Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight (first generation, 1941)

Naming standards were in flux at Oldsmobile during the late 1930s and 1940s. In 1940 the even larger C body was introduced to Oldsmobile and it alone was powered by the straight eight. The series were also given names for the first time that year. The name 98 first appeared in 1941, referring to a Series 90 fitted with an eight cylinder engine. Its model year is 1941. This page belongs to the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight model on its Oldsmobile make page, and it links to the generation and the neighbouring model years so that the whole run of the model can be followed in order.