You want wild? The El Toro delivers. What started life as a simple Oldsmobile Toronado—already a weird and wonderful front-wheel-drive muscle sled—was transformed by one visionary grandpa with a cutting torch and some big block dreams. Around the late ’70s, he grafted the bed of a ‘69 El Camino onto the back and added a […]
The 75-80 Oldsmobile Starfire was part of GM’s strategy to saturate the compact market by offering the same car under multiple brands. Built on the H-body platform alongside the Chevy Monza, Pontiac Sunbird, and Buick Skyhawk, the Starfire aimed to blend sporty styling with budget-friendly practicality. In reality, it landed somewhere between underpowered and underappreciated, […]
Once one of the best-selling cars in America, the Oldsmobile Cutlass spent the 1960s and ’70s as GM’s golden child—muscular, stylish, and everywhere. But by the time the 5th generation Cutlass Supreme (1988-1997) was launched, the nameplate had traded its muscle car swagger for smooth, comfortable cruising, and this example captures that late-era charm perfectly. […]
The fourth and final generation of Oldsmobile’s oddball Toronado debuted in 1986 (and was canned in 1992), was built on a smaller unibody E-body platform that it shared with the Buick Riviera and Cadillac Eldorado. The Troféo version of the Toronado was unusually cool — it had funky hidden headlights, a sporty FE3 suspension, faux […]
Is this what a “fixer-upper” Cutlass that needs smog costs these days? Cosmetically, it doesn’t look too bad,.. but for a car that needs smog and has been sitting for 15 years that asking price is mighty steep. I guess this could be worth something to folks who don’t have to deal with California’s increasingly […]
This next car comes as a special submission from a friend of DT who states “My Dad is selling a car that has been in my grandparents’ place for a few decades. The house is being sold, so he’s looking to move it. What do you need to post a car on DT?” My answer […]
This next car might look a lot like the H-Body mid-sized Olds Delta 88 Royale Brougham we posted the other day or an A-body baby Olds Cutlass Ciera…but this is the king of Oldsmobile’s 80s lineup. This is the full-sized C-body Oldsmobile 98 that was also powered by Buick V6s and was available in all […]
The Oldsmobile Delta 88 (later named the Eighty Eight Royale) was sold from 1986 through 1991 on GM’s “full sized” H-Body platform that was shared with the Buick LeSabre, & Pontiac Bonneville. It might look like a Chevy Celebrity or Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, but those A-body cars were 105-inch wheelbase mid-sized sedans that were powered […]
The first generation Oldsmobile Toronado (1966-1970) was the first front-wheel drive ‘Murican car since the 1936 Cord and it also had sweet hidden headlights and a wicked body shape that was NOT El Camino in any form. But today, we’ve got a customized Toronado that was given the El Camino treatment a few years ago […]
The fourth generation of Oldsmobile’s legendary Cutlass Supreme lives on GM’s legendary G-body chassis. It was the last generation of the rear-wheel-drive for GM’s mid-sized fun/family/funk platform and nice examples have started to be worth some money. Today we’ve got a 6.0 liter LS swapped Cutlass Supreme with a decent price for its condition. Find […]