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The Oldsmobile Toronado, a groundbreaking vehicle in the automotive world, is credited with influencing a major event in aviation history: the Jetway 707 disaster. At first glance, the connection ...
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Oldsmobile stylist David North created a drawing called the “Flame Red Car” concept in 1962, a smaller-sized design that was enlarged and became the full-sized Toronado.
During the mid-1960s, General Motors was thinking big—literally—and the time was right for an Oldsmobile that could distinguish itself from Cadillac’s Eldorado and Buick’s Riviera, as well as confront ...
The original Oldsmobile Toronado, produced from 1966 through 1970, was the first front-wheel-drive car from the U.S. since the 1937 Cord 810/812.
Some muscle cars advertised their performance with flashy colors and special badges — these quietly flew under the radar.
By 1970, the Toronado GT boasted the largest engine available in the Oldsmobile lineup, the 455 Rocket V8, a behemoth with a 455-cubic inch displacement and a staggering torque rating of 500 lb-ft.
Steve Toth fell in love with a 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado when he was a kid, and he found one just like it at an auction about 20 years ago.
But General Motors' Oldsmobile division, seeking an “attention-getting” car to rival GM's Buick Riviera and Pontiac Grand Prix, ended up producing and selling nearly 41,000 Tornadoes that ...