delta 88 ⓘ
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Eighty-Eight LS → modelOf → Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight ⓘ
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Eighty-Eight LS → soldUnder → Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight nameplate ⓘ
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Eighty-Eight LS → relatedTo → Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight Royale ⓘ
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Delmont 88 → predecessor → Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 ⓘ
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Delmont 88 → successor → Oldsmobile Delta 88 ⓘ
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Oldsmobile LSS → relatedTo → Oldsmobile 88 ⓘ
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Royale → isPartOf → Oldsmobile Delta 88 ⓘ
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Royale → introducedOnModel → Oldsmobile Delta 88 ⓘ
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Oldsmobile Rocket → usedIn → Oldsmobile 88 ⓘ
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Oldsmobile Rocket → usedIn → Oldsmobile Super 88 ⓘ
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