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1997 Oldsmobile Aurora Review

The beauty of luxury.
Interior
Interiors are important to us for one obvious reason: that's where we

spend almost all of our time with the car. A luxo-sport sedan such as the

Aurora has to be interesting and still provide a level of cosseting that

invokes that involuntary aaahhhhh from a tired owner at the end of the

day.

The Aurora acquits itself well in these areas. The sensory experience

begins when you drop into leather-trimmed front bucket seats and that wonderful

leathery incense tickles your sense of smell. The comfortable steering

wheel is a satisfying handful, not too thick, not too thin, and is also

trimmed in leather.

We expect a high level of standard equipment from a sedan playing in

this league, and Aurora doesn't disappoint. Check the exhaustive list in

our specifications box for a complete rundown, but some highlights include

dual climate controls, power everything including memory seat and mirror

positions, and our favorite, the universal garage door opener.

Yeah, it's a little thing. But once the device is programmed, you can

put that stand-alone opener in your kitchen junk drawer. Some of us still

have an older opener the size of a car battery, which always seems to fall

off the sun-visor, to the surprise and dismay of driver or passenger.

Large instrument graphics and convenient rotary knobs for climate controls

provide a nice level of user friendliness. A sophisticated driver info

center provides readouts for lots of useful data such as mileage and fuel

economy, programmable ETA and a canny distance-to-empty fuel reading.

With big doors that open wide and accommodations for five adults, the

car is a roomy place to spend time. We'd like to see a larger trunk opening

with a lower lift-over height, but most luggage can be stowed easily (including

those all-important golf bags). Next Page



1997 Oldsmobile Aurora