The Oldsmobile Aurora is a 4-door sedan from Oldsmobile, built from 1994 to 2003, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. Under the bonnet: Petrol engine. Dennis Burke (1989) drew it. The total made was 205,722.
The story
The Oldsmobile Aurora is a luxury sedan, manufactured and marketed by General Motors from 1994 until 2003 over two generations — sharing platforms with Buick Riviera and using the Cadillac-derived G platform. At the time of production, the Aurora was the flagship vehicle in the Oldsmobile lineup, having originated from the 1989 Oldsmobile tube concept.
The Aurora replaced the Toronado coupe and eventually the Oldsmobile 98, LSS and Regency in the Oldsmobile range — using V8 and V6 engines. It was equipped with a four-speed automatic transmission.
What is underneath
Power comes from Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 3967 lb. It shifts through a 4-speed 4T80-E automatic. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 113.8 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Oldsmobile 98 / Oldsmobile 88; assembly was at Orion Township, Michigan (Orion Assembly), United States. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Audi A6, the Subaru Outback, the Audi A4 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Oldsmobile catalogue sit the Oldsmobile 442 and the Oldsmobile 88.