Introduced in 1941, the Ninety-Eight was Oldsmobiles top of the line model and was a very stylish rear wheel drive land yacht up until the early 80's.
The fuel crisis pretty much doomed the Ninety-Eigh, and all large sedanst. Experimenting with Diesel engines proved problematic in the early 80's, so sales suffered. So in 1985 it was downsized to a front wheel drive generic design that looked like every other GM car at that time. 1991's bloated round restyle proved unpopular too and the model was axed in 1996, to be replaced by the Aurora.
The fuel crisis pretty much doomed the Ninety-Eigh, and all large sedanst. Experimenting with Diesel engines proved problematic in the early 80's, so sales suffered. So in 1985 it was downsized to a front wheel drive generic design that looked like every other GM car at that time. 1991's bloated round restyle proved unpopular too and the model was axed in 1996, to be replaced by the Aurora.
You can probably find a 50's/60's/70's era Oldsmobile Ninety Eight on ebay for a good price. Many were driven by senior citizens when new, and were looked after.
by Metalhead83 January 5, 2012
From 98-02 Oldsmobile made the intrigue it’s now a popular used car, some say the car has hips by the looks of the rear quarters and fenders. The car looks great with 20's, tints, HIDS and systems, it can be modified its a W-body and its cousins share the same parts. It's a G ride that was built strong. It will beat more than half the cars on the road and go a 100mph all day and looks like a detective's car in jet black. It was Oldsmobile’s last best selling car.
The Intrigue was a car made by Oldsmobile from 1998-2002
by Antonio C March 20, 2009