The Oldsmobile 442 W-30 sits at the intersection of Detroit performance and modern collectability, a car whose production run was short but whose impact on the muscle era was outsized. To understand ...

The Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 was introduced in April of 1964 in response to Pontiac's wildly successful GTO. The Oldsmobile 4-4-2 name stood for four-barrel carburetor, four-speed manual gearbox, and ...

We often discuss highly optioned muscle cars from the golden era, but what about bare-bones vehicles specifically ordered for ...

In 1964, the gearhead engineers over at Pontiac, led by John Z. DeLorean, came up with the idea of a mid-size factory hot rod to draw younger buyers into showrooms. They stuffed a 389 from a full-size ...

“The W-30 version of the car has always been kind of the pinnacle of the Oldsmobile muscle car,” says Mancini. “I’ve always been a fan of not just Chrysler but GM muscle cars from that era and the 442 ...

Some badges are just iconic. The SS on a Chevy or the coiled snake on a Shelby are just two examples, but another badge that just screams performance would be the 442 badge found on select GM ...

(Motor Authority) – The 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 featured in the 1993 movie “Demolition Man” will be part of Barrett Jackson’s upcoming auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. Scheduled to cross the auction ...

Though it's now been more than 20 years since the last Oldsmobile ever made rolled off the assembly line, the fallen General Motors brand continues to be held in high regard by classic car gearheads ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

At the height of the muscle car craze, the engineering wizards at Oldsmobile created a "Frankensteinesque" big-block V8 with four valves per cylinder that could've become the most iconic American high ...

The 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 featured in the 1993 movie "Demolition Man" will be part of Barrett Jackson's upcoming auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. Scheduled to cross the auction block Jan. 27, the ...