The 1968 Oldsmobile 442 marked the moment when Oldsmobile stopped flirting with performance and fully embraced brute-force ...
The 1987 Oldsmobile 442 arrived at a moment when classic American muscle seemed like a fading photograph, not a living ...
After sitting in a field for ten years and undergoing a frame-off restoration, this legendary black and gold W-30 Olds has finally returned to its first home ...
The 4-4-2 moniker was the second muscle car from the classic era (sixties and seventies), right after the GTO. Just as its Pontiac sibling, the Olds started life as a package, and ended the same way, ...
“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 ...
With the 455 Rocket V8, the 1970 Oldsmobile 442 had 365 horsepower (over 400 horses was closer to the truth) on tap, as well ...
[Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of MotorTrend Classic] Imagine the Indianapolis Colts playing the New York Giants in the Super Bowl. Payton versus Eli, ...