Most of you reading this will be familiar with the gas crisis of the 1970s. The first Gas Crisis hit in 1973, immediately following the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries' oil ...

Besides making popular American Oldsmobile classics like the Jetfire and Toronado, the brand also made its fair share of notable engines. But when we talk about the "best" engines from Oldsmobile ...

In conjunction with Cadillac, Olds later introduced the first modern overhead V8 engines in 1949. NASCAR's 160-mile Grand National stock car race at Daytona was won in 1953 by a Bill Blair-driven ...

The Oldsmobile Rocket 455 V8 engine met the same exact fate as the Pontiac 455, leaving the marketplace by the end of 1976. When efficiency became a top priority, these massive 455 V8 engines just ...

In truth, the Oldsmobile Diesel line is one GM never ... New mandatory catalytic converters robbed American engines of their horsepower. There wasn't anything GM could do to stop it.

If Americans think of diesel engines at all, they remember the unreliable, gutless Oldsmobile diesel engine of the late 1970s and 1980s. Or they think of the diesels from Volkswagen and Mercedes ...

While at first glance it may look like any other boxy 80s sedan, this Oldsmobile houses a truly unique feature. More specifically, this Delta 88 is equipped with a diesel engine, namely the 350ci ...

The Oldsmobile diesel engine wasn’t truly terrible. A little bit below average? Oh God! Without a doubt. Way below average? Sigh… yep! But the Oldsmobile Delta 88, despite being six model ...

are not as forgiving as a diesel engine.” Which both Olds and Chevy would discover. The two divisions undertook the production of the turbo independently, and probably unknown to each other ...

At the time, diesel was much cheaper than regular gas, prompting the Detroit Giant to develop a diesel engine for use in passenger cars. The idea was great on paper, and promised much better fuel ...