The 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday Sedan, shown above, offered a J-2 option, which added triple-carburetor induction to the 88's already powerful output, upgrading its V8 from 271 to 300 hp.

When you use numerals to write out a number, you're basically using the symbols at your disposal to add up to the desired number. So for Super Bowl 57 this year, it is L for 50, V for 5, and two ...

Although the plan is to go back to Roman numerals in 2017, I think that’s a bad idea. It’s not just about what’s pleasing to the eye, it’s about what people can read.

At those prices, the “cheaper” unleaded 88 costs you $9.42 more a year — or 31 cents more every 500 miles — than unleaded 87. Flex fuel is still a money loser at this station — but less so.

The numerals are built following the structure of numbers in Iñupiaq: for example, 16 is akimiaq atausiq in Iñupiaq, which translates as 15 and 1. The Kaktovik numeral 16 is also composed of 15 ...