A Truly Pampered 'Car of the Year'
Oldsmobile's all-new Toronado - priced at $4,617 without options and placed at the top of the Olds line - was the first mass-produced front-wheel drive American car since the 1937 Cord 810. In tribute to its coffin-nosed predecessor, this stunning design featured a horizontally-lined grille, hidden headlamps and massive styled wheels. In its first year, sales of the 385-hp V8 Toronado exceeded the 41,000 mark.

The new Toronado from Oldsmobile was the talk of the industry and motoring press at its debut and was selected by Motor Trend magazine to be the publication's 1966 'Car of the Year'.

The Toronado displayed here has traveled just 1,200 miles in 41 years. It is an absolute original, right down to the T-FD thin-white-stripe tires that were specified by GM Styling for this model. The previous owner kept the Toronado for decades in a small garage, and cut a 2x4 hole in his living room wall so air conditioning could get to the Toronado sleeping in the garage!