Vehicle Description
Beautiful mint green Oldsmobile Toronado. This is a well maintained
survivor car with lots of potential! The Toronado is historically
significant as the first U.S.-produced front-wheel drive automobile
since the demise of the Cord in 1937. The original Toronado began
as a design painting by Oldsmobile stylist David North in 1962. His
design, dubbed the "Flame Red Car", was for 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 bigger 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. 1968 and 1969
Toronados share overall front styling, with the exception of the
grille mesh. 1968 models feature a honeycomb pattern, while the
'69s have have an elongated eggcrate pattern. The biggest
difference is in the rear, where 1968 models retain the sloping
quarters and trunk of previous years while 1969 models have a
squared-off and elongated rear. Air Conditioning, Alarm System,
All-Season Tires, Am/Fm Radio, Automatic Transmission, California
Emissions System, Dome Lamp, Floormats, Full-Size Spare Tire, Power
Seats, Power Steering, Power Windows, Spare Tire
