The 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado did something American automakers had largely abandoned since the 1930s: it put a big V8 engine to work through the front wheels in a mass‑market car. When Oldsmobile ...

Most automakers around the world agree: the V8 engine is a fine thing for rear-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive applications. GM, though, never quite agreed on that point, building a whole rash of nose ...

In 1959, the original Mini Cooper popularized an engineering breakthrough that nearly every automaker uses today.

Is Oldsmobile a forgotten car company? Well, it's now been over 20 years since the final Oldsmobile vehicle rolled off a General Motors assembly line, meaning there's now an entire generation of young ...