The Antares is noted as the first vehicle to wear Oldsmobile's then-new corporate emblem.
[2] Contrary to belief, the Antares' design cues were not used in the Oldsmobile Intrigue.
[4][5][6][7] The second generation Aurora was to ride on the same platform as the redesigned Buick Riviera, as the original had done, however, Buick axed the Riviera as a result of the sales of all coupes in the North American market declining at the time.
[8] The discontinuation of the Riviera forced Oldsmobile to re-engineer the Antares into an acceptable Aurora in a short time.
As a result, the Antares never went beyond the concept car phase, and the redesigned Aurora served as the replacement for the Eighty-Eight.