Toronado
E951837
The Toronado is a full-size personal luxury car produced by Oldsmobile, notable for pioneering front-wheel drive in American automobiles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Toronado canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automobile model
ⓘ
personal luxury car ⓘ |
| assemblyLocation | Lansing, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | 1966 Motor Trend Car of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyStyle | 2-door coupe ⓘ |
| brakeType | front disc brakes (later models) ⓘ |
| category |
cars introduced in 1966
ⓘ
classic American car ⓘ front-wheel-drive vehicles ⓘ |
| class | full-size car ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designer | David North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| driveType | FWD ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration |
V6 (later generations)
ⓘ
V8 (early generations) ⓘ |
| firstGenerationEndYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| firstGenerationStartYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| firstModelYearEngineDisplacement | 425 cu in V8 GENERATED ⓘ |
| fourthGenerationEndYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| fourthGenerationStartYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| fuelType | gasoline ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Oldsmobile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInModelYear | 1966 model year ⓘ |
| layout | front-wheel drive ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Oldsmobile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | Oldsmobile’s flagship personal luxury coupe ⓘ |
| marketedBy | Oldsmobile division of General Motors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketSegment | personal luxury segment ⓘ |
| notableFeature | flat floor due to front-wheel-drive layout ⓘ |
| notableFor | pioneering front-wheel drive in American automobiles ⓘ |
| numberOfDoors | 2 ⓘ |
| parentCompanyOfManufacturer | General Motors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | E-body platform ⓘ |
| predecessor | Oldsmobile Starfire (indirect) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionEndYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| productionStartYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| relatedModel |
Buick Riviera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cadillac Eldorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondGenerationEndYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| secondGenerationEngineDisplacement | 455 cu in V8 (early second generation) ⓘ |
| secondGenerationStartYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| sharesPlatformWith |
Buick Riviera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cadillac Eldorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Oldsmobile Aurora (market successor) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thirdGenerationEndYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| thirdGenerationStartYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| transmission | automatic transmission ⓘ |
| wheelDriveInnovation | first U.S.-produced front-wheel-drive car since 1930s Cord ⓘ |
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