Oldsmobile was the first carmaker in the world to offer a GPS-based navigation system on a production automobile. The system, called GuideStar, was a $1,995 option on the 1996 Eighty-Eight LSS. This in turn led to the introduction of GM's later 'OnStar' system. The "98" model would be retired, its length of service being the longest of any model name used on American cars.