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 ...
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 ...
The 1974 Indy pace car, the new Hurst Olds, is once again being built in limited quantities by Hurst Performance, Inc., and Oldsmobile Division, and the famous specialty/luxury car first introduced in ...
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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Q: Greg, I enjoyed your recent Plymouth “Gone but never forgotten” feature that appeared in our newspaper and its website. I’m wondering if you could do a similar story on the Oldsmobile, another top ...
A teen’s 1980 purchase of a 1969 Hurst-Olds 455 survivor turned into a decades-long journey, culminating in its revival today. In the golden age of muscle cars, few vehicles stood as tall as the 1969 ...
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 ...