The Oldsmobile Aerotech III was one of three

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, presented in 1989. It was a four-door sedan based heavily on the Cutlass Supreme coupe, and was built to foreshadow the new Cutlass Supreme sedan, which was planned to be released the following year. More of its styling cues (most obviously the front fascia), were present when the Cutlass Supreme got a minor

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for 1992. Among the Aerotech III's "concept" features were digital instrumentation, head-up display, four leather-trimmed reclining

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s with a center console which ran the whole length of the interior cabin. This center console also had four built-in cupholders and a cooler. The car was powered by a 230 hp supercharged Quad 4

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Oldsmobile Aerotech III on the homepage of carstyling.ru
{{Oldsmobile Aerotech III

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