SPENCER – When Steve Toth was a kid, his dad bought a brand-new 1966 Chevrolet Impala at a Zionsville car dealership from salesman Pat Patterson. While the paperwork was being completed, Toth wandered ...

The 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado did something American automakers had largely abandoned since the 1930s: it put a big V8 engine to work through the front wheels in a mass‑market car. When Oldsmobile ...

When the Oldsmobile Toronado arrived in 1966, it had instant classic written all over it. Its daring low-slung design was inspired by a painting by Oldsmobile's assistant chief designer at the time, ...

The original Toronado was the one that made its mark, while subsequent versions became more compromised with each succeeding generation. By the time the fourth iteration wheezed into the sunset, no ...