Forgotten Oldsmobile....
#31
Lexus Fanatic
LOL, thats pretty funny. It is interesting, today we think of a FWD V8 as ridiculous but back in the 90s there were a bunch of them.
#33
Lexus Fanatic
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#34
Lexus Fanatic
My dads 95 STS had 300 hp through the front wheels, it had some torque steer but nothing crazy.
#36
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#37
Lexus Test Driver
I remember Aurora being very expensive and I believe it shared platform of the FWD Cadillac STS of that era.
The RWD Lincoln LS from that period (which shared platform with Jag Stype) was by far the best American sport sedan at that time and was MotorTrend car of the year i believe. They were very cool.
The RWD Lincoln LS from that period (which shared platform with Jag Stype) was by far the best American sport sedan at that time and was MotorTrend car of the year i believe. They were very cool.
#38
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I remember Aurora being very expensive and I believe it shared platform of the FWD Cadillac STS of that era.
The RWD Lincoln LS from that period (which shared platform with Jag Stype) was by far the best American sport sedan at that time and was MotorTrend car of the year i believe. They were very cool.
The RWD Lincoln LS from that period (which shared platform with Jag Stype) was by far the best American sport sedan at that time and was MotorTrend car of the year i believe. They were very cool.
#39
Lexus Fanatic
I distinctly remember the Consumer Reports write-up on the LS. They said, at the time, that it was probably the highest-rated American-badged car they had ever tested, although the Jaguar S-Type, which was a derivative of the same platform, had what I thought was a nicer interior and both-styling.
Perhaps the LS's biggest drawback was offering the V6 with a 5-speed manual transmission, and then not doing the same for the V8 version. Lincoln marketed the V8 version of the LS directly at the BMW 540i...which did come with a 3-pedal manual transmission....but refused to produce the V8 LS with one.
#40
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I distinctly remember the Consumer Reports write-up on the LS. They said, at the time, that it was probably the highest-rated American-badged car they had ever tested, although the Jaguar S-Type, which was a derivative of the same platform, had what I thought was a nicer interior and both-styling.
Perhaps the LS's biggest drawback was offering the V6 with a 5-speed manual transmission, and then not doing the same for the V8 version. Lincoln marketed the V8 version of the LS directly at the BMW 540i...which did come with a 3-pedal manual transmission....but refused to produce the V8 LS with one.
Perhaps the LS's biggest drawback was offering the V6 with a 5-speed manual transmission, and then not doing the same for the V8 version. Lincoln marketed the V8 version of the LS directly at the BMW 540i...which did come with a 3-pedal manual transmission....but refused to produce the V8 LS with one.
Mostly electrical stuff.
#41
Lexus Fanatic
I remember Aurora being very expensive and I believe it shared platform of the FWD Cadillac STS of that era.
The RWD Lincoln LS from that period (which shared platform with Jag Stype) was by far the best American sport sedan at that time and was MotorTrend car of the year i believe. They were very cool.
The RWD Lincoln LS from that period (which shared platform with Jag Stype) was by far the best American sport sedan at that time and was MotorTrend car of the year i believe. They were very cool.
Last edited by SW17LS; 02-02-21 at 06:44 PM.
#42
Lexus Fanatic
I'm not a big fan of the Aurora, but one of the things that it deserves credit for (also along with some Cadillac and Ford Taurus SHO models) is that they are among the relatively few vehicles that successfully used a transverse-V8 engine/FWD layout...and even more credit for keeping the inevitable torque-steer manageable.
#43
Lexus Champion
I'm not a big fan of the Aurora, but one of the things that it deserves credit for (also along with some Cadillac and Ford Taurus SHO models) is that they are among the relatively few vehicles that successfully used a transverse-V8 engine/FWD layout...and even more credit for keeping the inevitable torque-steer manageable.
#44
Lexus Fanatic
I'm not a big fan of the Aurora, but one of the things that it deserves credit for (also along with some Cadillac and Ford Taurus SHO models) is that they are among the relatively few vehicles that successfully used a transverse-V8 engine/FWD layout...and even more credit for keeping the inevitable torque-steer manageable.
Lincoln also used a transverse FWD/V8 layout. More companies did than you realize.
#45
Lexus Fanatic
I will give Olds (and, presumably, the Aurora) credit for one thing during that period.....the adoption of Saturn's no-haggle pricing was an excellent idea (that's one of the things that made Saturn successful in the 1990s)...but, for Olds, it was too little, too late.
Lincoln also used a transverse FWD/V8 layout. More companies did than you realize.