Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera | |
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Manufacturer | Oldsmobile (General Motors) |
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Production | September 1981–August 1996 |
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Class | Mid-size |
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Layout | Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive |
Platform | A-body |
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Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 104.9 in (2,664 mm) |
Length | 190.3 in (4,834 mm) |
Width | 69.5 in (1,765 mm) |
Height | 54.1 in (1,374 mm) |
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Predecessor | Oldsmobile Cutlass |
Successor | Oldsmobile Cutlass (U.S. only) |
The Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera is a mid-size car manufactured and marketed for model years 1982-1996 by the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors — over a single generation. Body styles included a 2-door coupe, 4-door sedan, and the 4-door wagon.[1]
The Cutlass Ciera shared the front-wheel drive A platform with the Buick Century, Pontiac 6000 and Chevrolet Celebrity. As part of their legacy, together the A-bodies became widely popular as well as synonymous with GM's most transparent examples of badge engineering, highlighted almost indistinguishably on the August 22, 1983 cover of Fortune magazine as examples of genericized uniformity, embarrassing the company and ultimately prompting GM to recommit to design leadership. [2][3][4]