Vehicle Description
1966 Oldsmobile Tornado for Sale. 425 cubic inch V8 engine factory
rated at 385 horse power, automatic transmission, front wheel
drive, power steering, power brakes, 15" steel wheels with radial
white wall tires, Porcelain White exterior, burgundy pin stripe,
flip up headlights, driver's side chrome mirror, power windows,
power seat, burgundy pearl metallic upholstery, rolling
speedometer, tilt steering column, rear passenger door release
handles, owner's book and Protect-O-Plate. You just don't find them
as clean and original as this car! If you want to own a super nice
Oldsmobile Classic, don't miss this opportunity! Automotive
History: The Toronado began as a design painting by Oldsmobile
stylist David North in 1962. His "Flame Red Car" was a compact
sports/personal car never intended for production. A few weeks
after the design was finished, however, Oldsmobile division was
informed it would be permitted to build a personal car in the
Riviera/Thunderbird class for the 1966 model year, and North's
design was selected. For production economy, the still-unnamed car
was to share the so-called E-body shell with the redesigned 1966
Buick Riviera, which was substantially larger than North had
envisioned. Despite the efforts of Oldsmobile and General Motors
styling chief Bill Mitchell to put the car on the smaller A-body
intermediate, they were overruled for cost reasons. The unusual
Toronado powertrain called the Unitized Power Package (UPP),
stuffed an engine and transmission into an engine bay no larger
than one for a conventional rear-wheel drive car. During its
seven-year development, UPP components were driven over 1.5 million
test miles to verify their strength and reliability. They proved so
well-built the UPP was employed basically unchanged in the 1970s
GMC motorhome. The Toronado placed third in the 1966 European Car
of the Year contest, a distinction no other U.S. car has achieved
before or since, and won the 1966 Motor Trend Car of the Year award
in the U.S.
