1966 Oldsmobile Toronado dealership Brochures | Life in America Classic American Luxury Cars

A brief look at some vintage dealer brochures of the 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado lineup. We take a look at the different trim levels and discuss the pricing of the various models and compare them to what the "Todays" pricing would be.
Kick back and enjoy a walk down memory lane with us. If you were lucky enough to visit a dealership, you may remember the brochures you could flip through of the models available for that particular year. Today, we're bringing the brochure to you.
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[@halhenryg]

Great presentation on this rolling automotive art, I agree this is a pinacol of great G.M. design. This is one of Oldsmobile standalone classics!

[@rickscoat]

Excellent presentation using original articles, brochure and ads. I come from a car nut family too and have loved cars since I was very young. Just found your channel today and look at to your videos. They are the best.

[@robertwakelin8717]

Great video! Always loved the Toronado. They really don't make them like that anymore.

[@Char_Jens]

I know! Thanks for your comment...

[@matiasmunarriz7160]

Excellent video and photos... along with the 1967 ElDorado, the 1966 Toronado is the epitome of beauty in car design.

[@Char_Jens]

Couldn't agree more!

[@tommywatterson5276]

66 Toronado was the experimental front runner for the 67 Eldorado. Olds & Cadillac had front wheel drive only on these cars in GM until the Riviera joined in the 80's. Olds & Cadillac were very " close " divisions. What went into a Cadillac was proven in an Olds first.

[@bluesharp59]

Great car and video. I wish I could afford to own that one year. I had a '82 and I used it in the winter and I called it my snowmobile. I reinforced the grill and headlights and I actually use it to ram snow banks lol. Mine was a diesel at production, but later on my neighbor swapped the diesel for a 350 high output Oldsmobile engine. Then he offered to sell it to me for dirt cheap and I did.

[@Char_Jens]

Thanks for sharing!

[@bluesharp59]

@@Char_Jens You are welcome also.

[@michaelcesco2970]

These were great cars and well engineered by the the founder Ransom Olds. However, it was sad when GM phased them out. Can you imagine how great they would be today if they were still around ? ( THEY probably would be fantastic in the truck market too.)

[@tomtbi]

I'd love to find a model kit of a Toronado someday... I've done several Cutlasses,442s and Hurst Oldses(64 Cutlass Convertible,64 442,67 442 W30,69 442 W30,69 Hurst Olds,71 442 W30,83 Hurst Olds and 85 442)...

[@smoothoperator7023]

Google Olds Toronado model kit....🤷‍♂️

[@gene978]

Love the 1966 Toronado. It had to seem like a spaceship back then. The adjusted inflation price today of the deluxe 1966 model is what the average transaction of a vehicle sale today $44K a Home for $110K is what the prices of homes should be not Half Million bucks.

[@Char_Jens]

Great comment, thanks...That's why I like to add these prices, to let people know how ridiculous product pricing is today. Nobody is going to buy a home today, for what the average bought then... And, back then, the assembly line used humans to build cars, humans that got a paycheck. Today, robots that don't take pay build much of the car today. The profit on cars today are insane, considering what you get for what you pay.

[@mariuskancel9115]

Je possède une en miniature en Guadeloupe que j' avais trouvée au salon de l' auto à Paris il y a une vingtaine d'années

[@peterhogan9537]

it was GM;s car of the future, not because of front wheel drive but because of it;s design.

[@mariuskancel9115]

La meilleure américaine de tout les temps

[@daveridgeway2639]

Hi Char, outstanding video! Outstanding automobile! The 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado based on the GM E-Body platform, was one of the most technologically advanced automobiles ever produced. With the "longitudinal engine" front wheel drive (FWD) the engine, transmission, differential and drive axels forward of the passenger compartment, this meant less harmonic vibration and noise transmitted into the passenger compartment, with a big fat smooth running high performance V8! Much smoother than todays transvers front wheel drive (FWD) inline 4 cylinder and V6s of today. Vibration damping with opposite rotating counter shaft(s) where not necessary! Please reply. Dave...

[@Char_Jens]

With the mountain of info I came across on this car, it was easy to see the engineers and designers were proud of this landmark automobile. Thanks for your comment.