The Cutlass Supreme began as a personal luxury car in 1966 as an extension of an existing product. That gave Oldsmobile two offerings in the category, the other being the front-wheel-drive Toronado. The Supreme would go on to be a best-seller and was held in esteem through 1988, after which GM dropped its rear-wheel-drive mid-size automobiles. From its last outing in ’88 comes this really nice survivor with a scant 36,000 miles. Located in Hartford, Kentucky, this 3-owner Supreme is available here on Facebook Marketplace for a cool $20,000 (another tip brought our way by Sam61).
The Cutlass Supreme received its last major restyle in 1981, taking on more of an aerodynamic appearance than the similar but boxy 1978-80 editions. Changes from year to year after that would be minimal, including the 1983 Supreme my family owned from new until 1996. It was a great car, though it had a rather anemic 231 cubic inch V6 under the hood. The seller’s car may have the more suitable 307 V8, though the seller gives us no clues.
Word got out that the 1988 models would be the last for the RWD Supreme. That may explain why sales doubled from 46,300 units produced in ’87 to 94,700 in ’88. We’re told this Cutlass has had three owners in its 37 years, and only an average of 1,000 miles per year have been added to the odometer. The body seems solid, and the burgundy paint appears to be up to snuff.
The car’s reddish interior comes across as in prime original condition, too. And the Cutlass is well equipped, as you would expect, including working factory air conditioning. We’re told the tires have relatively few miles, so perhaps this is a turn-key car that is ready for action. But is this a 20,000 car since so many of them were built in the 1980s?
Nice car indeed! I’ve seen people pull all the garbage out from under the hood and replace it with a nicely built LS motor. With a healthy mill, these cars can scoot!
Lovely little driver here. Good equipment including 60/40 bench with 6-way assist. No power windows to fail at the same time as the a/c. End of an era and maybe Oldsmobile itself. However it would not be the last of that black cherry color.
more than sticker price for a plain cutlass and not even a salon model. pass on that too much for too little
Looks like an Olds 307 from the oil fill tube location. Likely has a 200-4R 4 speed auto.. nice cruiser.
A nice G-Body of the era is always a nice find. i did have an 83 Grand Lemans base model no options save for am/fm and yes the 231 v-6 was slow but at least was dead reliable and gave decent mpg’s. Now this one with the 307 makes it better. Always odd to see some options and some missing as in has power seats but no windows. It’s a keeper
I love Buick road wheels but this Olds needs some Olds rallyes
After a closer look i see those are Olds Super stockers. NICE!
Nice car but a base model with few options. Wrong wheels (not Oldsmobile’s Super Stock rally wheels) not enough power options. I’d much rather have a 442 that was loaded with every option and buckets and a console with floor shift.
I’ll pass for $20,000…
87 was supposed to be the last year for this body but they received so many orders for it that they couldn’t build them all, so they added a badge on the C-pillar that said “Classic” and built them until some time in December of 87, which was part of the 88 build year. Other than that and the title it was simply a renamed 87 ~ and all 88s had the 307. I had an 84 and an 87, both with the 331 V6 which was the Buick 3.8 ~ an excellent engine even though it wasn’t a hotrod in stock trim. These were nice cars.