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haha, Seriously, when my kids were small I took them for a ride in an old car I had at the time and they wanted to know how to open the windows, they had never seen a crank handle!
When my son was about 10 years old or so, we were out for a ride in my '64 Jetstar 88, which still had its original radio. He wanted to know what the little red thing was on the radio dial.
That cartoon is timely because we're only about a month away (it was December 12) from the 20th anniversary of the announcement by GM of the end of Oldsmobile.
From the December 13, 2000 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.
Jaunty I think you as well as fellow members will appreciate this. Its a solid accompaniment to your posted articles. Chock full of info in less than 2 minutes, with a great chant around the 1 minute mark.
It's what happens when you try to sell someone a higher-priced car that is exactly the same as a bottom feeder except for the grille and taillights. The buying public is not stupid.
No sympathy for General Motors here. The last modern GM product I bought was 1997 and it WAS the last I'll ever buy, new or used. Between a substandard quality vehicle and horrible dealer service, I'm not interested in anything they're peddling now.
The good news is the company definitely had there place in the sun. The better news is guys like us are sorta keepers of the flame. Oldsmobile still lives in a way, more than just in memory and our hearts but in our driveways, on roads, and in real life.
Funny thing is thanks to that video I learned about the 1985 sales record. Always heard about the 1976 and 1977 sales but never about 1985. Makes a lot of sense though because the cars where everywhere.
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Funny thing is thanks to that video I learned about the 1985 sales record. Always heard about the 1976 and 1977 sales but never about 1985.
A few corrections here, and that CBS news segment is not quite correct if it said that 1985 was the peak year for Oldsmobile production. It was actually 1984. And 1976 was not one of the million-seller years.
The first year that Olds sold 1 million cars was 1977, and they proceeded to do it five more times. All of the top years were in the 1980s.
From Setting the Pace, model year production, in order from the highest, for all of the million-seller years, is below.
Model year 1976, the last year before the million-seller year 1977, was also pretty good at 891,499. That puts it above 1982.
Remember that there was recession in 1981-1982, and that would have depressed sales for 1982. The same was true for 1974-1975. 1975 production was 628,902 and 1974 was 619,396
Just one more number here. If the '74-'75 recession had not happened, Olds might have reached 1 million in 1974 because 1973 was very good at 939,530. That was well within striking distance of the 1 million mark, and they might have achieved it in 1974 had circumstances been different.
A few corrections here, and that CBS news segment is not quite correct if it said that 1985 was the peak year for Oldsmobile production. It was actually 1984. And 1976 was not one of the million-seller years.
Thanks for the info jaunty. I believe what I heard or remember over the years was that for 1976 and 1977 combined, Oldsmobile sold over 1 million of the Cutlass line alone.
With regards to the news segment, yes they state Oldsmobile sales peaked in 1985... In addition I guess that old mantra, that searching with Google will hopefully be like tapping into the mind of God is not quite there yet. Great search engine nonetheless.
In the end mistakes here and there no matter what, its just the way it is...
Great search engine nonetheless.
