Oldsmobile is often associated with gray-haired gentlemen, but for a brief moment, the Olds Motor Vehicle Company appealed to well-off youngsters as well. The 442 is one of the most celebrated models ...

At one point, Oldsmobile created a behemoth of an engine with 32 valves and 455 cubic inches. But regulatory issues meant it never went to full production.

Because of several converging factors, the original muscle car era was under huge duress at the start of the crazy 1970s. And it affected many legends, including Oldsmobile’s famed “4-4-2.” Classic GM ...

In the beginning, Pontiac built the GTO and it was good. So good in fact, it sold more than 32,000 copies the first production year. Oldsmobile saw what was happening and wanted a piece of the ...

The Oldsmobile 442 option package for the Cutlass was introduced in April of 1964. The 4-4-2 name came from the four-barrel carburetor, four-speed manual gearbox, and dual exhaust. The 442 option was ...

The Oldsmobile 442 W-30, a classic muscle car, made waves in the automotive world in 1970 by achieving a remarkable 0-60 mph ...

The 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 is often overshadowed by more famous muscle cars of its era, yet it delivered serious power and ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

Lots of things happened in 1970. Take inventions for example. The LCD, the floppy disc, and barcodes were announced, and Boeing's first commercial 747 jumbo jets took flight. Slogans like Coke's "It's ...

Q: Greg, I enjoyed your recent Plymouth “Gone but never forgotten” feature that appeared in our newspaper and its website. I’m wondering if you could do a similar story on the Oldsmobile, another top ...

For years I'd heard about an Oldsmobile 442 sitting locked away in a garage in my hometown. When I finally caught the garage door open, I discovered the car was, in fact, a 442, but I wasn't expecting ...

The Pontiac GTO may have kicked things off, but nearly every General Motors brand jumped on the muscle-car bandwagon in the 1960s. Oldsmobile's contender was the 442, based on the same GM A-body ...