Oldsmobile Calais

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Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais (1988-1991)
Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais (1988-1991)
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

Commons : Oldsmobile Calais / Cutlass Calais  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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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