The Oldsmobile 88 was the world's first muscle car. Robust proportions, a V8, and the "I own the world" sort of attitude ...

Or the fact that it was the first real king of NASCAR racing. Oldsmobile created the 88 by dropping the V8 engine of the range-topping 98 into the slightly smaller 76. This combination turned the ...

Cadillac and Oldsmobile introduced overhead-valve V-8s in 1949, and the Chrysler Hemi, which arrived in 1951, was in another ...