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The Oldsmobile Toronado is a personal luxury car manufactured and marketed by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors from 1966 to 1992 over four generations. The Toronado was noted for its transaxle version of GM's Turbo-Hydramatic transmission, making it the first U.S.-produced front-wheel drive automobile since the demise of the Cord 810/812 in 1937.
There it was: a gold 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado, telescopic steering wheel and all, with just 65,000 miles on the odometer. Toth placed what’s called an “if” bid, which means he agrees to buy ...
1966: 1997 Toronado: 1966: 1992 Hurst/Olds: 1968: 1984 Notes 1970–1989. Image Model Intr. Disc. Custom Cruiser wagon ... 1966 Toronado [n5 1] 1967 Thor; 1968 XP-866 ...
Big, bad, and bronze, this first-year coupe is a stunner from the Bill Mitchell era of GM design.
Hurst Hairy Olds is the name given to a pair of exhibition funny cars campaigned by Hurst Performance in 1966 and 1967.. Developed with help from General Motors engineer John Beltz, the Hurst Hairy Olds was built to be a showcase for the then-new chain-driven automatic transaxle of the 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado as well as a rival to the Hurst Hemi Under Glass.
Oldsmobile (formally the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors) was a brand of American automobiles, produced for most of its existence by General Motors.Originally established as "Olds Motor Vehicle Company" by Ransom E. Olds in 1897, it produced over 35 million vehicles, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan, factory alone.
The 1966 Toronado's 425 V8, the first post-war front-wheel drive V8 application. An Ultra High Compression Toronado Rocket version of the 425 cu in (7.0 L) V8 was made for the 1966 Toronado. It had the same 0.921 in (23.4 mm)-diameter lifters of the first-generation Oldsmobile engines, rather than the standard 0.842 in (21.4 mm), which let ...