OLDSMOBILE TORONADO "POLICIA" - PILEN

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Oldsmobile Toronado (1966-1970).

Lansing, Michigan ( Estados Unidos / U.S.A. )

Pilen.

Hecho en España / Made in Spain.

Años 70.

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Oldsmobile Toronado

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

"The Oldsmobile Toronado is a personal luxury car that was produced by Oldsmobile from 1966 to 1992. Designed to compete with the Ford Thunderbird and General Motors' own Buick Riviera, the Toronado is historically significant as the first U.S.-produced front-wheel drive automobile since the demise of the Cord in 1937.

 

It used the GM E platform introduced by the rear-wheel drive Riviera in 1963 and shared a year later with the front-wheel drive Cadillac Eldorado. Although each had quite different styling, the threesome shared the E platform for most of the Toronado's 28-year history.

 

The word "Toronado" has no linguistic meaning, and was originally invented for a 1963 Chevrolet show car."

 

- First generation (1966–1970)

 

"The original Toronado began as a design painting by Oldsmobile stylist David North in 1962. His design, dubbed the "Flame Red Car", was for a compact sports/personal car never intended for production. A few weeks after the design was finished, however, Oldsmobile division was informed it would be permitted to build a personal car in the Riviera/Thunderbird class for the 1966 model year, and North's design was selected.

For production economy, the still-unnamed car was to share the so-called E-body shell with the redesigned 1966 Buick Riviera, which was substantially bigger than North had envisioned. Despite the efforts of Oldsmobile and General Motors styling chief Bill Mitchell to put the car on the smaller A-body intermediate, they were overruled for cost reasons.

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As debuted, the innovative Toronado featured such GM developments as the:

 

.Heavy-duty Turbo-Hydramatic 400 three-speed automatic transmission (named THM425 in FWD form)

.Rochester Quadrajet four-barrel carburetor

.Spherical shaped exhaust-manifold flange gaskets, which provided freedom of movement in the exhaust system and prevented leaks

."Draft-Free" ventilation system, which reduced wind noise considerably by eliminating conventional front-door vent windows

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To power the car, Oldsmobile engineers selected a conventional, although performance-boosted, Olds 425 cu in (7 L) Super Rocket V8 rated at 385 hp (287 kW) and 475 ft·lb (644 N·m) of torque. It provided an increase of 10 hp (7.5 kW) over the Starfire 425, and an increase of 20 hp (15 kW) over the standard 425 engine in the Ninety-Eight."

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- Second generation (1971–1978)

 

"With radically different styling from the first generation, the Toronado had metamorphosed from a "GT"-style car into something more traditional in the luxury car field. It was now more similar to the Cadillac Eldorado than the Buick Riviera, with styling taking several cues from the 1967–70 Eldorado. The new look attracted many new buyers, as sales increased dramatically. Front disc brakes became standard."

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- Third generation (1979–1985)

 

- Fourth generation (1986–1992)

 

 

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_Toronado

 

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