For 1971, Oldsmobile’s pioneering front-wheel-drive Toronado moved away from being ... chassis was exchanged for a full-length perimeter frame, trading any vestige of sporting feel for increased ...

Oldsmobile's First 100 Years." And Olds learned about torque steer: "Hairy went where Hairy wanted to go." See All 15 Photos The Toronado has a front subframe and a ladder frame that ends in the ...

The end result of the test showed that the Aurora’s frame was twice as strong as ... and a memory seat package. How the Oldsmobile Toronado became a pioneer in the world of safety technology.

First sold in 1966, the Oldsmobile Toronado is one of the most notable coupes constructed ... Two-door versions of the Achieva and later the Alero has been based on a compact car frame. Both ...

Its engineers found that luxury shoppers preferred the solidity of German cars; the resulting frame was ... it proved -- like the Toronado before it, which laid out The Oldsmobile Aurora could ...

Then, in 1966, Oldsmobile introduced the first American front-wheel-drive car in thirty years: the Toronado. The luxurious coupe was one of GM's many ripostes to Ford's Thunderbird, but the Olds ...

It simply won't do to say, "My luxury car has more trick stuff than your luxury car," and so Oldsmobile's Toronado with its manufactured, Spanish-sounding name should be the last word in the ...

While the vast majority of classic car buyers go for quarter-mile busting muscle cars, the Oldsmobile Toronado stands out as a sleek, sophisticated piece of design with some interesting history ...

The car was called the Oldsmobile Toronado, introduced in 1966, and was the Motor Trend car of the year. It was classified as a personal luxury car, designed to compete with Ford Thunderbird and ...

The Oldsmobile Toronado was new for the 1966 model year. It was a personal luxury car that lifted elements of GM’s other personal luxury car, the Buick Riviera. Although the Toronado was an E ...

There it was: a gold 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado, telescopic steering wheel and all, with just 65,000 miles on the odometer. My Favorite Ride: A magazine cover brought his 1961 Oldsmobile 88 back 50 ...