Oldsmobile Calais
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Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais (1988-1991)
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Calais | |
Production period: | 1984-1991 |
Class : | Middle class |
Body versions : | Limousine , coupe |
Engines: |
Petrol engines : 2.3–3.3 liters (68–135 kW) |
Length: | 4554 mm |
Width: | 1692 mm |
Height: | 1331 mm |
Wheelbase : | 2625 mm |
Empty weight : | 1094-1312 kg |
Previous model | Oldsmobile Omega |
successor | Oldsmobile Achieva |
The Oldsmobile Calais is a mid-size front-wheel drive vehicle offered by Oldsmobile from autumn 1984 to summer 1991. From spring 1988 the name was changed to Cutlass Calais .
The Calais was the successor to the Oldsmobile Omega and was based on General Motors' N platform . He was therefore related to Pontiac Grand Am and Buick Somerset Regal or (from 1986) Buick Skylark .
Model history
The Calais appeared in the fall of 1984 for the 1985 model year as a two-door coupé in the Basic and Supreme equipment levels, powered by a 2.5-liter in-line four-cylinder from Pontiac or a three-liter V6, which, unlike the smaller machine, was only available with automatic transmission . Pace Car at the Indianapolis 500 in 1985 was a Calais convertible, but it did not go into production.
In 1986, a four-door sedan was added with the same equipment. There was also a new GT package for the coupé and a sporty ES model for the sedan.
In 1987, all Calais broadband headlights were given instead of the previous rectangular twin headlights and self-fastening front seat belts. The ES sedan was replaced by the four-door GT.
In the spring of 1988, the Calais was renamed Cutlass Calais. In addition to a facelift with a new radiator grille, the model range was restructured; In addition to the base model, there was the more luxuriously equipped Cutlass Calais SL and the sporty Cutlass Calais International Series, the latter with a 2.3-liter DOHC four-cylinder, the so-called Quad Four , with a five-speed gearbox as standard.
In 1989 the equipment of the basic model was slimmed down, the previous basic model was now called Cutlass Calais S. The output of the four-cylinder increased to 112 hp. From the beginning of 1989 the Quad Four was available in a 183 hp high-performance version. The three-liter gave way to a new 3.3-liter V6.
In 1990, based on the Cutlass Calais S-Coupé, the traditional Oldsmobile designation 442 was revived; the model had the high-performance Quad Four, sports suspension, five-speed gearbox and alloy wheels.
By the end of production in the summer of 1991, the (Cutlass) Calais had made a total of 748,000 pieces.
Web links
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- Flammang, James M./Kowalke, Ron: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1976-1999 , Krause Publications, Iola 1999. ISBN 0-87341-755-0