1990 Oldsmobile Quad 442: Front-Drive, and a Four-Cylinder

This record's own title identifies the car as the "1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais Quad 442," and its own dek states that the front-drive Cutlass Calais Quad 442 used the 2.3-liter Quad 4 four-cylinder. This record's own overview states that a tertiary account describes the 1990-1991 4-4-2 as W-40 and W-41 options on the front-wheel-drive Cutlass Calais, powered by the 2.3-liter Quad 4 four-cylinder at 180 hp for the W-40 and 190 hp for the W-41.¹

This record's own key facts state that no production figure from a citable source was found, with uncited tertiary figures held as leads, and that Oldsmobile's 1990 catalogue lists the Quad 442 Sport Performance Package as RPO W40, available only on the Cutlass Calais S coupe, with the 180-horsepower High-Output Quad 4 (LG0) and a sport-ratio five-speed manual (MM5). They also state that Ate Up With Motor says Oldsmobile explained the Quad 442 name as four cylinders, four valves per cylinder, and two overhead camshafts, and that sales were poor and the car was dropped after 1991, a verdict this record's own partial coverage flag reflects given the absence of a citable production count.²

This record's own engines section documents the LG0 2.3-liter High-Output Quad 4, a DOHC four-cylinder with multiport fuel injection rated 180 hp on a standard the catalogue does not state, included in the Quad 442 Sport Performance Package (W40) with no separate production count given for the engine itself. This record's own transmissions section documents the MM5 sport-ratio five-speed manual with a floor shifter, also included in the package and likewise carrying no production count of its own.

This record's own options section documents the W40 package's extensive contents: a gold Quad 442 decal and striping, blacked-out mirrors, moldings, handles, lock cylinders, headlight door trim, grille, and bezels, the LG0 engine paired with the MM5 transmission, the UB3 Rallye gage cluster, gold-accented aluminum-styled 14-inch wheels with P215/60R14 performance tires, a rear aero wing, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, shift knob, and brake handle, and the FE3 Level III ride and handling system.

This record's own production rows document a 12,839-car Cutlass Calais S coupe host-body total shown for scale only, since no Quad 442 installation count was found in a citable source. This record's own prices section documents the Quad 442 package at $1,667, alongside a $10,895 factory price for the Cutlass Calais S coupe (F27) before options; adding the two suggests a roughly $12,562 complete-car price, though the catalogue itself gives no combined figure.^3,3

This record's own paint section documents nine Cutlass Calais model colors without stating which of them the Quad 442 specifically offered, and this record's own interiors section documents four Cutlass Calais interior trim colors, Dark Sapphire Blue, Medium Slate Gray, Dark Garnet Red, and Medium Beechwood, again not stated as specific to the Quad 442. This record's own unpublished leads flag an uncited Wikipedia claim of 2,629 built and an enthusiast FAQ's uncited claim of a Getrag five-speed manual and a 3.61:1 final drive, neither adopted for lack of a named record behind either figure.