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Oldsmobile Archive
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![(first posted 5/31/2017) It’s time once again for our ongoing exploration of low volume regular production cars. Today, we look at Oldsmobile, one of the few car brands […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1970-Oldsmobile-Full-Line-Prestige-10-69-08-09.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Oldsmobile Edition")
Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Oldsmobile Edition
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 67 Comments(first posted 5/31/2017) It’s time once again for our ongoing exploration of low volume regular production cars. Today, we look at Oldsmobile, one of the few car brands […] -
![(Originally published May 17, 2013) We Midwestern CC contributors are still recovering from our Iowa confab, but are back nonetheless, with the latest installment of our Indianapolis 500 Pace Car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1979MustangPaceCar05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 7, 1975-79)")
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 7, 1975-79)
Posted on May 26, 2023 | 39 Comments(Originally published May 17, 2013) We Midwestern CC contributors are still recovering from our Iowa confab, but are back nonetheless, with the latest installment of our Indianapolis 500 Pace Car […] -
![Time to revisit a GM model that gets little love. An offering that seemed to click a few right buttons while missing on its ultimate mission; to bring new buyers […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Scan-220812-0007-copia.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Car And Driver Review: 1986 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Personality Crisis")
Vintage Car And Driver Review: 1986 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Personality Crisis
Posted on May 26, 2023 | 48 CommentsTime to revisit a GM model that gets little love. An offering that seemed to click a few right buttons while missing on its ultimate mission; to bring new buyers […] -
![(Originally published May 10, 2013) The 1970s marked a beginning of a change in Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars. As the ’70s unfolded, the undertaking of supplying a Pace Car, along […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1971DodgePaceCar051.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 6, 1970-74)")
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 6, 1970-74)
Posted on May 25, 2023 | 54 Comments(Originally published May 10, 2013) The 1970s marked a beginning of a change in Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars. As the ’70s unfolded, the undertaking of supplying a Pace Car, along […] -
![(first posted May 15, 2012) The month of May means many things to many people. But if you are anywhere around Indianapolis, the month of May means only one thing: […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1946LincolnPaceCar03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part I, 1946-49)")
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part I, 1946-49)
Posted on May 20, 2023 | 30 Comments(first posted May 15, 2012) The month of May means many things to many people. But if you are anywhere around Indianapolis, the month of May means only one thing: […] -
![(first posted 1/25/2013) Richard Bennett’s recent ode to his new-to-him 2001 Alero had me waxing nostalgic for Oldsmobile. Due to having several in my family when I was a kid, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/09-08-2012-036.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – The Right Car At The Right Time")
Car Show Classic: 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – The Right Car At The Right Time
Posted on April 23, 2023 | 142 Comments(first posted 1/25/2013) Richard Bennett’s recent ode to his new-to-him 2001 Alero had me waxing nostalgic for Oldsmobile. Due to having several in my family when I was a kid, […] -
![(first posted 9/19/2013) I think by now it is well known that I am both a minivan lover and an Oldsmobile lover. So naturally, one would think that the Oldsmobile […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_2121.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1999 Oldsmobile Silhouette: Not “The Chrysler Of Minivans”")
Curbside Classic: 1999 Oldsmobile Silhouette: Not “The Chrysler Of Minivans”
Posted on April 9, 2023 | 67 Comments(first posted 9/19/2013) I think by now it is well known that I am both a minivan lover and an Oldsmobile lover. So naturally, one would think that the Oldsmobile […] -
![After getting a stupid idea and a 2 door Buick out of my system, I was as happy as I had ever been with a pair of cars – the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1984-Olds-98-02a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1984 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – Chapter 21, Somebody Else’s Car")
COAL: 1984 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – Chapter 21, Somebody Else’s Car
Posted on December 4, 2022 | 47 CommentsAfter getting a stupid idea and a 2 door Buick out of my system, I was as happy as I had ever been with a pair of cars – the […] -
![(first posted 11/22/2011) The question of when exactly GM first started committing its many Deadly Sins is subject to debate, although I did make a stab at it once. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/CC-50-016-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – GM’s Deadly Sin #16 – Let’s Try A Different Position For A Change")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – GM’s Deadly Sin #16 – Let’s Try A Different Position For A Change
Posted on November 16, 2022 | 161 Comments(first posted 11/22/2011) The question of when exactly GM first started committing its many Deadly Sins is subject to debate, although I did make a stab at it once. […] -
![(first posted 10/25/2016) I’ve had a bit of a think since the last time I visited Oldsmobile. Don’t get me wrong, that revolting half-baked attempt at making the Malibu into […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/29542575176_23cb398667_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 2000 Oldsmobile Alero – More Trouble Than it Was Worth.")
Cohort Classic: 2000 Oldsmobile Alero – More Trouble Than it Was Worth.
Posted on October 25, 2022 | 66 Comments(first posted 10/25/2016) I’ve had a bit of a think since the last time I visited Oldsmobile. Don’t get me wrong, that revolting half-baked attempt at making the Malibu into […] -
![(first posted 6/6/2012) There are some things you just tend to forget about. Appointments to the dentist. Needing to tuck-point the brick on your house. What your wife wore on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/P5170575.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: The General Motors N-Body – How Quickly We Forget")
Curbside Classics: The General Motors N-Body – How Quickly We Forget
Posted on October 19, 2022 | 142 Comments(first posted 6/6/2012) There are some things you just tend to forget about. Appointments to the dentist. Needing to tuck-point the brick on your house. What your wife wore on […] -
![What kind of Toronado is this? The Torero? The Matador? Such animal stares… so sultry, so enigmatic, so non PC. This is not your father’s Oldsmobile, not even your grandfather’s; […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Scan-220904-0001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1969 Oldsmobile Toronado – For Great Car Lovers")
Vintage Ad: 1969 Oldsmobile Toronado – For Great Car Lovers
Posted on September 27, 2022 | 16 CommentsWhat kind of Toronado is this? The Torero? The Matador? Such animal stares… so sultry, so enigmatic, so non PC. This is not your father’s Oldsmobile, not even your grandfather’s; […] -
Wordless Outtake: 1974/1975 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser – The Colossal Cruiser
Posted on August 23, 2022 | 43 Comments -
![(first posted 8/19/2016) A humble confession: This car has been pestering me continually throughout ten vain attempts at some degree of literary (in)justice over the last fifteen months. While […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_0916.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado – Reading The Tea Leaves Near Stage Left")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado – Reading The Tea Leaves Near Stage Left
Posted on August 19, 2022 | 69 Comments(first posted 8/19/2016) A humble confession: This car has been pestering me continually throughout ten vain attempts at some degree of literary (in)justice over the last fifteen months. While […] -
![From time to time mom and dad took the family to visit Mr. Blanco, a schoolfellow of his who resided in the same recently-built suburban quarter of San Salvador. Theirs […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_20220612_145744755_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: ’67 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – Falling Prey To American Luxury")
Curbside Classic: ’67 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – Falling Prey To American Luxury
Posted on August 4, 2022 | 17 CommentsFrom time to time mom and dad took the family to visit Mr. Blanco, a schoolfellow of his who resided in the same recently-built suburban quarter of San Salvador. Theirs […]
