Oldsmobile is often associated with gray-haired gentlemen, but for a brief moment, the Olds Motor Vehicle Company appealed to well-off youngsters as well. The 442 is one of the most celebrated models ...

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While the Oldsmobile division of General Motors was sent to the car Valhalla offices almost two decades ago, its cool ‘ghosts’ still linger on, along with the people’s desire to call them their ...

Just before the emissions hammer came down in the early 1970s, Oldsmobile was hard at work creating a monster of an en ...

Sometimes car enthusiasts from Canada and northern American states travel south to Arizona or California to find clean, rust-free vintage cars to ship or drive home. It seems one General Motors ...

During the golden age of the muscle car, power was king. More was always better, and even though General Motors sought to cap engine displacement and output levels to keep the Chevrolet Corvette at ...

Transmission and shifter guru George Hurst had major mojo in the late 1960s and early ‘70s. A relentless self-promoter, he cut deals with competing manufacturers to produce Hurst-branded performance ...

You could be a hater and not even know it. Disrespect often leads to hatred, and most hot rodders don't even recognize that Oldsmobile enthusiasts are in fact their own individual entity. The same ...

Now defunct GM brand Oldsmobile was quite something back in the day, you know, before the 1980s and 90s struck. In order to distinguish the brand from Buick and Pontiac, Oldsmobile combined luxury ...

Last month marked the 20th anniversary of GM’s decision to kill Oldsmobile. While most people don’t have fond memories of the brand’s later models, the same can’t be said about the 442. Originally ...

The 1970s were a particularly upsetting time for American car enthusiasts. Not only were insurance costs climbing and new emissions regulations strangling big-capacity V8 engines, but the '73 oil ...

Transmission and shifter guru George Hurst had major mojo in the late 1960s and early '70s. A relentless self-promoter, he cut deals with competing manufacturers to produce Hurst-branded performance ...