 Oldsmobile met the same fate in 2004 after being more slowly phased out over four years.Pontiac also became the ninth North American automobile brand since 1987 to be phased out, after Merkur, Mercury, Passport, Asüna, Geo, Plymouth, American Motors (AMC) (renamed Eagle in 1988, and phased out in 1999), and Oldsmobile.A Native American headdress was used as a logo until 1956.