The Oldsmobile 442 is an icon of automotive history, but the meaning of its name hasn't always been clear. Here's what it ...

After sitting in a field for ten years and undergoing a frame-off restoration, this legendary black and gold W-30 Olds has finally returned to its first home ...

In April of 1964, the Oldsmobile 442 option package was introduced for the Cutlass. The 4-4-2 moniker was derived from the option’s four-barrel carb, four-speed manual transmission, and dual exhaust.

The 4-4-2 moniker was the second muscle car from the classic era (sixties and seventies), right after the GTO. Just as its Pontiac sibling, the Olds started life as a package, and ended the same way, ...

Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...

With the 455 Rocket V8, the 1970 Oldsmobile 442 had 365 horsepower (over 400 horses was closer to the truth) on tap, as well ...

Though it's now been more than 20 years since the last Oldsmobile ever made rolled off the assembly line, the fallen General Motors brand continues to be held in high regard by classic car gearheads ...

The Oldsmobile 442 entered the mid 1970s just as the muscle car era was collapsing under the weight of emissions rules, insurance crackdowns, and a new obsession with fuel economy. Yet the 1975 ...

General Motors produced Oldsmobile cars for the majority of its existence. The company, established in 1897 by Ransom E. Olds, is still based in the US. In its 107-year existence, it manufactured 35.2 ...