The Oldsmobile 88 may have been one of the earliest possible examples of the American muscle car, but what kind of name is 88 ...

The Oldsmobile 88 endured 50 years of production before being retired after 1999. In the 1990s, the strikingly designed Oldsmobile Aurora provided a captivating effort to restructure the image for an ...

Its power rating was 315 horsepower for both model years. A 1960 Oldsmobile Super 88 powered by the larger-displacement Rocket V8 made its way to Craigslist earlier this week after spending four ...

Produced from 1949 to 1999, the Oldsmobile 88 is famous for quite a few things. ... GM introduced the Autronic Eye for the 1952 model year, so this 88 is one of the first cars that got it.

Debuting with the 1949 model year, the Oldsmobile 88 soon became the brand’s image leader and most profitable line in the rapidly expanding post-World War II economy.

The 1957 model year marked the beginning of the third generation for the Oldsmobile 88 and the first year for the upscale Super 88 trim. Smoother, more refined styling was backed by the 371 cubic ...

Having been defunct for over 20 years, the Oldsmobile has a long legacy and part of that is due to the Rocket 88 ... it was used in both the Oldsmobile 88 and 98 models so it did fulfill its ...

Oldsmobile came out with a radical new high-compression overhead valve V8 engine in 1949. That 303.7-cubic-inch, 135-horsepower engine made Oldsmobile the hottest car on the road. It certainly ...

If you wanted one with a manual transmission, too bad — the last model year for a new Olds 88 with three pedals was 1971. The MSRP for this car was $27,350, or about $51,216 in 2023 dollars. So ...