page_title: Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera
section_title: Special editions
hierarchical_section_title: Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera / Special editions
caption_attribution_description: English: 1985 Cutlass Ciera Holiday Coupe (RPO WJ5) in Pastel Beige (Code 58T) with saddle trim and interior.
context_page_description: The Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera is a mid-size car that was manufactured and marketed for model years 1982-1996 by the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors. It shared the front-wheel drive A platform with the similar Buick Century, Pontiac 6000 and Chevrolet Celebrity; both Oldsmobile and Chevrolet considered using the Celebrity name, which had originally been used on the Eighty Eight model in the 1960s. Available body styles included a 2-door coupe, 4-door sedan, and the Cutlass Cruiser station wagon. Based on the GM X-Body, this platform served as the basis for the GM U-Body vans.
context_section_description: The car enjoyed many factory specialty models including the Holiday Coupe, GT, ES, XC, and International Series models – the latter of which had a stock body kit.
  Holiday Coupe
  From 1984 to March 1986, Oldsmobile offered a special edition Holiday Coupe package, option WJ5, on the Brougham coupe. This package included a unique landau vinyl roof (RPO C10), opera windows, special rooftop trim and painted pin stripes. The Holiday Coupe package required tinted glass and could not be ordered with standard pin stripes. It was discontinued part way through the 1986 model year, when Oldsmobile introduced the updated coupe roof line. All Holiday coupes were converted by the American Sunroof Company (ASC) outside of the factory. Oldsmobile would ship ASC Brougham coupes equipped with tinted glass to modify at their facility. These models have an ASC decal in the driver side door frame indicating the factory authorized conversion.
  ES
  The ES (RPO W48) sedan was available from 1983–1985. These vehicles feature unique wheel covers, blacked out trim, F41 performance suspension, black sidewall tires, center console with bucket seats and a sport steering wheel. For 1985 only the ES sedan returned, as the coupe had been renamed GT.
  GT
  The GT (RPO W45) was first offered as an option on the 1985 Ciera coupe. It featured blacked out trim, V6 engine, center console with bucket seats, fog lamps factory body kit, alloy wheels and performance suspension. For 1986, it was expanded to the four door sedan, replacing the ES. Following the 1987 model year, it was replaced by the International Series.
  International Series
  From 1988 to 1990, the International Series (RPO W45/W49) was the top performance trim available on the Ciera. It featured the 3.8 liter V6 for 1988 and the 3.3 liter V6 for 1989 and 1990. Available on coupe and sedan models, it featured a factory body kit, bucket seats with console, FE3 performance suspension, alloy wheels, full instrumentation, air conditioning, JA2 heavy duty brakes, extra capacity cooling, and unique ornamentation.
  XC The XC was introduced as part of Oldsmobile's 90th Anniversary celebrations (XC being Roman Numeral or 90) and remained on the option sheet from 1988 to 1990. It was available on coupe and sedan models. Sharing much of its sporty appearance with the International Series, the XC is distinguished by orange body side stripes in place of the typical black and chrome trim. Unlike the similar looking International Series, the XC package did not include a standard V6, 4 speed automatic, or other higher end features. These had to be ordered in addition to the XC package.
  Oldsmobile never produced a factory convertible of this A-Body model for public sale, but many dealers did make them available via aftermarket conversions. Between 1983 and 1986, 814 Cutlass Ciera convertibles were made by Hess & Eisenhardt/Car Craft. These vehicles were Brougham (83-mid 86) and SL (mid 86) coupes, modified with leather interior and chassis reinforcement to provide the needed structural rigidity that was lost by removing the roof.
caption: 1985 Cutlass Ciera Holiday coupe (RPO WJ5) in Pastel Beige with Saddle top and interior.
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