The Hydra-Matic, GM's first fully automatic transmission, was a great success, inspiring a host of rivals -- including some within General Motors itself. This week, we look at the origins of Dynaflow and ...
By any standard, the original Hydra-Matic transmission was one of the most important innovations in the history of the automobile. It wasn't the first automatic transmission, but it was the first one that ...
When this car debuted in the fall of 1966, many Cadillac loyalists were no doubt puzzled. Not only was it the sportiest Cadillac in many a year, it was also the division's most technically daring effort ...
... (at least on paper) more than doubled. The starting gun of that race was sounded by Oldsmobile , with its advanced new overhead-valve V8 and the new mid-size model that shared its name: the Rocket. Click ...
... across in my research that fascinate me, but just don't fit. In the recent article on the 1960-61 Oldsmobile s, I had originally intended to talk about Jack Wolfram, who was Oldsmobile 's chief engineer ...
At a car show in Van Nuys recently, we happened upon a pair of nicely restored, early-sixties Oldsmobile hardtops. Oldsmobile s of this vintage aren't particularly rare or unusual, but what intrigued us ...
Despite the geriatric image it acquired in its declining years, GM's Oldsmobile division once had a reputation for engineering innovation. It was Oldsmobile that introduced the world's first fully automatic ...
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In our history of the Olds 4-4-2, we mentioned that it was not exactly the leader of the pack when it came to Supercar performance. To rectify that problem, Oldsmobile joined forces with Hurst Performance ...
The 4-4-2 was Oldsmobile 's entry in the "Supercar" wars of the mid-sixties and early seventies. Although it was never as lauded or as popular as the Pontiac GTO or Dodge Charger, it outlived many of its ...
