In 1966, three decades after the Cord brand had closed its gates, Oldsmobile took another shot at shifting the age-old paradigm toward a more front-facing idea. Putting the steering wheels to do the ...

For much of the 1960s, the formula for speed was simple: long hoods, rear-wheel drive, and a V8 under the steel. Muscle cars like the GTO, the Charger, and the Fairlane were locked in a horsepower ...