Editing Oldsmobile (section)

==Firsts==
During the 107 years of Oldsmobile's existence, it was known for being a guinea pig for new technologies and firsts.
* 1898 – Olds Motor Vehicle Company exports a steam powered automobile to [[Mumbai]], India, making it the first exported American car.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/the-story-of-oldsmobile |title=The Story of Oldsmobile &#124; Hemmings |access-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503161743/https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/the-story-of-oldsmobile |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1901 – The first speedometer to be offered on a production car was on an Oldsmobile Curved Dash.
* 1901 – Oldsmobile became the first car company to procure parts from third-party suppliers.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://auto.howstuffworks.com/1901-1907-oldsmobile-curved-dash2.htm|title = 1901–1907 Oldsmobile Curved-Dash|date = December 6, 2007|access-date = January 13, 2020|archive-date = January 13, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200113045528/https://auto.howstuffworks.com/1901-1907-oldsmobile-curved-dash2.htm|url-status = live}}</ref>
* 1901 – Olds produces 635 cars, becoming the first high-volume producer of gasoline automobiles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://historicvehicles.com.au/historic-car-brands/oldsmobile/ |title=Oldsmobile |access-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=March 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326040107/https://historicvehicles.com.au/historic-car-brands/oldsmobile/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1901 – Oldsmobile was the first auto manufacturer to publicly promote their vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honoree/ransom-e-olds/|title=» Ransom e. Olds &#124; Automotive Hall of Fame|access-date=September 12, 2020|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021124151/https://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honoree/ransom-e-olds/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1902 – The Oldsmobile Curved Dash becomes the first mass-produced vehicle in America. 
* 1903 – Olds builds the first purpose built Mail Truck.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://auto.howstuffworks.com/1901-1907-oldsmobile-curved-dash.htm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080605191126/http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1901-1907-oldsmobile-curved-dash.htm| archive-date = 2008-06-05| title = Howstuffworks "1901-1907 Oldsmobile Curved-Dash"}}</ref>
* 1908 – Oldsmobile becomes a division of GM, and rebadges the [[Buick Model B]] as the [[Oldsmobile Model 20]], creating arguably the first badge-engineered automobile.
* 1915 – First standard windshield.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.astroautoglass.net/little-known-history-of-the-car-windshield/|title = Little-Known History of the Car Windshield|date = January 5, 2016|access-date = January 13, 2020|archive-date = January 13, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200113045529/https://www.astroautoglass.net/little-known-history-of-the-car-windshield/|url-status = live}}</ref>
* 1926 – Oldsmobile was the first car company to use chrome plating on its trim.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-end-of-the-road-for-oldsmobile | title=The end of the road for Oldsmobile | access-date=January 13, 2020 | archive-date=January 25, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125215935/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-end-of-the-road-for-oldsmobile | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1929 – Oldsmobile creates the first Monobloc V8 engine in its Viking Sister-brand.
* 1932 – Oldsmobile introduces the first automatic choke.<ref>''The Automobile Age''
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* 1935 – Oldsmobile offers the first all steel roof on an automobile.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/1935-gm-introduces-the-all-steel-top/ |title=1935 – GM Introduces the All-Steel Top |date=July 26, 2020 |access-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113053618/https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/1935-gm-introduces-the-all-steel-top/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1940 – Oldsmobile introduces the [[Hydramatic|Hydra-Matic]], the first production fully automatic transmission.
* 1948 – Oldsmobile, along with Buick and Cadillac begin offering one piece compound curved windshields. Prior to this, windshields were split in the middle.
* 1949 – Oldsmobile introduces the first high-compression, OHV V8 engine the ''Rocket''.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2019/03/07/oldsmobile-1949-overhead-valve-v-8|title = Oldsmobile's 1949 overhead valve V-8 launched an engine revolution|date = March 7, 2019|access-date = January 13, 2020|archive-date = January 13, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200113045530/https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2019/03/07/oldsmobile-1949-overhead-valve-v-8|url-status = live}}</ref>
* 1952 – Oldsmobile, introduces the "Autronic Eye" – the first automatic headlight dimming system.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a9816/carchaeology-1952-oldsmobile-and-the-first-headlight-dimmer-16301766/|title = 1952 Olds and the First Headlight Dimmer|date = December 23, 2013|access-date = January 23, 2020|archive-date = June 19, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200619230145/https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a9816/carchaeology-1952-oldsmobile-and-the-first-headlight-dimmer-16301766/|url-status = live}}</ref>
* 1953 – Oldsmobile becomes one of the earliest automakers to switch their complete line up to the newly standardized 12v charging system. Buick Roadmasters and Cadillacs were other early adopters.
* 1962 – Oldsmobile creates first production turbocharged car, the Oldsmobile F-85 Jetfire.
