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{{short description|Car model}}
{{Infobox automobile
| name = Oldsmobile Model S
| image = Oldsmobile model S palacetouring.jpg
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| manufacturer = [[Oldsmobile]]
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| production = 1906
| model_years = 1906
| assembly = [[Lansing Car Assembly]], [[Lansing, Michigan|Michigan]]
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| engine = {{cvt|NNN|cuin|L|0|order=flip}}
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| wheelbase = {{cvt|NNN|in|mm|0|order=flip}}
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| predecessor = [[Oldsmobile Curved Dash]]
| successor = [[Oldsmobile Model A]]
| sp = us
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The '''Model S''' was the first four-seat passenger [[car]] produced by [[Oldsmobile]] in 1906, offered as a larger alternative to the [[Oldsmobile Curved Dash|Model R Curved Dash]] [[Runabout (car)|runabout]] that appeared in 1901.<ref name="Beaulieu">{{cite book |last=Georgano |first= G.N. |authorlink= G.N. Georgano|title=Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile |year=2000 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |isbn=1-57958-293-1}}{{page needed|date=January 2024}}</ref> The advertised price was $2,250 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|2250|1906}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars {{inflation-fn|US}}). It was Oldsmobile's first four cylinder car and took the top level marketing position above the Model L and the entry-level Model R. It was one of the last independently developed products before they joined General Motors in 1908, and competed against Buick, Ford and other automakers at the time.<ref name="kimes1996"/> It was built at the Oldsmobile factory in Detroit and developed by Frederick and Angus Smith, whose father Samuel L. Smith was the primary investor, and R. E. Olds had left the company due to an argument with Oldsmobile Board of Directors.<ref name="kimes1996"/>

==History==
[[File:Oldsmobile 1906-0407 model-s.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Oldsmobile Model S (listing the advertised price at $2,250)]]
The Model S was equipped with a side-valve, in-line {{Convert|4417|cc|cuin|0|abbr=on|disp=flip}} [[Multi-cylinder engine|four-cylinder engine]] developing 28 bhp. The engine was installed in the front, driving the rear wheels through a transmission shaft. The [[Transmission (mechanics)|gearbox]] had three forward gears, with the gearshift lever positioned to the right of the driver.<ref name="kimes1996">{{cite book |last1=Kimes |first1=Beverly |title=Standard catalog of American Cars 1805–1942 |date=1996 |publisher=Krause publications |isbn=0-87341-478-0 |pages=1061–1088 |edition=third}}</ref> The brake pedal came into contact with the [[drum brake]] on the rear wheels.<ref name="kimes1996"/>

The Model S had a wheelbase of {{Convert|2692|mm|in|0|abbr=on|disp=flip}} and came in three body styles, to include a 2- or 3-passenger "Gentleman's Roadster" with a [[rumble seat]] and the 5 passenger "Palace Touring" car. Uniquely, one retail price of US$2,250 was charged for each body style, while the [[Buick Four]] was US$900 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|900|1906}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars {{inflation-fn|US}}).<ref name="kimes1996"/>

1,400 Model S were manufactured in 1906, and it was replaced by the [[Oldsmobile Model A|Model A]] in 1907.
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