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LANSING, Mich. — The car, like the brand, like the plant, is a collective memory. Ten years ago Tuesday, a dark cherry Alero sedan drove off the line at what was then General Motors Corp.'s ...
LANSING — Break out your sunglasses, slip on your best 90s jeans and picture yourself cruising in this shiny red 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass convertible that's being raffled off to benefit the R.E ...
It's been 10 years since the Oldsmobile factory in Lansing, Mich., shut its doors. The last Oldsmobile to roll off the line on April 29, 2014 was a Dark Cherry Alero sedan, ...
The factory later combined with the 1901 Oldsmobile plant to become Lansing Car Assembly, which closed in 2005. At that point, it was the longest-operating automobile factory in the United States.
This new Lansing Grand River plant was built on a brownfield site that housed the former Oldsmobile Engine and Components factory, which was home to Oldsmobile before General Motors Corp. was ...
Lansing, Michigan is known for being the state capital and a hub for the auto industry, but it also has a rich history of inventions. R.E. Olds, known for his contributions to the auto industry ...
The company, established in 1897 by Ransom E. Olds, is still based in the US. In its 107-year existence, it manufactured 35.2 million cars, at least 14 million of which were made in its Lansing, ...
The 2.8 million square foot Lansing plant employs about 100 people and is on track to have about 1,700 workers, GM said. It was to open this year, but its opening date now is unclear.
It wasn't always smooth sailing for Olds. A fire destroyed the Oldsmobile factory in 1900, just after it had moved from Lansing to Detroit. The only car that survived the fire was a small, ...
When Ransom Olds moved his automobile business out of Detroit in 1902, he settled on the banks of the Grand River in Lansing. What started as a simple factory grew exponentially over several decades.
James Kryta's 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass W-30 4-4-2 was a labor of love as he worked to restore it, intending to throw it into the spotlight at car shows.