Production chronology1985–open
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
epa ↗1 year
← Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile / Model record
OldsmobileCutlass Calais
Production1985 – present
Recorded originUnited States
ClassCompact Cars
Background
The Oldsmobile Calais is a compact car that was manufactured and marketed by Oldsmobile from 1985 through 1991, superseding the Oldsmobile Omega and named after the city of Calais, France. Renamed the Cutlass Calais for 1988, the Calais shared the GM N platform with the Pontiac Grand Am and the Buick Skylark/Buick Somerset—and was superseded by the Oldsmobile Achieva in 1992. Previously, the Cutlass Calais nameplate was used on top-line versions of the Cutlass Supreme coupé from 1978 to 1984. There was also a Cadillac Calais model, sold from 1965 to 1976.
Text adapted from “Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years1988–1991
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1979–1983
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗5 years