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toronado Archive
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![(updated 9/20/2025) We recently saw a rather plain Firenza sedan covered here, looking very much the antithesis of athleticism. Although the Firenza was one of Oldsmobile’s least successful model […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1984-Oldsmobile-ES-08-09-10-11-12-13-14-15.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Unicorns: The Sporty FWD Oldsmobiles of the 1980s")
Curbside Unicorns: The Sporty FWD Oldsmobiles of the 1980s
Posted on September 20, 2025 | 69 Comments(updated 9/20/2025) We recently saw a rather plain Firenza sedan covered here, looking very much the antithesis of athleticism. Although the Firenza was one of Oldsmobile’s least successful model […] -
![Recently, I accompanied my wife and daughter on a roadtrip that covered nine states. Enjoying the temperate climate well south of the Mason-Dixon Line, I figured a bumper crop of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/south-of-rolla.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Lost & Found: Automotive Treasures Saved From a Nebulous Fate")
Lost & Found: Automotive Treasures Saved From a Nebulous Fate
Posted on December 2, 2024 | 35 CommentsRecently, I accompanied my wife and daughter on a roadtrip that covered nine states. Enjoying the temperate climate well south of the Mason-Dixon Line, I figured a bumper crop of […] -
Automotive History and CC Cinema: The Cars of Buford Pusser and the Movie “Walking Tall”
Posted on October 27, 2024 | 71 Comments(first posted 6/5/2014) Every once in a while events collide with personalities, resulting in a legend. This was certainly the case with Sheriff Buford Pusser of McNairy County, Tennessee. -
![(first posted 3/14/2014) It has been a tough winter in Indianapolis. We are very near to a seasonal snowfall record and have had some extreme cold to go with it. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1966OldsToronado11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – Personal Luxury, Oldsmobile Style")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – Personal Luxury, Oldsmobile Style
Posted on April 29, 2024 | 136 Comments(first posted 3/14/2014) It has been a tough winter in Indianapolis. We are very near to a seasonal snowfall record and have had some extreme cold to go with it. […] -
![(first posted 4/10/2018) Two years after it was first introduced, the Oldsmobile Toronado remained a paradox. Was it an advanced front-wheel-drive flagship illuminating a new direction for high-end […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CD0468-Toronado-Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1968 Oldsmobile Toronado – April 1968 Car and Driver Road Test")
Vintage Review: 1968 Oldsmobile Toronado – April 1968 Car and Driver Road Test
Posted on April 11, 2024 | 56 Comments(first posted 4/10/2018) Two years after it was first introduced, the Oldsmobile Toronado remained a paradox. Was it an advanced front-wheel-drive flagship illuminating a new direction for high-end […] -
![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&quality=75&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 | 19 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 12/22/2017) I have always been a sucker for a good detective show on television. One of my favorites from my youth is a show that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/68Dart-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside TV – The Cars Of Mannix")
Curbside TV – The Cars Of Mannix
Posted on December 23, 2023 | 170 Comments(first posted 12/22/2017) I have always been a sucker for a good detective show on television. One of my favorites from my youth is a show that […] -
![(first posted 5/24/2013) I called GM’s decision to build a giant personal-luxury coupe with front wheel drive a Deadly Sin (here). The dubious advantages hardly outweighed the disadvantages, as well […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CC-194-170-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Home-Built Toronado-Based Motor Home")
Curbside Classic: Home-Built Toronado-Based Motor Home
Posted on October 19, 2023 | 52 Comments(first posted 5/24/2013) I called GM’s decision to build a giant personal-luxury coupe with front wheel drive a Deadly Sin (here). The dubious advantages hardly outweighed the disadvantages, as well […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado In Lithuania
Posted on June 29, 2023 | 27 CommentsPosted at the Cohort, by Nathan Williams. -
![(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. […] -
![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; […] -
![(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 […] -
![(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 10/1/2011) Once upon a long time ago, when men didn’t spend all their spare time on the web, facebook, yoga classes or sharing household chores, they had the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-rv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Museumside Classic: The Homebuilt FWD RV – An Old Spartan Trailer Mated With A Chevy Tilt Cab And Toronado Drive Train")
Museumside Classic: The Homebuilt FWD RV – An Old Spartan Trailer Mated With A Chevy Tilt Cab And Toronado Drive Train
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 73 Comments(first posted 10/1/2011) Once upon a long time ago, when men didn’t spend all their spare time on the web, facebook, yoga classes or sharing household chores, they had the […] -
![(first posted 7/7/2014) I can hear it already: Tom, Tom Tom. How can you love such a half-assed car?! GM totally missed the mark with the downsized E-bodies. It was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/5-29-and-5-30-2014-112-800x544-e1401659297942.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1989 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo – Ooh Boy, Am I Gonna Be In For It…")
Car Show Classic: 1989 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo – Ooh Boy, Am I Gonna Be In For It…
Posted on July 2, 2020 | 102 Comments(first posted 7/7/2014) I can hear it already: Tom, Tom Tom. How can you love such a half-assed car?! GM totally missed the mark with the downsized E-bodies. It was […]
