It wouldn't be until 1949 that a production car would receive an official top speed record. That year, a Jaguar XK120 was ...

Back in the late 1980s, Oldsmobile tried to shake off their geriatric image with the "Not your father's Oldsmobile" ad campaign. It did not work. But around the same time, they put out a futuristic ...

The Oldsmobile Aerotech and A.J. Foyt made automotive history on August 27, 1987. On an oval shaped, 7.712-mile test track near the little town of Ft. Stockton, Texas, the four-time Indy 500 winner ...

Little more than a year ago we gave you a brief glimpse at the genesis of a performance revolution at Oldsmobile—a trio of high-performance concept vehicles based on existing cars and engines (HRM ...

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Back when Oldsmobile still existed in the ’80s, the brand created a prototype car called the Aerotech to break land speed records using a modified version of its new “Quad-4” engine. It looked ...