In the early 1960s, Pontiac was trying to find a new way to attract the youth market without involvement in competitive motorsports. John Z. DeLorean, Russ Gee, and Bill Collins, along with a group of ...

In April of 1964, the Oldsmobile 442 option package was introduced for the Cutlass. The 4-4-2 moniker was derived from the option’s four-barrel carb, four-speed manual transmission, and dual exhaust.

The 1970 Oldsmobile 442 was a great car, but the W30 package turned it into something else, making the second-generation model a small rocket on wheels. The package included the 455 big-block V8 ...

Established 11 years before William Crapo Durant and his associates founded General Motors, Oldsmobile peaked in 1970 thanks to the 442 mid-size muscle car with the 455 CID engine. The W-30 ...

REST OF THE COUNTRY THE WAY THEY DESCBERI IT A VERY BRIGHT COLORED CONVERTIBLE VINTAGE CAR. AND SO WE SAID WELL, YEAH, WE’LL GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT SOME PICTESUR TABLET SMITH’S OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS 442 WAS ...

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 ...