Oldsmobile Toronado
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The Oldsmobile Toronado is a historic American personal luxury coupe best known for pioneering front-wheel drive in a large U.S. production car during the 1960s.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Toronado XS (with wraparound rear window) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automobile model
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coupé ⓘ personal luxury car ⓘ |
| assemblyLocation |
Lansing, Michigan
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surface form:
Lansing, Michigan, United States
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| awards | Motor Trend Car of the Year 1966 ⓘ |
| bodyStyle | 2-door hardtop coupé ⓘ |
| brakeType | front disc brakes available (late 1960s) ⓘ |
| class | full-size personal luxury car ⓘ |
| competitor |
Buick Riviera
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Cadillac Eldorado ⓘ Ford Thunderbird ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designCharacteristic | long hood, short deck proportions ⓘ |
| driveType | front-wheel drive ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | V8 (early generations) ⓘ |
| era | 1960s personal luxury boom ⓘ |
| firstGenerationYears | 1966–1970 ⓘ |
| firstModelYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| fuelType | gasoline ⓘ |
| generationCount | 3 ⓘ |
| lastModelYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| layout | front-engine, front-wheel-drive ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Oldsmobile ⓘ |
| market | North American market ⓘ |
| marketedAs | personal luxury coupe ⓘ |
| marketPosition | above Oldsmobile Cutlass in price and luxury ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
hidden (retractable) headlamps on early models
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massive 425 cu in and 455 cu in Rocket V8 engines (early years) ⓘ unitized body construction with subframe ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influencing later GM front-wheel-drive luxury cars
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pioneering front-wheel drive in a large American production car ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
Oldsmobile Toronado
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Toronado XS (with wraparound rear window)
Toronado XSR (planned sliding T-top roof, very limited) ⓘ |
| parentCompanyOfManufacturer | General Motors ⓘ |
| platform | GM E-body ⓘ |
| predecessor | Oldsmobile Starfire (personal luxury role) ⓘ |
| productionEndYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| productionStartYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| secondGenerationYears | 1971–1978 ⓘ |
| segment | personal luxury segment ⓘ |
| sharedPlatformWith |
Buick Riviera
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Cadillac Eldorado ⓘ |
| successor | Oldsmobile Aurora (position in lineup) ⓘ |
| thirdGenerationYears | 1979–1992 ⓘ |
| transmission | automatic transmission ⓘ |
| wheelDriveInnovation | one of the first U.S. full-size front-wheel-drive cars since the 1930s Cord ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Toronado XS (with wraparound rear window)