Oldsmobile Toronado - The Rocket division at its zenith

摘要

IT MAY BE HARD TO believe today, but at one time, Oldsmobile distinguished itself among General Motors divisions with its advanced engineering. Olds was the first to offer a mass-produced automatic transmission and, later, a high compression (a.k.a. "Rocket") V-8. 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 stood out for its advanced powertrain in a dramatic package that was a showstopper in its day. And still is.