1967 Oldsmobile Toronado

The Oldsmobile Toronado is a personal luxury car manufactured and marketed by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors from 1966 to 1992 over four generations. The Toronado was noted for its transaxle version of GM’s Turbohydramatic transmission, making it the first U.S.-produced front-wheel drive automobile since the demise of the Cord in 1937.

In 1967, Cadillac adopted its own version of the UPP for the Cadillac Eldorado, using the Cadillac V8 engine. The Eldorado also shared the E-body shell with the Toronado and Riviera, but its radically different styling meant that the three cars did not look similar at all. This not something you see everyday. This Toronado makes a really fun daily driver or weekend cruiser. This example has a later model 425ci engine 8-cylinder engine with 3-speed automatic transmission, updated alternator, electronic ignition, new exhaust with a Magnaflow muffler, rebuilt axles and a fresh tune up.

This is a straight and solid Nevada car with nice color combination of burgundy exterior and interior.

The 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado had a fairly unaltered performance from what was on offer from the preceding model. Hence, the car could accelerate from rest to 60 mph in 7.5 seconds and a quarter-mile in 16.4 seconds, at 93 mph.

Also, from the performance test data published by the car’s testers, the Toronado has a maximum speed of 135 mph. Notably, the Toronado had good handling reports and is said to be incapable of terminal oversteer.

The Oldsmobile Toronado’s 1967 model year represents the best sales year for the brand in its first generation. It took the brand a heavily revised styling into a more traditional luxury car to put the sales trajectory on an upward scale.