The "88" on the Oldsmobile 88 was the name given to the car when it was launched in 1949. Positioned in the lineup between Oldsmobile's base model 76 and its largest vehicle, the 98, the car followed ...

Front 3/4 view of replica of the 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 driven by Buck Baker - Emilee Chinn/Getty Images The "88" on the Oldsmobile 88 was the name given to the car when it was launched in 1949.