Actually the Aurora V8 was of the Northstar family which belongs to Cadillac. Olds just had to make it smaller so they wouldnt be cutting into cadillacs market. I liked the first gen aurora's. Wouldnt mind finding one of those with low miles. The last ones they made looked foreign. Since Olds is gone the upcoming Bonneville GXP will be getting that very engine now.
1979 Toronado Diesel. Bought on the cheap with 53,000 miles on the clock.
> Drove it to 87,000, converted to gas, drove to 150,000 and took to the
> crusher. Very handsome sofa-on-wheels car. Really great in snow. Liked it so
> well I bought a....
> 1981 Toronado gas. Had the first-year digitally controlled carb. Worked
> perfectly. Paid $500 for it with 114,000 on the clock. Drove it to 145,000
> and gave it to the Salvation Army.
> Both these cars went through front suspension parts regularly, but other
> than that were pretty reliable.
> 1989 Cutlass Supreme bought new and drove to 172,000 with no problems. Still
> drove like a new car when my wife decided to get herself a car, which meant
> something had to go. Probably had another 10 years life left in it. But
> mechanically it was a Chevy.
>
> Oldsmobile really had a great brand going, particularly in the engineering
> department. They had the most durable engines, or at least as good as
> anybody's. I don't know where they lost their way. GM doesn't allow much
> mechanical differentiation any more, but Olds was allowed to have its own
> engine program with the Aurora V8. I don't think that was the problem. I
> think mainly the styling was too bland.
> > My oldest son has a '94 Cutlass Supreme, closing in on 200k miles and > going
> > strong. Our two older boys share a '95 Old's Ciera at College. Both cars > are
> > super dependable. The '95 has about 60k miles on it, it was low milage > when
> > we bought it from my FIL. It makes 600 mile round trips every few months,
> > as does the Cutlass. They've put 21k miles on the car in a little over a > > year.
> >
> > We do make sure they get their oil changes and good maintanance, but > nothing
> > really odd has gone wrong with either car.
> >
> > Our other two cars are a '97 Malibu bought new, and a 2003 Vibe, also > bought
> > new. I drove an '85 Astro for almost 15 years. Man I miss that van. > >
> > Melissa
> >
> >
> > > 90 Olds cutlass supreme. Still running! with a boatload of miles. > > >
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