Though it's now been more than 20 years since the last Oldsmobile ever made rolled off the assembly line, the fallen General Motors brand continues to be held in high regard by classic car gearheads ...

Dr. Oldsmobile was a marketing genius, or perhaps just a mad scientist with a budget, but his creations for Lansing’s finest were nothing short of legendary. While the GTO gets the glory for starting ...

Every car has a heartbeat, but some—like this 1965 Oldsmobile 442—have one that’s faint, buried beneath dust and silence, waiting for someone to listen again. It’s been sitting in the Oregon light, ...

Everything but the engine is original on this 1970 Oldsmobile 442 w30 owned by Greg Byer, of rural Wapakoneta. The color of the car is Arcadian green. WAPAKONETA – When Greg Byer looks at his 1970 ...

The Oldsmobile 442 debuted in April 1964 as the brand’s answer to the massively successful Pontiac GTO. The 442 was an optional trim package for the Olds Cutlass. The 442 name stood for the ...

So, the Oldsmobile 442. Sorry, the 4-4-2, depending on the year, anyway. Despite three-number model names being mostly a Porsche thing, there are other three-number ...

“The W-30 version of the car has always been kind of the pinnacle of the Oldsmobile muscle car,” says Mancini. “I’ve always been a fan of not just Chrysler but GM muscle cars from that era and the 442 ...

Detroit in the mid-1960s was a battleground of horsepower competition. Everywhere you looked there was a V8, a dual exhaust, or a decal trying to shout louder than the rest. Oldsmobile was part of ...

Ron is a lifelong car enthusiast who grew up in his parents automotive shop. Ron is a member of the million mile club with many of those miles covering 37 different countries. In his spare time Ron is ...

Selecting the HOT ROD Street Machine of the Year was not an easy task. HOT ROD staffers see thousands of fine street machines during the course of a year. After much debate and lobbying, a stellar ...