Oldsmobile Toronado (1966 to 1992)

The Oldsmobile Toronado is a personal luxury car manufactured and marketed by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors from 1966 to 1992 over four generations. The Toronado was noted for its transaxle version of GM's Turbo-Hydramatic transmission, making it the first U.S.-produced front-wheel drive automobile since the demise of the Cord in 1937. Sharing the GM E platform introduced by the rear-wheel drive Buick Riviera in 1963 and adopted a year later with the front-wheel drive Cadillac Eldorado, the three models shared the E platform for most of the Toronado's 26-year history. The Toronado was built in four generations: 1st Gen (1966-1970), 2nd Gen (1971-1978), 3rd Gen (1979-1985), and 4th Gen (1986-1992).