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 | body_style = [[:Category:4-Door Sedans and Coupes|4-door sedan]]
 | capacity = 4 (driver and 3 passengers)
-| appearances = [[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]]
+| game_1 = Grand Theft Auto IV
 | manufacturer = [[Ubermacht]]
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 There is a slightly modified variant of the Oracle driven by members of the [[Irish American Killers]]. It is painted dark green with front and rear bumper kits and a sport mesh grill, and its badge markings are removed. This variant is often seen in [[Steinway]], [[Dukes]].
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-|<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="180">
 File:Oracle-GTAIV-front.jpg|GTA IV (<small>[[:File:Oracle-GTAIV-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view]]</small>).
 File:Oracle-GTAIV-modified-front.jpg|The modified variant driven by the [[Irish]] in GTA IV (<small>[[:File:Oracle-GTAIV-modified-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view]]</small>).
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 * The default radio station in the Oracle is [[The Journey]].
 * An Oracle ad parodying BMW's ad style is seen on billboards around the city, including one at [[Star Junction]]. It shows a picture of the car with the caption, "Automatic Arrogance".
-** This is likely a reference to German luxury manufacturers with a long lineage (namely BMW and Mercedes-Benz), whose dealers tended to be arrogant compared to less-established marques like Lexus.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,971153-1,00.html]</ref>
+** This is likely a reference to German luxury manufacturers with a long lineage (namely BMW and Mercedes-Benz), whose dealers tended to be arrogant compared to less-established marques like Lexus.<ref>[http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19901104&slug=1102232 "New Kid on The Dock"]. The Seattle Times.</ref>
-** Also, BMW engineers largely ignored the frequent complaints about the complexity of the new iDrive interface of the E65 7 Series.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1658544_1658541,00.html]</ref>
+** Also, BMW engineers largely ignored the frequent complaints about the complexity of the new iDrive interface of the E65 7 Series.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1658544_1658541,00.html "The 50 Worst Cars of All Time: 2002 BMW 7-series"]. TIME Specials.</ref>
-** The "Automatic" is also a reference to the only transmission choice for a BMW 7 Series, in contrast to other BMW vehicles that have manual transmission available, as the E65 was the first iternation of the 7 Series not to offer a manual.
+** The "Automatic" is also a reference to the only transmission choice for a BMW 7 Series, in contrast to other BMW vehicles that have manual transmission available, as the E65 was the first iteration of the 7 Series not to offer a manual.
 ** Drawing from an earlier pre-release iteration, the advertisement's Oracle sports a simpler, thinner front bumper and lacks the bonnet-mounted Ubermacht emblem.
 * The Oracle's name could be a reference to the [[wp:BMW Oracle Racing|BMW Oracle Racing]] team, as Übermacht, is based on BMW, produces the Oracle.