1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera Reviews, Pricing & Specs

My car is beautifully ugly. As we say in Spanish she is "La Fea mas Bella" works like a horse and tries to maintain her status as a fallen diva of Auto World. She has power windows which still work, power steering, great pickup and when tuned up great mileage. I bought her from an old lady who really did only use her to go to church on sundays, only 75,000m on her. I replaced the alternator, the radiator (my fault, forgot to fill it for a while),brakes and the radio isn't working. Her current issues are cosmetic, I rammed her side into a column at Publix, needs paint but mama hasn't got money to spruce her up, but as soon as I get some she's going in for a makeover. I will post pics.Dec 08, 2009

A low production special edition of the very popular Ciera line - Less than 2000 produced so you dont see one every block or county for that matter. The International Series is like the ads used say - Not Your Fathers Oldsmobile - unless your father is my age and liked odd ball cars. With the FE3 sport suspension, wide alloy wheels and 215 60 14 tires handling is very crisp, corning rivals some very high end cars - like jaguars and BMW's. The ride can be bit rough on bumpy roads but that and the heavy steering goes the sport handling. With a 160 hp and 215 ftlbs of torque its no slouch in performance gate - thats more than many cameros firebirds of its era- they came standard with 2.8 V6s. The International Series has a 3.3 V6 coupled to 4 speed auto with overdrive, actually has more power than the early 3.8's that were in some Ciera GT models. The international package included: - Factory with body kit - air dams, ground effect style rocker and lower door moldings, the black out trim. -Fe3 Sport Suspension includes heavy duty struts /springs and anti sway bars and close ratio steering rack this was the year GM added adaptive struts and shocks to many of its cars (handling is amazing) - 14 inch alloy wheels with 215/60/r14's - Tropeo bucket seats very comfortable and supportive and a floor shift console, - Full instrumentation, fuel, oil press, temp, volt, speedo, tach, -A/C Mine is Converted to 134 works great actually gets to cold - am/fm cassette, - fog lights - international series badging. Other goodies you could that are on mine where; the optional leather interior plus: SL package, power windows and locks, cruise control, tilt wheel, mirror mounted reading lights, remote mirrors, rear defog, power ant, luggage rack. (No cup holders though) Electronic Driver Information Center provides a greeting (good morning/afternoon or evening) - date/time - fuel economy - fuel range - average speed - coolant temp - battery voltage - trip computer (calcs time dist) oil life /change index. All this and EPA of 20 MPG city 29 Hwy ( I actually have gotten as high 30.8 HWY) Lots of toys its a great car to cruise in, looks like nothing out there today even though airdams and body kits have become the norm. Its super on the hwy and if get the urge will blow away a lot of supposed fast cars. I get lots of questions and almost as much attention as I do with my 71 Riviera. Most people think its a custom car and are really surprised when I tell them it came from that way. Aug 17, 2009

This car will never find a better owner. Unless of course, the designer spilled upon it. Unlikely. It's an Oldsmobile, so how could I not <3 it? Despite how much it has stranded me, I love it to death. I wouldn't even trade it in for some over-rated Lexus. The fact that no one of my age can do something equivalent to my mechanical abilities on a front wheel drive car should be enough of a testament as to how much I enjoy having Bessie, my baby.Sep 08, 2008

This is a 1987 Cutlass Ciera, not 1990. (The cargurus won't add the other years. ie. 1982-1996) I have loved this car from the day I saw it. My grandmother had an 86 Cutlass Ciera, but the motor siezed up and the body was beyond repairable. My parents picked this gem up for $500 with less than 150000km on the odometer. It was laid up 5 months after we bought it because we picked up a differen't car. I wanted the car and my parents gave it to me and I put it on the road in June. I put about 30000km on it in 6 months before the motor blew. I used it to drive me back and forth to University for 3 months and all the highway driving did it's toll on the motor. It's not as easy as one might think to find the 4cyl engine for this car, they've been well picked over and most had the 2.8 in them. The car gets Ok gas mileage, the 3spd transmission isn't much to be desired, mine needs a TCC selonid and pressure switch, this will help with my gas mileage. It rides like a Cadillac, and moves around pretty quick. I miss driving it. The plans for it are to put a 4spd OD transmission in it and a different 4cyl engine. For added fuel economy and better accelerationMar 05, 2008