What’s the one thing that connects 1963 and 1968, apart from the arithmetical 5? A General Motors ban on racing and all-out performance and Oldsmobile’s superb workaround rebellion against that very ...

Everyone knows (or should know) how General Motors shot themselves in the foot twice (one round in each foot) when the corporation existed the motorsport venture and also banned its intermediates from ...

Oldsmobile aficionados will know that some classic models made by the marque can be expensive. This one doesn't necessarily ...

Before he had a working relationship with Oldsmobile, and well before the creation of the Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds, George Hurst had a history with Pontiac. Hurst shifters were installed in the 1964 ...

The Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds didn’t begin as an Oldsmobile model, but rather developed from George Hurst’s relationship with Pontiac. The whole thing began when Pontiac installed Hurst shifters in the ...

The Lightning Rod shifter in today's Nice Price or No Dice Hurst/Olds sports three levers that allow a form of sequential shifting for its four-speed automatic. That makes it a wonderfully weird bit ...

Following the command "gentlemen, start your engines," at the 1972 Indianapolis 500, a specially built Hurst/Olds convertible will guide the way for the 33 Championship cars. And after a couple of ...

In an age where people are comfortable with real lemons in their furniture polish and artificial ones in their lemonade, some things just don't seem right. Thankfully, Pro Stock racing hasn't gone the ...

HotCars revisits the 1970–72 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser 455, a rare big-block muscle wagon that packed up to 365 hp yet still ...