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General Motors
General Motors is using 1996 as a transitional year, phasing out a number of car model lines that have been around for a long time and bringing in a couple of new ones.
The last of the venerable A-body cars — Olds Ciera and Buick Century, which first came on the market in 1982 — will not be built after ’96.
These cars, which replaced GM’s first front-wheel drive X-body cars (1980-85 Citation, Omega, Phoenix, etc.), were much better than their predecessors and proved to be good family and business travel cars.
Also departing in ’96 are three of GM’s full-size, rear-wheel drive cars: the Buick Roadmastcr, Cadillac Fleetwood and Chevrolet Caprice.
Last year, Chevrolet introduced a high performance Impala model, receiving the old nameplate; it will become a collector’s item. The last, short run of Roadmastcrs will actually have a “Collector’s Edition” hood ornament.
Chevy’s Corsica and Berctta, the nearly identical sports/economy models that were introduced in ’87, will not be produced after ’96. A larger replacement model is in the works for ’97. it will bear the familiar Malibu nameplate.
Two GM mini-vans will also be replaced after the ’96 production year. The plastic-bodied Chevy Lumina and the Olds Silhouette mini-vans will get a larger engine this, their final year.
Lumina’s replacement will be called the Venture; a name for the ’97 Oldsmobile mini-van, which will be mechanically similar, has not been announced.
After many years as the flagship of the Oldsmobile line, the Olds 98 will disappear after ’96.
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