General Motors began developing its first compact cars in 1956, and Oldsmobile designer Irv Rybicki began work on the Olds model in 1957. It went on sale in 1960 as a 1961 model, Oldsmobile's smallest and budget priced model, about two feet shorter than the next smallest Olds, the full size Dynamic 88. The Cutlass was introduced as the top trim of the F-85. Its model years run from 1961 to 1963. It was built as a unibody compact, and the Cutlass began as the top trim in the F-85 Series.
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General Motors purchased the company on November 12, 1908
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Oldsmobile (formally the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors) was a brand of American automobiles, produced for most of its existence by General Motors.
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