In the late fifties, Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell, Ken Pickering and Zora Duntov were creating a roadster for Oldsmobile. They began the project by designing several showcars which were breathtaking and daring, especially compared to the Oldmobile aesthetic. Due to the poor sales of the Corvette, the car which inspired these GM Concepts, the F-88 project was cancelled at the conceptual phase. Befor...

Meant to compete with companies such as Packard, Peerless and Pierce-Arrow, the Oldsmobile Limited was prestigious luxury cruiser. It was built only two years after GM purchased Oldsmobile and represented both company's top product. Due to slow production required with the design, the model was named after its limited availability.

The Precision Control System includes wheel speed sensors at all four wheels, a steering wheel angle sensor and yaw rate and lateral acceleration sensors that determine independent application of any or all of the brakes.

This concepts name plays off the chemical symbol 'O' for oxygen and the numeral 4, the passenger capacity of the vehicle

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