1954 Oldsmobile 98 4-Door Sedan
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Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2016-10-04 03:54 |
1954 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight (but called 98 on IMCDb for unknown reasons), looks like a 4-Door Sedan. |
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◊ 2016-10-04 04:03 |
pilou used to id them as such ten years ago. |
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◊ 2016-10-04 04:21 |
i might be ( unintentionally ) pilou's successor... i never know when it has to be in letters or numbers... ![[:shy]](https://imcdb.opencommunity.be/images/smileys/shy.gif "[:shy]") |
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◊ 2016-10-04 04:39 |
It's differs between model years. It was decided to put 98 for all model years up to 1970 and Ninety-Eight for all 1971+ to put them together but I think it's wrong. We are giving them wrong name deliberately for our own convenience. It's just lazy. |
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◊ 2016-10-04 18:23 |
If they were really marketing decisions to change the name between model years and not just inconsistencies in advertising. |
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◊ 2016-10-05 21:18 |
For 1954 Oldsmobile calls it 'Ninety-Eight' and the other two models Super '88' and '88' in the different brochures. The cars had Ninety-Eight badges and the other two had 88 badges. To me it seems that they really tried to set the Ninety-Eight apart from the 88's, I don't think it's just a hiccup in the advertising. 1954 Olds brochure 1954 Olds add 1954 olds specifications <-Note that 98 is used in the text. Picture of 1954 Olds Ninety-Eight badge |
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◊ 2016-10-06 00:50 |
So it is true... The 1954 batch should be changed. On the other hand it's something that will have to be watched and explained forever, perhaps convenience is better. |
