The Hurst/Olds W-30 sits at the intersection of muscle car mythology and limited-production rarity, which is exactly why ...
The Hurst W-30 package continued to be an intriguing offering in the Cutlass lineup in 1979 despite the special treatment becoming rarer. Customers who paid extra for the W-30 upgrades received ...
The Oldsmobile 442 W-30 sits at the intersection of Detroit performance and modern collectability, a car whose production run was short but whose impact on the muscle era was outsized. To understand ...
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 ...
When the Pontiac GTO debuted in 1964, the initial production run was supposed to be just 5,000 units. However, demand was so strong, more than 32,000 GTOs were built for the 1964 model year. Other GM ...
In 1963, John DeLorean and a bunch Pontiac engineers stuffed a big Pontiac engine in a lightweight Tempest, making a factory hot rod of it. Add in performance suspension bits, brakes, a chrome Hurst ...
If you took every great Oldsmobile ever made, stacked them up in order of awesomeness, then took an elevator all the way to the top floor, when you climbed out you would be looking at the '70 4-4-2 ...
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Last month marked the 20th anniversary of GM’s decision to kill Oldsmobile. While most people don’t have fond memories of the brand’s later models, the same can’t be said about the 442. Originally ...
It's got it all the good stuff: top-option big-block engine, movie star style, torque for days, rarity, great supporting options, mystique Is there anything else? There aren't a lot of these in ...