1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera wagon

Just saw this on Hemmings. Looks like a very nice car.

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It does. Still hard for me to wrap my head around these being classics.

 

"Classic" is a somewhat vague term. The Antique Automobile Club of America, for example, has a strict definition of "classic," and it does not include 1990 Oldsmobiles.

I think it's more accurate to call a car like this "antique," because most definitions of that word with regard to cars is 25 years old or older, which this car most certainly. Another term might simply be "collectible," which is the term I'd use.

 

You're right jaunty. In Washington State a car or truck is eligible for "classic" car status once it is 30 years old. At that point you can register it as a collector vehicle. I still can't believe it when I see a 1993 Honda Prelude with Antique/Collector plates on it.
I also think it depends on the age of the person doing the observing. Most of my boys friends who are in the range of 10-16 years old think that my 1996 F-350 is a classic. My boys on the other had think that if it was built after 1979 it may be a neat old car, but it's definitely not a "classic".

 

IMO GM hit a solid triple with this line of cars. Our 86 Pontiac 6000 sedan with the agricultutal Iron Duke 4 lasted us 14 years or so, 185 k miles, and was the first car for both our sons. Roomy, easy on gas, reliable, comfortable for 4 and had a generous trunk. Agree with Jaunty, this is a nice car.

 

Yes, these are certainly great cars. My 1996 Buick century wagon is one of my favorite cars to drive believe it or not. As far as the whole antique versus Classic thing goes, to the best of my knowledge, a classic car is anything made prior to World War II. And yes, they refer to everything else as antique or collectible. I don’t know about you guys, but when someone mentions an antique car, I don’t even think of a 55 Chevy, I think of a model T Ford. So, in my mind, it is kind of the opposite. Antiques are the very old things and classics are the cars that many consider new, but sort of cool and collectible.

 

I tend to think along the same lines.

 

I feel the same way about my ‘94 Olds Ciera wagon. I love the size, the drivability of it and it gets good gas mileage too! Definitely one of my favorite driver wagons, but the only “classic” car I own is my ‘38 Buick, but I have a lot of old cars I never call classics unless I refer to classic style ie my ‘57 Chevy. But it’s an old car, perhaps you can use the word collector car, but not a classic in the collector sense.