Oldsmobile Omega

The Oldsmobile Omega was a compact car sold from 1973 through 1984 by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors. The name omega was used to imply the last, the end, or the ultimate limit of a set, in contrast to Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet. There were two generations of Omegas, both badge engineered on Chevrolet models, and both using the GM X platform architecture: The Omega was one of 2 more X-body Chevrolet Nova clones introduced in 1973 (the Buick Apollo being the other one; the Pontiac Ventura was introduced in 1971). Naturally it shared the Nova's body and many of its mechanicals, but it had its own unique nose and tail, and, being an Oldsmobile, it had a little fancier trim than the Nova. It even borrowed the...