Factory build sheet

1994 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight (98) Regency

Build 1G3CX52L-R · 3.8L 6cyl · Sedan

VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1G3CX52L and position 10 reads R. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.

Every Ninety Eight (98) whose VIN starts 1G3CX52L and carries R in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 60 of them.

  • Decoded Jul 7, 2026
  • 60 known VINs
  • 1 listed for sale now

Factory specification

As filed by Oldsmobile with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.

Engine

Displacement
3.8 L
Cylinders
6
Configuration
V-Shaped
Engine manufacturer
Flint
Fuel type
Gasoline

Body & chassis

Body class
Sedan/Saloon
NHTSA body type
PASSENGER CAR
Doors
4
Manufacturer
GENERAL MOTORS LLC

How this VIN pattern is read

A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.

Positions Characters What they encode
1–3 1G3 GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier
4–8 CX52L Model, body style, engine and restraint system
9 × Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build
10 R Model year — 1994
11 × Assembly plant
12–17 ×××××× Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle

60 vehicles carry this build

Every VIN we have decoded to 1G3CX52L-R shares the specification above.

  • 60 Known VINs
  • 1 Listed for sale now

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Where this data comes from

Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.

Vehicle counts come from the 60 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.