Oldsmobile used to be a brand of American cars owned by General Motors. The automaker went bankrupt in 2004. What does its name mean?

It might sound like the word "Oldsmobile" is just another colloquial name that means "old cars". And even though Oldsmobile was, in fact, the oldest American car company, it was named after its founder Ransom E. Olds who started it in Olds Motor Vehicle Company in 1897.

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