Oldsmobile Starfire
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Oldsmobile Starfire | |
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Manufacturer | General Motors |
Production | 1975–1980 |
Successor | Oldsmobile Firenza |
Class | Subcompact |
Body style | 2-door coupé 2-door station wagon 3-door hatchback |
Platform | FR H-body |
Engine | 140 in³ I4 151 in³ Iron Duke I4 231 in³ Buick V6 305 in³ Chevrolet V8 |
Transmission | 4-speed manual 5-speed manual 3-speed automatic |
Related | Buick Skyhawk Pontiac Sunbird Chevrolet Monza |
The Oldsmobile Starfire was a rear-wheel drive subcompact car produced from 1975 to 1980. The Starfire name was previously used on the 98 convertible from 1954 to 1957 and on a special edition of the 88 from 1961 to 1966.
The H-body Starfire initially came with only the Buick 231 V6. The 2300 was offered in 1977 and then replaced by the Pontiac 151 in³ Iron Duke in 1978. The Chevrolet 305 also became an option in 1978.
Oldsmobile road car timeline, 1940s-1980s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||
Subcompact | Starfire | Firenza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compact | F-85 | Omega | Calais | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mid-size | 60 | F-85 | Cutlass Ciera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Cutlass | Cutlass Supreme | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full-size | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal luxury | Toronado |