1961-66 StarfireOldsmobile first used the Starfire nameplate on a prototype model displayed at the 1953 GM Motorama show, taking the name from the Lockheed F-94-B fighter. The Starfire badge was used on Ninety-Eight convertibles from 1954-1956 and had luxurious features like a power top, windows, and seats. Production hovered below the 10,000 unit mark in each of those three years but skyrocketed to nearly 80,000 copies in 1957 when the lineup was expanded. The Starfire badge then went on the shelf until 1961, when GM brought it back as a standalone model. The new Starfire had vertical fins on the hood and four-inch tall brushed aluminum panels on the sides that ran nearly the length of the car. The interior had some new touches as well: leather bucket seats and a console between them that housed the shifter and a tachometer. Production peaked at just under 42,000 units in 1962, then dipped to about 25,500 the next year. By that time, other, newer models had begun to chip into Starfire's market share, and production fell to about 16,000 units per year until it was replaced by the Toronado after the 1966 model year. The badge was brought back in the late '70s, but that version never matched the 1961-66 run of 120,000 units. The convertible was the most popular Starfire in its heyday, and ragtops remain plentiful six decades later, averaging about $30,000 on the secondhand market.