The Oldsmobile 442 W-30 earned its reputation not in brochure copy but in the way it bent real streets and dragstrips to its ...

Frankly, we should adopt a new calendar, don’t you think? Instead of setting the bearings to what is otherwise referred to as the beginning of the Common Era (CE), wouldn’t it be easier for the car ...

Produced between the 1964 and 1987 model years, the Oldsmobile 442 is nothing short of legendary, with the earlier model years considered to be particularly desirable among collectors. Checking over ...

“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 ...

[Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of MotorTrend Classic] Imagine the Indianapolis Colts playing the New York Giants in the Super Bowl. Payton versus Eli, ...

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 ...

The 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 did not earn its reputation in glossy brochures or on a drag strip alone. It became a benchmark ...