Mr. Pollak said he did not notice whether Mr. Flourney had driven off in a blue Oldsmobile.

The police say that the gunman fired at least two shots at Mr. Beatty from a small-caliber revolver, walked out of the office and calmly drove off in a blue Oldsmobile.

As the police car approached the intersection, the livery cab, a blue 1980 Oldsmobile, traveling south on Coney Island Avenue, swerved into its path.

The informant said the two drove a blue Oldsmobile, as Mr. Morales was known to.

A two-tone blue Oldsmobile might not have provided that, but one painted rose and ivory did.

Mr. Smith told the police that he found the garage door open and his wife's blue Oldsmobile missing.

Seconds later, a blue Oldsmobile ran through a red light at high speed.

He and his wife, May, travel to purchase their papers by more conventional means, their blue Oldsmobile.

Detective McCafferty said she was found face down on the asphalt, her head beneath the front bumper of a 1993 blue four-door Oldsmobile at the back of the narrow parking area.

It was a blue Oldsmobile, as he'd been led to expect.