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Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme | |
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![]() 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme | |
Overview | |
Manufacturer | Oldsmobile (General Motors) |
Production | 1965–1997 |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Personal luxury car (1966–1988) Mid-size (1988–1997) |
Layout | FR layout (1966–1988) Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive (1988–1997) |
Chronology | |
Successor | Oldsmobile Intrigue |
The Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme is a mid-size car produced by Oldsmobile between 1966 and 1997. It was positioned as a premium offering at the top of the Cutlass range. It began as a trim package, developed its own roofline, and rose during the mid-1970s to become not only the most popular Oldsmobile but the highest selling model in its class.
It was produced as a rear-wheel drive two-door hardtop, sedan, and station wagon into the 1980s, and a convertible through 1972. In 1988 Oldsmobile sought to capitalize on the brand equity of the Cutlass Supreme marque by replacing it with a downsized front-wheel drive model based on the GM10 platform W-platform.
When production ended there was no direct replacement for the Cutlass Supreme, although the Intrigue introduced for 1998 was designed in size and price to replace all the Cutlass models.