Thought this was an interesting bit of info.

A preview of the planned replacement for the Alero was seen in 2001 with the unveiling of the Oldsmobile O4 concept, designed by Bertone. The car was an open top 4-seater with European styling but some Oldsmobile traits, and powered by the latest Ecotec I4 engine. The name had multiple meanings, including "Oldsmobile 4-Seater" as well as implying the year 2004 as a planned date for production.

Unfortunately, the O4 concept was unveiled a few weeks after General Motors announced that they would be phasing out the Oldsmobile brand, meaning that production possibilities of the O4 would never see reality. Because of this, a second generation Alero was never built and the car was phased out in 2004.

Anyone care to do a little Photoshop?

From the A-Pillar forward this looks like the Civic Coupe.

From the A-Pillar forward this looks like the Civic Coupe.

It does!

I think that the Olds Profile concept was epsilon based also. It had the exact proportions of a malibu MAXX, though it supported AWD. AWD was stil lsomething being tinkered with for epsilon at that point though. It also had a 3.5 liter engine making 250 hp and 260 ftlbs. Most people thought it was an uprated shortstar. I found it was only an 18 valve engine though. Could this have been an LX9 like in the malibu but with the 3 valve per cylinder heads? The Pofile was a much better concept of Old's future than the O4 I think...

Very handsome concept.

If GM wants to know how to make a nice Lambda minivan, they should look no further than the Profile concept for a benchmark. If GM made something like that for Saturn or Chevy, I think the Odyssey would be forgotten about overnight.

Very handsome concept.

reminds me of some sort of mazda

reminds me of some sort of mazda

Smoother, though. Mazdas have a much more aggressive fascia and stance - I would almost expect any Oldsmobile to hide the aggression under the hood.

At least, any GOOD Oldsmobile - much like the one pictured.

Looking twice at the Pontiac G6, though, one wonders how much the Pontiac studio "borrowed" from what Olds was working on after the fall...

From the beginning, I always thought the G6 had an overall design much more in tune with latter-day Oldsmobile concepts than contemporary Pontiac models.