Oldsmobile does not build many cars like the Oldsmobile Omega: a 2-door coupe / 3-door hatchback / 4-door Sedan (car) / sedan with 250 cuin Chevrolet I6, built from 1979 to 1984 as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry.
How it came about
The Oldsmobile Omega is a compact car manufactured and marketed from 1973 to 1984 by Oldsmobile, as the brand's most affordable, entry level vehicle — across three distinct generations. The first two generations of the Omega used rear-wheel-drive configuration, as a badge engineered variant of the Chevrolet Nova. The third generation was marketed from 1980 to 1984 in a front-wheel-drive, as a variation of the Chevrolet Citation. The omega nameplate derived from the last letter of the Greek alphabet.
The hardware
Under the skin sits 250 cuin Chevrolet I6; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The gearbox is a 3-speed Turbo-Hydramatic 125 / TH-125C Automatic transmission / automatic / 4-speed Manual transmission / manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 111 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Oldsmobile's history is not in doubt: the Oldsmobile Series 60 came before it; the Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais followed it; it was built at Van Nuys Assembly, Van Nuys, California. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Lancia Delta, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, the Mazda RX-7. Its Oldsmobile stablemates include the Oldsmobile 442 and the Oldsmobile 88.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Oldsmobile Omega — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.