The 1966 Toronado was the first mass-produced American car with front-wheel drive since the 1936 Cord 810, one of the fastest pre-war cars, and this further helped cement its image as an utterly ...

Gauges were arrayed on both sides of the wheel. Powering the Oldsmobile Toronado was a 425 cubic-inch Super Rocket V8 making 385 horsepower and a considerable 475 pound-feet of torque.

Also a dream: the Oldsmobile Toronado, and a brighter future. The Toronado was a semi-unibody, front-wheel drive luxury coupe from the 1960s.

Gauges were arrayed on both sides of the wheel. Powering the Oldsmobile Toronado was a 425 cubic-inch Super Rocket V8 good for 385 horsepower and a staggering 475 pound-feet of torque.

There it was: a gold 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado, telescopic steering wheel and all, with just 65,000 miles on the odometer.

Then, in 1966, Oldsmobile introduced the first American front-wheel-drive car in thirty years: the Toronado.

The first year for the Oldsmobile Toronado was 1966. Its front-wheel drive was revolutionary for its time, even though fwd had been done years before by other manufacturers, such as Cord.

So it’s not surprising that it would be Oldsmobile to introduce the first American front-wheel-drive car since the 1937 Cord. The car was called the Oldsmobile Toronado, introduced in 1966, and ...