The A-body eventually consisted of a 4-door
sedan, 2-door
coupé and a 4-door
station wagon. • 1982: The Chevrolet Celebrity, Pontiac 6000, Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera and Buick Century two and four door models are introduced. • 1983: Pontiac introduces the sporty STE variant of their 6000. Oldsmobile introduces the ES performance package for their Cutlass Ciera four door models. • 1984: All four divisions now offered the new wagon body style. Oldsmobile introduces the Holiday Coupe package on their Cutlass Ciera Brougham coupes. • 1985: Oldsmobile introduces an updated Cutlass Ciera with more aerodynamic front and rear styling, an updated interior and a new GT coupe model. The Oldsmobile 4.3 liter diesel engine was dropped after this model year. • 1986: Mid year, the Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera gets a unique roofline. The Buick Century is restyled. • 1988: Pontiac offers all wheel drive on their 6000 STE exclusively. All models moved to composite headlamps. Oldsmobile dropped the Brougham nameplate from their Ciera line. • 1989: the Celebrity drops its two-door models. The Cutlass Ciera, Century and 6000 receive major updates. • 1990: the Celebrity drops its four-door models, leaving only the station wagon. • 1991: The Pontiac 6000 (all models), Chevrolet Celebrity wagon and Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera coupe are dropped. • 1992: Buick dropped the Century coupe. • 1996: For the final year of the A-Body, Oldsmobile drops the Cutlass name, simply calling their sedan the Oldsmobile Ciera. It was updated in 1989 with a slightly longer wheelbase and a more rounded roofline (except for the Celebrity whose roofline remained unchanged as it was to be phased out in 1990). It also briefly saw duty as an
all wheel drive platform for the Pontiac 6000. Later GM platforms (specifically transaxle based, i.e.
four-wheel drive and mid-engine rear-wheel drive) benefited from components and systems developed with the A-Body. Additionally the first generation
U-body minivan (1990–1996) was constructed utilizing a lightly modified version of the A-body chassis. The A-body began to be phased out in favor of the
GM W platform beginning in 1990, although production did not end for the platform until 1996 due to popularity of the remaining models. ==Vehicles==