The Oldsmobile 442 debuted in April 1964 as the brand’s answer to the massively successful Pontiac GTO. The 442 was an optional trim package for the Olds Cutlass. The 442 name stood for the ...

Brian MacDonald was a 17-year-old junior in high school when he purchased his first car — a slightly used 1971 Oldsmobile. He was unaware at the time that it would be the first of five Oldsmobiles ...

The 1964 Oldsmobile Cutlass did more than update a popular nameplate. It crystallized a formula that would guide American performance cars for decades: intermediate size, real power, and everyday ...

The Pontiac GTO bowed in early September 1963 for the 1964 model year. The initial sales target was for 5,000 copies per year, but it sold like hotcakes, with 32,450 GTOs selling the first year of ...

This Olds 442 W30 was the second most expensive car auctioned off at Tulsa 2026. It also topped the classic muscle car list, ...

Although the car’s powertrain was standard fare for 442 (400-cubic-inch V-8 engine, four-speed manual transmission), its custom interior/exterior combination was aimed at young car buyers of the ...

Though it's now been more than 20 years since the last Oldsmobile ever made rolled off the assembly line, the fallen General Motors brand continues to be held in high regard by classic car gearheads ...

BLAINE, Minn — Life’s roads have their twists and turns, so Curt Johnson certainly prefers to ride in style. Curt loves to drive around Blaine in his 1964 Oldsmobile F85 Cutlass Convertible, which he ...

The Oldsmobile Cutlass began life as the upper trim package for the F-85, first as a compact in 1961, and subsequently graduated with the F-85 into a mid-sized car for the second generation Cutlass of ...

The 442 was introduced for the 1964 model year as an option package on the F-85 and Cutlass models. It was Oldsmobile's ...