Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera

Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera
Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera
Overview
Manufacturer	Oldsmobile (General Motors)
Also called	Oldsmobile Ciera (1996); Oldsmobile Cutlass (Ciera) Cruiser; Cutlass by General Motors (Mexico);
Production	September 1981–August 1996
Model years	1982–1996 (Ciera); 1984–1996 (Cruiser);
Assembly	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States (1989-1996); Framingham, Massachusetts, United States (1983-1989); Doraville, Georgia, United States (1982-1987); Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada (1988-1991); Fremont, California, United States (1982); Ramos Arizpe, Mexico (Cutlass by General Motors); Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (1985-1988);
Body and chassis
Class	Mid-size
Body style	2-door coupe (1982-1991); 4-door sedan (1982-1996); 4-door station wagon (1984-1996);
Layout	Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive
Platform	A-body
Related	Buick Century (fifth generation); Chevrolet Celebrity; Pontiac 6000;
Powertrain
Engine	2.2 L 122 I4; 2.5 L Tech IV I4; 2.8 L LE2 V6; 2.8 L Gen II V6; 3.0 L LK9 V6; 3.1 L Gen II V6; 3.3 L LG7 V6; 3.8 L LG3 V6; 4.3 L LT7 Diesel V6;
Transmission	GM TH-125C 3-speed automatic; GM 440-T4 4-speed automatic; GM 4T60 4-speed automatic; 4- speed manual (1984 only)
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)
Chronology
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]

^ "1984 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser 4 Door Station Wagon Prices, Values & Custom Cruiser 4 Door Station Wagon Price Specs". nadaguides.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ Daniel Strohl (February 3, 2021). "How a single magazine cover photo changed the course of auto design at GM in the Eighties". Hemmings.
^ Amy Wilson (September 14, 2008). "Can't tell the Pontiacs from the Buicks? That's the problem". Automotive News.
^ Paul Niedermeyer (November 17, 2012). "1983 Fortune: Will Success Spoil General Motors?". Curbside Classics.

[1] "1984 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser 4 Door Station Wagon Prices, Values & Custom Cruiser 4 Door Station Wagon Price Specs". nadaguides.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

[ref5-2] Daniel Strohl (February 3, 2021). "How a single magazine cover photo changed the course of auto design at GM in the Eighties". Hemmings.

[forbes-3] Amy Wilson (September 14, 2008). "Can't tell the Pontiacs from the Buicks? That's the problem". Automotive News.

[curbside-4] Paul Niedermeyer (November 17, 2012). "1983 Fortune: Will Success Spoil General Motors?". Curbside Classics.

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Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera

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