The Oldsmobile Series 28, also known as the Autocrat, was a mid-level four seat passenger car produced by GM's

Oldsmobile Oldsmobile or formally the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors was a brand of American automobiles, produced for most of its existence by General Motors. Originally established as "Olds Motor Vehicle Company" by Ransom E. Olds in 1897, it pro ...

Division for 1911 and 1912. It was based on the top-level

Oldsmobile Limited The Oldsmobile Limited was an top-level passenger car produced by GM's Oldsmobile Division in 1910, offered as an upgraded replacement to the Oldsmobile Model Z when it was discontinued in 1909. The Oldsmobile Limited was very large and expensive ...

(Series 23, 24, 27) while using a four-cylinder engine, and was manufactured in Lansing, Michigan.Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925'' (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950)

History

The Series 28 was equipped with an enormous side-valve, in-line

four-cylinder engine The engine configuration describes the fundamental operating principles by which internal combustion engines are categorized. Piston engines are often categorized by their cylinder layout, valves and camshafts. Wankel engines are often categorize ...

developing 40 bhp. The bore and stroke was 5 x 6 inches and the cylinders were cast in pairs. It had a wheelbase of based on the bodystyle offered of a

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, roadster or a 4-door sedan. For 1912 it was renamed the Series 32 with minor appearance changes. Due to the retail price of US$3,500 ($ in dollars ) for a choice of the touring sedan or runabout while the closed body limousine was US$5,000 ($ in dollars ) 1911 saw 1000 vehicles manufactured and in 1912 there were 500 which placed it as a contender against the

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, and made Oldsmobile the top model in GM's catalog against the Cadillac Model A and

Buick Model 10 The Buick 4 was a series of passenger cars produced by the Buick Division of GM from 1909 through 1918, and was available as a touring car, phaeton or roadster. It was available with the Buick Model B as a larger alternative offering a larger en ...

. The Autocrat replaced the

Oldsmobile Series 22 The Series 22 Special was a four-seat passenger car produced by the Oldsmobile Division of GM in 1910 and 1911. It was the first car engineered by Oldsmobile after it became a division of GM and began sharing a platform with the Buick Model 10. It ...

and was replaced by the

Oldsmobile Six The Oldsmobile Six, also known as the Model 53, 54 and 55 (1913-1915) then a brief cancellation until it reappeared as the Model 37, 37A and 37B (1917-1921) was a top level sedan along with the Oldsmobile Series 40 junior vehicle produced by GM's ...

as the mid-level model.

References

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