When Oldsmobile introduced the 1950 Oldsmobile Futuramic 88 with a Rocket V-8 engine, John McMahan was too young to drive — yet old enough to know what he liked. During the next half century, several ...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: "Big Daddy" Ed Roth built the fun stuff, wild, whimsical cars that tickled the fancy and pickled a kid's imagination for life. Back in the day when Roth was ...

Debuting with the 1949 model year, the Oldsmobile 88 soon became the brand's image leader and most profitable line in the rapidly expanding post-World War II economy. The sleek new lines of the 88 ...

It’s been said the Oldsmobile Rocket 88 was America’s first “muscle” car before we knew what a muscle car was. If your dad had an Olds 88 in the early 1950s, and he would let you drive it unsupervised ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Rocket 88 Trivia Question of the Week: 1. What was the full name of Oldsmobile’s founding father; how was he connected to a ...