Talk:Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser

Neutrality
How can an article about a single GM car be un-neutral? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.157.171.136 (talk) 14:31, 25 June 2007


 * How about if we just take out the "Why it Was Discontinued" section out? It seems to me that that is what's making the page seem unbalanced/magazine-like - that section seems to be commentary, not facts." RuralGardener 06:20, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed, the entire section is an editorial and not very enclopedic.
 * Maybe there's some place else for the broader discussion about the popularity of RWD cars versus SUVs. It doesn't really belong in a model-specific article. 64.171.162.77 05:31, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Successor
Really, the Oldsmobile Sillhoutte was the one that replaced it, because it had seating for 7/6. And it was a family Automobile. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98seinna (talk • contribs) 15:42, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 18:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Platform?
There is a discrepancy about the platform of the 1st generation of the Custom Cruiser. The article mentions it as based on the C-body (also see illustration), but on Wikipedia's own article on the GM B-platform, it is listed, too. Further, Wikipedia's article on the Oldsmobile 88 mentions the Custom Cruiser as a part of the B-body line, but elongated from 124 to 127 inches (see quotation below). As far as I understand, C-bodies had all-coil spring suspension, and B-body Station Wagons used multi-leaf spring suspensions.

GM B platform: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_B_platform Oldsmobile 88: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_98 Oldsmobile 88: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_88

Also new for 1971 was the Custom Cruiser station wagon, the first full-sized Olds wagon since 1964. It used the B-body of the Delta 88 on a longer (127 inch) wheelbase chassis that matched the larger and more luxurious C-body Ninety-Eight, but on its own loner chassis similar to other GM full-sized wagons with multi-leaf spring suspensions that differed entirely from the all-coil suspensions used in sedans and coupes. The Custom Cruiser came standard with the larger 455 Rocket V8 and utilized the disappearing clamshell tailgate of other big GM wagons. quoted from the above mentioned article on the 88

Can this be clarified? --Chief tin cloud (talk) 13:58, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Oldsmobile-specific engines
The Olds 307 was NOT the last uniquely-Oldsmobile engine produced. The 3.5L ohc V6 and 4.0L Ohc V8 used in the Intrigue and Aurora were unique to Oldsmobile. Inline6 (talk) 17:47, 25 August 2008 (UTC)