Rocket-Fast Fastback Comparison Test: 1967 Oldsmobile Delta 88 vs. 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado 

You forgot Pontiac, which was,.. at least from a styling standpoint at the top of the General Motors stable. Give me a mid '60s Bonneville or Grand Prix hardop coupe any day of the week.

Agree with every single word!

My 1972 Buick Centurion was a 455 4 and In Two doors

I've owned a few Buick B body Wildcats (1965/67/68) and 3 E body 1967 Rivieras from the mid sixties and being RWD, they do share most mechanical features and they feel similar on the road too. Mechanically, a Riviera is just about the same as a '67 Electra or Wildcat. only the rear suspension is different because of the X frame but still has 4 coil springs.

Eldorado

Welllllllll.......

GM absolutely killed Oldsmobile several years before they dropped the marque. During the 1950’s through the early 1980’s they were my favorite GM division. It all came crashing down starting with the Omega, Firenza and Cutlass Ciera. What garbage! No wonder the Japanese owned the car business.

We’ll all be lucky if GM doesn’t go extinct in the not too distant future. Have you noticed that GM (and Ford) have effectively given up making sedans? And you are looking for Oldsmobile to be resurrected? Just what are you smoking?

So true and don't forget the diesel garbage engines!​@@dave1956

Olds is doubtful to ever be resurrected, that is just silliness. I see recently GM is quietly even throwing out trial balloons in media about a resurrection of Pontiac. It costs a car company $1 billion USD to bring a car off a drawing board to clay model, to preproduction mule, then production. It costs billions more to start a new brand from scratch, or bring an old one back, starting with $2.2 billion for GM to retool Hamtramck Assembly so it could exclusively make $115,000 Hummer electric trucks. It’s one thing to bring Hummer back as a flagship boutique range topping bespoke sub-brand for GMC with select electric off road models. That was a one shot deal to a pernanent death sentence if failed twice, so Hummer was a rare lucky exception. As electromobility gets underway, makers are more inclined to just keep the brands they already have if not shed off what they on’t need, which is why. So given what we once had, and what we have today, to wonder of possibilities because I too would like to have a new 98 Brougham in my garage too, who on earth other than any of us here, would buy a new Pontiac or Oldsmobile today, gas or more likely, electric? Because here’s the thing: Adam’s old cars from the 60’s and 70’s are beautiful designs, but we’ll never drive cars that look like these brand new today, perhaps ever again. Why? Some of these designs are proven dangerous to safety on the road. Because a new Olds or a Pontiac today, would have to look like one the ones they did way back then, but must now be an SUV or CUV to be a sales success today, not yesteryear. Can you imagine driving a ‘66 Toronado looking and designed to be an SUV or CUV? I don’t. How about an 88 Holiday Coupe CUV? Can you imagine what such cars would look like now? And it has now been 20 years and 15 years respectively, since we had an idea of what a modern Olds and Pontiac currently on sale, looks like, and those were cars, not light duty trucks. This is the same dynamic Cadillac is undergoing as we try to convince ourselves that a 70’s Sedan de ‘Ville looks something like a CT6. Olds and Pontiac no longer exist, because eventually their customers went to the 1990’s newly minted upmarket Japanese brands like Acura, Lexus, and Infiniti, to buy a car. And I don’t think they’ll come back for an all new Olds or Pontiac CUV now, when there’s Buick and Cadillac. And remember, Olds already had three strikes in the ‘90’s and ‘10’s with Aurora, design reboots, all new different models, blah blah blah. GM’s been wondering lately if they can even also ditch Buick, to give it to the Chinese, Great Caesar’s Ghost!! That’s what that truly looks like!!!!

@@sgtalstrafficticketblog2452 We can dream, can’t we?

Maybe!

I remember Aunt Marion saying: "step on it Fred" so they could show off the silly speed buzzer

Somebody on RU-vid has a channel dedicated to the overlooked Delmont.

cool I always wanted the 66 toronado corgi toy

Agreed

It was a different era when cars that could pull a lateral “g” above 0.7 were considered great handlers, but definitely not cushy rides.

I loved the grille on the ‘67 98

Man, that hurts.

I thought the same thing, but I just don't see Adam as the type to be a drag racer. I'm pretty sure the Toro would kick the 88 in the butt.

@@61rampy65 That's kind of a understatement.... LOL Back to the BBQ

…Not the one and only. Starting in 1967 the El Dorado was also front wheel drive.

Yeah, then the Riveria in '79

They wanted a bench seat to emphasize that flat floor pan, since it was such a novelty then. They wanted the best form of advertising, “word of mouth”, that owners/passengers could give about all the extra room given by the flat floorpan.

Everything looks longer with that camera

I take what comes along for the right price. Can't be too picky when you come across one in nice shape.

And when drunk, Ted drove it off a narrow bridge into a fairly shallow pond on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts. The car landed on it's side with the drivers door submerged a few feet and the body of 28 year old Mary Jo Kopechne was found inside the following morning. If the car had power windows and power door locks then escape may have been impossible.

@@4af He was a scumbag.

I never understood the frugality of the Delmont, being from such a wealthy family

@@thomastoler2397Beater cars.