The 1950 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 did something radical for its time: it took serious horsepower out of the realm of luxury ...

Debuting with the 1949 model year, the Oldsmobile 88 soon became the brand's image leader and most profitable line in the rapidly expanding post-World War II economy. The sleek new lines of the 88 ...

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While serving in the Marines in 1981 as a private first class in Cherry Point, N.C., Rich Domros decided he needed a car. He didn’t want, nor could he afford, a new automobile. Domros didn’t even want ...

The goal behind building a custom, some people say, is to attract attention. The history of customs is full of cars that get-or got-a lot of attention with retina-searing paint schemes, impossibly ...

Select a vehicle year and model below to get a valuation. The founder of the Oldsmobile brand, Ransom E. Olds, was also noted for influencing the truck industry in the early era of the automobile.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: "Big Daddy" Ed Roth built the fun stuff, wild, whimsical cars that tickled the fancy and pickled a kid's imagination for life. Back in the day when Roth was ...

When Oldsmobile introduced the 1950 Oldsmobile Futuramic 88 with a Rocket V-8 engine, John McMahan was too young to drive — yet old enough to know what he liked. During the next half century, several ...

Rocket 88 Trivia Question of the Week: 1. What was the full name of Oldsmobile’s founding father; how was he connected to a famous truck make and what was the connection between his name and a famous ...