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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.
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 (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 Oldsmobile Series 70 is a full-size midrange automobile produced by Oldsmobile between the 1939 and 1950 model years. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] Oldsmobiles of this time period were in an unusual "middle" position in GM's hierarchy of automobile brands.
1966 – 1992 Oldsmobile Toronado; 1968 – 1970 Jetaway 707* The first post-WWII FWD cars in the United States. An extended 6-wheel variant of this platform was used for the GMC motorhome. 1969 Pontiac Firebird. F I: RWD: 1967: 1969: 1967 – 1969 Chevrolet Camaro; 1967 – 1969 Pontiac Firebird; 1974 Chevrolet Camaro. F II: RWD: 1970: 1981: ...
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 ...
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.
The Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser is an automobile that was manufactured and marketed by Oldsmobile from 1971 until 1992. Marking the return of Oldsmobile to the full-size station wagon segment, the Custom Cruiser was initially slotted above the intermediate Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser, ultimately above the later mid-size Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser.