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Oldsmobile Archive
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![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
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![(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 […] -
![(first posted 7/2/2013) The most evasive of all of the B-O-P luxury compacts has finally revealed itself to me. I’ve had pretty good luck spotting the Buick and Pontiac cousins, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/erfdg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Oldsmobile F-85 Cutlass Club Coupe – I’ll Try Anything")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Oldsmobile F-85 Cutlass Club Coupe – I’ll Try Anything
Posted on July 16, 2022 | 158 Comments(first posted 7/2/2013) The most evasive of all of the B-O-P luxury compacts has finally revealed itself to me. I’ve had pretty good luck spotting the Buick and Pontiac cousins, […] -
![(first posted 6/21/2016) The decline and fall of Oldsmobile. It is a story that has been told so many times here before, so I won’t go into great detail of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_0829.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora 4.0 – Dawn Turns To Dusk")
Curbside Classic: 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora 4.0 – Dawn Turns To Dusk
Posted on June 21, 2022 | 109 Comments(first posted 6/21/2016) The decline and fall of Oldsmobile. It is a story that has been told so many times here before, so I won’t go into great detail of […] -
![(first posted 6/3/2016) From the close of the Second World War to the present, the variety of body styles offered by the American auto industry has been remarkably constant. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1956Oldsmobile8805.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Oldsmobile Super 88 – The Sedan Goes on Holiday")
Curbside Classic: 1956 Oldsmobile Super 88 – The Sedan Goes on Holiday
Posted on June 3, 2022 | 73 Comments(first posted 6/3/2016) From the close of the Second World War to the present, the variety of body styles offered by the American auto industry has been remarkably constant. […] -
![(first posted 9/16/2012) I’m well aware of the Church of the B-body. I understand that for a lot of people, there’s no other way to make your average American sedan […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/6055373392_8aa09ea89f_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham – “H” is for Harmony")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham – “H” is for Harmony
Posted on May 22, 2022 | 115 Comments(first posted 9/16/2012) I’m well aware of the Church of the B-body. I understand that for a lot of people, there’s no other way to make your average American sedan […] -
![Cars from the 1930’s are becoming a bit like a foreign language to many of us here. I am now north of sixty years on this orb and these were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1936-LaSalle-a-06.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1936 LaSalle Series 36-50 – Almost, But Not Quite, A Cadillac")
Car Show Classic: 1936 LaSalle Series 36-50 – Almost, But Not Quite, A Cadillac
Posted on March 3, 2022 | 47 CommentsCars from the 1930’s are becoming a bit like a foreign language to many of us here. I am now north of sixty years on this orb and these were […] -
![(first posted 3/6/2013) Incredibly, it’s already been 17 years since you could last buy a brand-new Oldsmobile Ninety Eight. But those years of absence are dwarfed by the staggering 55 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/oool.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Regency – It’s a Bloated, Wallowy Feeling to Have an Olds Around You")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Regency – It’s a Bloated, Wallowy Feeling to Have an Olds Around You
Posted on January 8, 2022 | 93 Comments(first posted 3/6/2013) Incredibly, it’s already been 17 years since you could last buy a brand-new Oldsmobile Ninety Eight. But those years of absence are dwarfed by the staggering 55 […] -
![(first posted 11/27/2015) It is hard to believe that we here at CC have never gotten around to discussing one of the most polarizing cars of the entire 1950s. But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/bbui.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1958 Buick Special – Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing To Excess")
Curbside Classic: 1958 Buick Special – Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing To Excess
Posted on November 27, 2021 | 112 Comments(first posted 11/27/2015) It is hard to believe that we here at CC have never gotten around to discussing one of the most polarizing cars of the entire 1950s. But […] -
![(first posted 4/8/2013) From 1971 to 1976, General Motors had the market covered when it came to luxy, Broughamtastic land yachts. But at the same time, these offerings did not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/aa-1-20-2013-019-1280x852-Copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – All The Brougham You Want, In A Tidier Package")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – All The Brougham You Want, In A Tidier Package
Posted on November 10, 2021 | 108 Comments(first posted 4/8/2013) From 1971 to 1976, General Motors had the market covered when it came to luxy, Broughamtastic land yachts. But at the same time, these offerings did not […] -
![(first posted 10/16/2015) Speaking as someone who once traded a ’54 Buick for a ’68 Lincoln, I don’t have that much against big, ostentatious cars, but GM’s ’71-’78 E-bodies (Cadillac […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/hk.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Oldsmobile Toronado Brougham – Here Come ol’ Flattop")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Oldsmobile Toronado Brougham – Here Come ol’ Flattop
Posted on October 16, 2021 | 109 Comments(first posted 10/16/2015) Speaking as someone who once traded a ’54 Buick for a ’68 Lincoln, I don’t have that much against big, ostentatious cars, but GM’s ’71-’78 E-bodies (Cadillac […] -
![(first posted 5/30/2013) For years–nay, decades, Oldsmobile made its bones on three primary cars: The 88, the Ninety-Eight, and the Cutlass. This secret formula of comfort, style and attainability served […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/2-21-2013-009-800x512-e1368975682196.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency Brougham – Before The Storm")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency Brougham – Before The Storm
Posted on September 20, 2021 | 76 Comments(first posted 5/30/2013) For years–nay, decades, Oldsmobile made its bones on three primary cars: The 88, the Ninety-Eight, and the Cutlass. This secret formula of comfort, style and attainability served […] -
![Normally I try to limit the junkers I share here to those of the creampuff or at least more complete variety but it’s just getting ever so much harder to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IMG_5404.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1975 Hurst/Olds W-25 – It Hurst So Bad")
Curbside Recycling: 1975 Hurst/Olds W-25 – It Hurst So Bad
Posted on September 2, 2021 | 34 CommentsNormally I try to limit the junkers I share here to those of the creampuff or at least more complete variety but it’s just getting ever so much harder to […]
