There's an Oldsmobile in the Alan Wake game.
I'm saying AN Oldsmobile and not THE Oldsmobile, because it's not quite right. The color is slightly off (especially for the roof), the nose is a bit different and also it has 2 doors instead of 4. But it's still close enough that I would argue that it's a deliberate reference to Evil Dead. Although Alan Wake is mostly influenced by Twin Peaks and the works of Stephen King (to its determent, I'd say), there are definitely some connections to Evil Dead as well, especially with how the supernatural enemies talk to you and taunt you, plus there are also some very blatant
Evil Force Dark Presence POV shots in the game.
The car also has kind of a unique role in the game. It's not Alan Wake's car, he owns a more modern SUV. But he drives this one in the dream sequence at the start of the game. When he then wakes up, he's in his own car on a ferry heading towards the town the game takes place in, and the Oldsmobile is one of the cars also on the boat, so you might say it's in his dream because he saw it earlier.
You can also drive the car multiple times throughout the game. There is a couple of missions where you need to go from A to B and on the way you pass various cars that you can use for you journey, the Oldsmobile being one of them. But this one sticks out much more than the others because it's not a 2010 appropriate car, nor is it a jeep or a truck equipped for driving around the forest. The way it's different from the rest of the cars in the game really makes me feel that it's a deliberate reference and the reason why it doesn't look quite right might be so that the developers wouldn't have to pay licence for showing a specific car model.
I'm currently playing Alan Wake II and I'm trying to spot the Oldsmobile there, but so far with no luck.
