Although muscle cars can be traced back to the 1950s, the consensus is that the Pontiac GTO popularized the high-performance midsize market. Introduced for the 1964 model year, the GTO was immediately ...

The Oldsmobile 442 was Olds’ answer to the massively popular 1964 Pontiac GTO. It seemed Pontiac had hit a home run with the first muscle car, and the other GM passenger car divisions all wanted their ...

The 1970 Oldsmobile 442 occupies a rare place in muscle car history, a machine that still silences a parking lot the moment its badge comes into view. Its mix of brutal acceleration, understated ...

Todd Richard says the family’s 1970 Oldsmobile 442, nicknamed “The Blue Streak” is definitely a “he.” Richard explains, “‘He’ sounds like ‘he’ means business at the stoplight. This car is not to be ...

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 ...

“The W-30 version of the car has always been kind of the pinnacle of the Oldsmobile muscle car,” says Mancini. “I’ve always been a fan of not just Chrysler but GM muscle cars from that era and the 442 ...

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Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

(Motor Authority) – The 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 featured in the 1993 movie “Demolition Man” will be part of Barrett Jackson’s upcoming auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. Scheduled to cross the auction ...

Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...

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 ...