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The 9 Detroit Auto Brands We’d Miss The Least

Posted in auto industry, Buick, Cadillac, Cars, Chevrolet, Detroit, Dodge, Ford, GM, GMC, Holden, Jeep, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury, Oldsmobile, Politics, Pontiac, Saab, Volvo by Vito Rispo | December 3rd, 2008 | 63 Responses |

Don’t you miss Oldsmobile? Yeah, me neither.

One of the main problems GM has is its large number of brands, and the fact that they’ve spread themselves so thin across those brands. They argue that there’s value in those nameplates, since customers want a wide selection. The thing is, they’re half the size they were in their prime, and they have more brands. Here’s a run down of the brands GM owns: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, and Vauxhall. They need to lighten up their load if they want to survive.

Remember the story of Aron Ralston? He was the climber who was out in the wilderness when a boulder fell on his arm and pinned him there. He was stuck, couldn’t get loose, so he did what needed to be done, he cut off his own arm. That kind of action takes giant brass balls, but it saved his life in a case where, otherwise, he most likely would have died. It’s tough to knowingly cut off a part of yourself, but in life or death situations, it needs to be done. That’s why we’ve put together this list of the 9 Detroit Automotive Brands We’d Miss The Least, to help the execs in Detroit make the tough choices. Yes, these are drastic moves, but the fact is, this is crunch time, life or death time. Now Detroit just needs to grow a set the size of Aron Ralston. Check it out:
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1972 Custom Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme: Moderation Is For Pussies

Posted in Car Photography, Cars, Custom, eBay Motors, Hot Rods, Oldsmobile by Suzanne Denbow | August 13th, 2008 | 4 Responses |

Even through the pain of the after-effects of last night’s drinking binge, we still managed to work ourselves into a lather over our eBay Motors Find of the Day: a 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. For some hot-rodders, there’s a point where a ride can jump the shark, and it’s usually somewhere between “Lambo doors” and “Louis Vuitton upholstery.”

We here at RideLust, however, can’t get enough of “tastefully overdone” custom jobs – and we absolutely lost our minds over this one. Its got everything we cream over: suicide doors, 12″ sub woofers, a remote-start Corvette LS-1 engine, and it’s positively drenched in Louis leather.

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Come Away With Me Lucille, In My Sick Nasty Oldsmobile

Posted in Car Photography, Cars, Classic, Custom, Design, Oldsmobile by Suzanne Denbow | July 22nd, 2008 | 7 Responses |

 

The 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass wasn’t even cool in 1986, so what could it possibly bring to the table now ? Enter: the car customization expertise of the Dirty South. This ride (more pictures below), which is currently up for grabs on eBay Motors (motto: “A Habit Both More Addicting And More Expensive Then Unfiltered Menthols”) is a 6-cylinder, 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass with 73,000 miles on it (mostly well-documented stuntin’ miles).

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