Due to the sweeping exterior lines, the rake of the rear window is steep - so much so that it distorts the vehicles reflected in the rearview mirror. We found it annoying to look into the mirror and see vehicles that all looked like vintage Saabs, with squashed notes and horizontally elongated headlights. Otherwise, the inside rearview mirror dims, and the outside mirrors are heated.
For the size of this car, its trunk is small. However, the rear seat features a pass-through compartment for added cargo-carrying capacity.
The interior is extremely quiet. Oldsmobile engineers did a number of things to make it that way, including special attention to side-glass seals and the location of the climate control equipment. The latter is now inside the car, instead of under the hood, to avoid large openings into the dash.
The Aurora is the first automotive application of the Bose Acoustimass speaker technology. Similar to the Bose AM-5 speaker system for homes, the Bose Acoustimass launches sound into the cabin with a mass of air rather than a vibrating surface such as a speaker cone. The advantage is a purer and increased sound, using just a modest amount of electrical power. Next Page