* 1962 – Oldsmobile creates first production car with water injection, the Oldsmobile F-85 Jetfire.<ref>{{cite web |title= Cars of Futures Past – 1962–1963 Oldsmobile Jetfire &#124; Hemmings Daily|url=https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2013/04/18/yesterdays-car-of-tomorrow-1962-1963-oldsmobile-jetfire/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126095800/https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2013/04/18/yesterdays-car-of-tomorrow-1962-1963-oldsmobile-jetfire/ |archive-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref>
* 1966 – The Toronado is the first mass-produced front-wheel-drive American car.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ernst |first=Kurt |date=April 18, 2013 |title=Cars of Futures Past – 1962–1963 Oldsmobile Jetfire |url=https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2014/11/18/oldsmobile-ford-and-the-rebirth-of-front-wheel-drive/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115093038/https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2014/11/18/oldsmobile-ford-and-the-rebirth-of-front-wheel-drive/ |archive-date=January 15, 2020 |website=Hemmings}}</ref>
* 1969 – First use of chromed ABS plastic exterior trim, on the 1969 Oldsmobile Toronado.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Prosser |first1=Roy |last2=Sandiford |first2=Denis |date=1969 |title=Plastics in the British Automotive Industry |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44563030 |journal=SAE Transactions |volume=78 |page=579 |jstor=44563030 }}</ref>
* 1969 – First production electric grid window defogger on an American car, the 1969 Oldsmobile Toronado.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
* 1971 – The Oldsmobile Toronado was arguably the first production car with a high mounted brake light. The taillights were supplemented by a pair of eye-level stop and signal lamps set in slots just below the rear window.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://auto.howstuffworks.com/1971-1978-oldsmobile-toronado.htm |title=1971–1978 Oldsmobile Toronado |date=August 20, 2007 |access-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324025436/https://auto.howstuffworks.com/1971-1978-oldsmobile-toronado.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>     
* 1974 – The Toronado is the first American car to offer a driver-side airbag, a feature later shared with Buick and Cadillac.
* 1977 – The Toronado is the first production American car with a microprocessor to run engine controls.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/10/archives/computer-will-save-fuel-on-gms-77-toronado.html|title = Computer Will Save Fuel on G.M.'s '77 Toronado|newspaper = The New York Times|date = August 10, 1976|access-date = January 13, 2020|archive-date = January 13, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200113045526/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/10/archives/computer-will-save-fuel-on-gms-77-toronado.html|url-status = live}}</ref>
* 1982 – First use of high-impact moulded plastic body components – 1982 Oldsmobile Omega<ref>{{Cite book |doi = 10.1007/978-1-4684-8733-6_13|isbn = 978-1-4684-8735-0|chapter = Recent Chemical and Reinforcement Development in the Reinforced Reaction Injection Molding Process for Automobile Applications|title = Reaction Injection Molding and Fast Polymerization Reactions|year = 1982|last1 = Han|first1 = P. Z.|last2 = Lennon|first2 = W. L.|last3 = Ratajczak|first3 = R. B.|pages = 209–218}}</ref>
* 1986 – Oldsmobile along with Buick introduces the [[Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co.|Delco]] VIC touchscreen interface on the Oldsmobile Toronado and the Buick Riviera first of its kind on a production Automobile.
* 1988 – The first production heads-up display system – 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Indy Pace car.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/the-past-and-future-of-the-head-up-display.html|title=The Past and Future of the Head-up Display, the Original Augmented Reality|date=January 23, 2019|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=January 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125030957/http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/the-past-and-future-of-the-head-up-display.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1988 – Oldsmobile broke a world closed-course speed record with the Oldsmobile Aerotech at {{convert|267|mph}}, driven by legendary race car driver [[A. J. Foyt]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://jalopnik.com/the-1987-oldsmobile-aerotech-was-not-your-great-grandso-1553919816|title=The 1987 Oldsmobile Aerotech Was Not Your Great-Grandson's Oldsmobile|newspaper=Jalopnik|access-date=January 23, 2020|archive-date=June 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609225406/https://jalopnik.com/the-1987-oldsmobile-aerotech-was-not-your-great-grandso-1553919816|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1990 – Oldsmobile introduces an updated color Touchscreen interface with built in cellular phone (a predecessor to modern infotainment systems) on the 1990 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.businessinsider.com/gms-oldsmobile-toronado-trofeo-infotainment-system-2017-1|title = Check out these cars GM created in the 1980s with tech decades ahead of its time|website = [[Business Insider]]|access-date = January 23, 2020|archive-date = August 5, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200805225415/https://www.businessinsider.com/gms-oldsmobile-toronado-trofeo-infotainment-system-2017-1|url-status = live}}</ref>
* 1995 – Oldsmobile presented Guidestar, the first on-board navigation system to be offered on a US production car.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-02-06-9502060009-story.html|title=Oldsmobile's $1,995 Talking Map|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=February 6, 1995 |access-date=January 23, 2020|archive-date=May 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509214309/https://www.chicagotribune.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1997 – Oldsmobile is the first American car company to turn 100.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9708/25/olds.100/|title=Oldest U.S. Car brand seeks new life as it turns 100 |date= August 25, 1997|website=[[CNN]]|access-date=January 23, 2020|archive-date=April 4, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050404064857/http://www.cnn.com/US/9708/25/olds.100/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2001 – The fully redesigned 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada SUV became the first truck ever to pace the Indianapolis 500.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://testdrivejunkie.com/tag/2002-oldsmobile-bravada-pace-car/ |title=» 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada Pace Car |publisher=Testdrivejunkie.com |date=2015-06-01 |access-date=2022-03-16 |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113045531/https://testdrivejunkie.com/tag/2002-oldsmobile-bravada-pace-car/ |url-status=live }}</ref>