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The Oldsmobile 98 (spelled Ninety-Eight from 1952 to 1991, and Ninety Eight from 1992 to 1996) is the full-size flagship model of Oldsmobile that was produced from 1940 until 1942, and then from 1946 to 1996.
Oldsmobile, one of the companies that used this transmission in some of its cars, called the fluid couplings stator the "Accel-A-Rotor." The lightweight, aluminum-cased transmission was sometimes nicknamed the "Slim Jim." HydraMatic Division calls the Roto a four-range, three-gear HydraMatic.
By 2009, traction control was an option for several models offered by BMW and Ducati, the model year 2010 Kawasaki Concours 14 (1400GTR) and Honda CBR 650R in the year 2019, and Triumph "Modern Classic" line of motorcycles. In off-road vehicles: Traction control is used instead of or in addition to, the mechanical limited-slip or locking ...
The Starfire name was first used by Oldsmobile on a one-of-a-kind dream car that was shown at the 1953 Motorama auto show. Named after the Lockheed F-94 Starfire jet fighter, the original Starfire was a 4-passenger convertible that had a fiberglass body, a 200 hp (150 kW) overhead valve Rocket V8 engine, bucket seats for all passengers and a wraparound windshield.
English: A 1960 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight convertible with the 394 cid #Rocket V8, 4 bbl, 315 hp; 4-speed Jetaway Hydramatic, painted what I presume is Garnet Mist Poly (or a repaint in Candy Apple Red?), one of 7,284 examples built of this bodystyle this year. I wasn't going to upload this but there was only one other photo of the '60 98 at ...
The Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo is included in the book Automotive Atrocities! The Cars We Love to Hate with author Eric Peters writing, "When it appeared in 1966, the front wheel drive Oldsmobile Toronado was a show-stopper – one of those "gotta-have" cars that young men pine for almost as much as cheerleaders. Twenty years later, a miserable ...
98: 1940: 1996 Starfire: 1960: 1966 1974: 1980 Cutlass: 1961: 1999 442: 1964: 1980 1985: 1987 1990: 1991 Jetstar I: 1964: 1965 Vista Cruiser wagon: 1964: 1977 Cutlass Supreme: 1966: 1997 Toronado: 1966: 1992 Hurst/Olds: 1968: 1984
Oldsmobile charged $83 for the J-2 option with the three-speed manual (or in the 98), [7] $314 with the automatic. [ 8 ] In practice, owners who did not regularly drive hard enough to engage the front and rear carburetors experienced problems with the linkage and carburetor throats becoming clogged, and some J-2-equipped cars had the front and ...