1987 Oldsmobile 4-4-2: The Final W42 Year

This record's own dek states that the W42 4-4-2 returned on the rear-drive Cutlass Supreme, with a 307 V-8 and a four-speed automatic. This record's own overview states that a tertiary account says the name now referred to the four-speed 200R4 automatic and that the 307 V-8 was the only engine, and that Oldsmobile's 1987 performance catalog lists the Olds 442 with the 5.0-liter (307) V-8 at 170 net hp at 4,000 rpm and 250 lb-ft at 2,600 rpm, a four-speed overdrive automatic, and a 3.73 axle.¹

This record's own key facts state that Consumer Guide's Complete Book of Collectible Cars gives 4,210 for the 1987 Supreme 4-4-2, in line with Ate Up With Motor's "about 4,200," and that no Oldsmobile record was found for either figure. This record's own production rows note that the 4,210 figure comes from a single published lineage, since both Consumer Guide books draw on the same source and neither names a record, and that an uncited 4,208 figure in the Wikipedia article, differing by two cars, is held as an unpublished lead rather than treated as a competing figure.^2,1

This record's own key facts state that Oldsmobile's 1987 Cutlass catalogue lists the Cutlass 442 Package in four primary colors, Medium Gray Metallic, Black, Dark Teal Blue Metallic, and Burgundy Metallic, each over Silver Metallic, with Four-Season air conditioning included. This record's own interiors section documents Bronte velour contour bucket seats in Teal Blue, Medium Gray, Dark Claret, or Light Saddle, chosen to match the exterior combination, though no trim codes are given.

This record's own prices section documents the 4-4-2 package at $2,577 on the Cutlass Supreme coupe, installed on 4,210 cars, and a $14,706 complete-car price for the package car. This record's own options section documents the package's extensive contents: special two-tone paint with gold accent stripes, silver bumpers, 442 decals, the Four-Season air conditioner, color-coordinated mirrors, a console with shifter, a Level II firm ride and handling suspension with rear air shocks, the 5.0-liter four-barrel HO V-8 with dual-outlet exhaust, the four-speed overdrive automatic, a 3.73 axle, a leather-wrapped sport wheel, 15-inch chrome-style wheels with gold accents, P215/65R15 white-outlined-letter tires, Rallye gauges, high-capacity cooling, bumper guards, and the Bronte velour contour buckets, alongside removable tinted-glass roof panels and an electric sliding Astroroof available on the Cutlass Salon host.³

This record's own engines section documents the 5.0-liter (307) four-barrel V-8, standard on the 442, rated 170 hp at 4,000 rpm and 250 lb-ft at 2,600 rpm SAE net, paired per this record's own transmissions section with a four-speed overdrive automatic and a console-mounted shift lever. This record's own specifications section documents a 3.73 axle ratio, a 108.1-inch wheelbase, a 3,203-lb curb weight, dimensions of 200.0 inches long, 71.6 inches wide, and 54.9 inches high, a 3.800 x 3.385-inch bore and stroke, P215/65R15 tires on the same 15-inch gold-accented wheels, and an 18.1-gallon fuel tank.

This record's own unpublished leads flag an uncited Wikipedia figure of 4,208 built, a forum-only claim of the same 4,208 total with 501 cars carrying CF1, 350 carrying the Z49 Canadian export package, and 1,916 with CC1 T-tops, and an enthusiast FAQ's claim of around 4,208 built with only 1,111 T-top cars and the W42 package listed at $2,577.00. This record does not adopt either T-top count, since the forum's 1,916 and the FAQ's 1,111 disagree by a wide margin and neither source names a record behind its figure.¹