The term “muscle car” was coined during the original muscle car era, which is generally defined as 1964 through 1974. The ...

Meet Griffin Motors Racing’s 1950 Oldsmobile “Rocket 88” Club Coupe. Donning No. 87, along with “Griffin Motors Racing, Florence, S.C.” along the front driver’s side, the original did ...

10. 1967 Pontiac GTO. A major debate among muscle car enthusiasts revolves around which model deserves the title of the first-ever muscle car. Many argue that the 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 holds that ...

Today, the only thing most people remember about Oldsmobile is that it’s a defunct brand which enjoyed a good degree of success in the last century, but gradually declined into obscurity before ...

File:1988-1990 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency — 01-11-2012.jpg – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Photo by wikimedia.org, is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 1. **The Birth of Muscle Cars: Oldsmobile ...

The Oldsmobile Rocket 88 hit showrooms in 1949, and might have been a fairly unremarkable car had Oldsmobile’s engineers not decided to shoehorn a powerful V8 motor, originally destined for its ...

Like those prewar cars, the initial incarnation of the muscle car—let’s go with the 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88—was about getting more power into an existing car.

It's no surprise the Oldsmobile Rocket 88 V8 engine inspired rock n' roll, since it was a potent engine known for racing NASCAR and running moonshine.

The Oldsmobile Rocket 88 hit showrooms in 1949, and might have been a fairly unremarkable car had Oldsmobile’s engineers not decided to shoehorn a powerful V8 motor, ...

Following the success of the Rocket 88, Oldsmobile ventured into the high-performance segment once again in the 1960s with the introduction of the 4-4-2 package for the Cutlass model. Oldsmobile’s ...

The Oldsmobile Rocket 88 V8, which debuted in 1949, was a big deal. In hindsight, you could argue it was the moment that ushered in the American muscle car era.