The 1968 Oldsmobile 442 marked the moment when Oldsmobile stopped flirting with performance and fully embraced brute-force ...

Detroit’s horsepower wars did not just create quick cars, they created engines that stretched factory displacement to the ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...

For many gearheads, the year 1970 represents the peak of the muscle car era — or at least the peak of the first muscle car era. A big part of what conspired to make 1970 special is that to remain ...

When most people picture an Oldsmobile, they probably don't think of something fast. More often than not, these vehicles are known for being rather pedestrian sedans and coupes, typically owned by ...

The 1970s were a particularly upsetting time for American car enthusiasts. Not only were insurance costs climbing and new emissions regulations strangling big-capacity V8 engines, but the '73 oil ...

George Hurst is the father of the Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds, but well before George started working with Oldsmobile, he was supplying Hurst shifters to Pontiac for the GTO. Hurst first produced shifters ...

Pontiac created the muscle car in 1963 (as a 1964 model) when the mid-size Le Mans received a V8 from the full-size line. The GTO stepped into history as the forefather of the short-lived, long-loved ...

Johnny Davis and wife Kathy (next to driver’s door) and lifelong friends with the 1969 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 that Johnny bought new in January 1969. Courtesy Johnny Davis A paperboy in the early 1960s ...