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Curbside Classics Archives
Oldsmobile Toronado Archive
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![I’m pretty certain this is one of the few ’66 Toronado reviews we haven’t featured at CC yet. I’ll kill the suspense right now; its assessments don’t differ much from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/4066743035_7a3681b9ed_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Road Test: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – “Who’d Buy A Car Like That?” – Oldmobile’s Stylish, Innovative and Compromised GT")
Vintage Road Test: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – “Who’d Buy A Car Like That?” – Oldmobile’s Stylish, Innovative and Compromised GT
Posted on February 25, 2024 | 17 CommentsI’m pretty certain this is one of the few ’66 Toronado reviews we haven’t featured at CC yet. I’ll kill the suspense right now; its assessments don’t differ much from […] -
![(first posted 1/2/2018) This is a follow-up to this article from, umm, February 2016. Uhh, sorry about the delay there. One of my New Year’s resolutions was to finish this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1980-oldsmobile-toronado-xsc.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Top 10 Obscure Special Editions and Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Oldsmobile Edition, Part II")
Top 10 Obscure Special Editions and Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Oldsmobile Edition, Part II
Posted on January 2, 2024 | 34 Comments(first posted 1/2/2018) This is a follow-up to this article from, umm, February 2016. Uhh, sorry about the delay there. One of my New Year’s resolutions was to finish this […] -
![(first posted 7/25/2017) I’ve driven from San Francisco to Bakersfield, from Los Angeles to San Diego, I’ve even done the Pacific Coast Highway. For years, I’ve dreamt of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/oldsmobile-toronado-xs-1977-5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Oldsmobile Toronado XS — Cruising California")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Oldsmobile Toronado XS — Cruising California
Posted on July 25, 2023 | 76 Comments(first posted 7/25/2017) I’ve driven from San Francisco to Bakersfield, from Los Angeles to San Diego, I’ve even done the Pacific Coast Highway. For years, I’ve dreamt of […] -
![(first posted 8/22/2016) If I could describe what I see in this picture in just a few words, it would be “generic-looking Eighties coupe”. And the sad truth is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_6739.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo – The Downward Spiral")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo – The Downward Spiral
Posted on August 22, 2022 | 94 Comments(first posted 8/22/2016) If I could describe what I see in this picture in just a few words, it would be “generic-looking Eighties coupe”. And the sad truth is […] -
![(first posted 2/1/2016) Is it any wonder the wheels started to come off Oldsmobile in the 1980s? While all of GM’s brands were guilty of expanding their reaches and cannibalizing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1977-oldsmobile-toronado-xsr-print-ad.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Top 10 Obscure Special Editions and Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Oldsmobile Edition, Part I")
Top 10 Obscure Special Editions and Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Oldsmobile Edition, Part I
Posted on February 1, 2022 | 91 Comments(first posted 2/1/2016) Is it any wonder the wheels started to come off Oldsmobile in the 1980s? While all of GM’s brands were guilty of expanding their reaches and cannibalizing […] -
![(first posted 8/18/2013. I’m re-running it as a preview of a rather unusual dual-rear-axle FWD car home-made conversion I found the other day, but rather different from the Toronado). The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Oldsmobile-Toronado-Custom-rear-wheels.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Storage Yard Classic: More Dual Oldsmobile Toronado Dual Axle Madness")
Storage Yard Classic: More Dual Oldsmobile Toronado Dual Axle Madness
Posted on September 21, 2017 | 46 Comments(first posted 8/18/2013. I’m re-running it as a preview of a rather unusual dual-rear-axle FWD car home-made conversion I found the other day, but rather different from the Toronado). The […] -
![I don’t need to tell you that the fourth and final generation (1986-1992) Oldsmobile Toronado was not a very popular vehicle. Between its infamous downsizing with somewhat corporate generic styling, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_2191.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: Passing, Then Getting Passed By A 1990-1992 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo On The Right")
CC Outtakes: Passing, Then Getting Passed By A 1990-1992 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo On The Right
Posted on November 13, 2015 | 25 CommentsI don’t need to tell you that the fourth and final generation (1986-1992) Oldsmobile Toronado was not a very popular vehicle. Between its infamous downsizing with somewhat corporate generic styling, […]
