Talk:Oldsmobile Aurora

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Contents 1 Oldsmobile Aurora Engine Option 2 Aurora/X-Files 3 Article errors/speculative comments 4 Added Collectibles Section 5 Aurora Predecessor

[edit] Oldsmobile Aurora Engine Option

The aurora also came with an option for a 4 litre propane & vinegar 500 hp, 500 ft-lb torque option for around $120,000

I do not know where you got this information, but there was no such engine that provided 500 hp and 500 ft-lb of torque for the Aurora. The 4.0 L engine only produced 250 HP and 260 ft-lb of torque. -JohnMcClane 16:34, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aurora/X-Files

I removed the bit about the Aurora being associated with the X-Files Movie: Fight the Future. It was the Intrigue that was featured in the film.

[edit] Article errors/speculative comments

There is are many undocumented sources that have been let slide... such as the marque being changed to aurora, and the point of "fiscal trouble found oldsmobile"... what about higher up GM authority knowing what was going to happen. Why put money into a brand you are going to kill? My .02 that I don't want to put time into --Tygone2 02:20, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Added Collectibles Section

I added this section. 24.96.69.81 01:29, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aurora Predecessor

I think its pretty obvious to those familiar with both the car as well as period Oldsmobile history that, while the Aurora had no direct predecessor, its nearest kin was the Toronado. Saying that the Toronado doesn't qualify simply based on bodystyle would simultaneously disqualify many other vehicles that evolved into other configurations based on the needs of that time. Both the Aurora and Toronado were technologically as well as stylistically advanced for their respective times and were meant to be personal luxury cars as opposed to well-equipped family sedans.

Other evidence includes the fact that Aurora was conceived well before the Ninety-Eight was dropped from the lineup, that both models coexisted for several years, and that Oldsmobile brochures and media acknowledge the Eighty-Eight-based Regency model (1997-1999) was intended to supplant the Ninety-Eight. Not only were those models stylistically similar (conservative, heavy chromed grille) but their demographics were alike - Regency offered bench seats; Aurora did not. Regency was priced similar to the outgoing Ninety-Eight; Aurora was priced several thousand above.

As an owner of this fine automobile, this inaccuracy - as well as the engine being called a 4.0l 'Northstar' - is one of the many small but still irritating misnomers that still exist. If someone else has countering reasoning, I would enjoy hearing it. Thank you. Flybrian 01:39, 18 June 2007 (UTC)