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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.
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 engineers increase the camshaft's ramp speed for more power, 385 hp (287 kW), without ...
1.3 1970–1989. 1.4 1990–2004. 2 ... The American automobile manufacturer General Motors sold a number of vehicles under its marque Oldsmobile, ... Toronado: 1966: ...
Oldsmobile's dream/concept car was called "The Golden Rocket". 1970 Oldsmobile 442. The Dr. Oldsmobile theme was one of Oldsmobile's most successful marketing campaigns in the early '70s, it involved fictional characters created to promote the wildly popular 442 muscle car. 'Dr. Oldsmobile' was a tall lean professor type who wore a white lab coat.
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 ...
Mercury Cyclone (1970-1971) Oldsmobile Rallye 350 (1970) Oldsmobile Toronado (1970-1978) Plymouth Barracuda (1970-1974) Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertible (1970-1971) Plymouth Hemi Cuda Super Track Pack (1970) Plymouth Satellite (1970-1974) Plymouth Superbird (1970) Pontiac Firebird (1970-1981) Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 (1970-1971) Pontiac ...
For 1970, the regular 442 came standard with a 365-horsepower 455 Rocket V8, or an optional 370 horsepower (280 kW) W-30 version of same engine. For 1970, Olds planned to bring back the Hurst/Olds, but as a lower-priced companion to the 442 with a smaller 350 cubic-inch V8 and special graphics.
1966 Oldsmobile Toronado 1988 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo. The General Motors E platform or E-body was the automobile platform designation used for a number of personal luxury cars produced from 1963 to 2002.