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.

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

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.

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

1966 was no different. Alongside the brand-new Toronado, Oldsmobile still had F85s, Cutlasses, 4-4-2s, Eighty-Eights, Vistacruisers, and Ninety-Eights to shift as well.

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 ...

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 ...