Oldsmobile has been gone for almost a decade, and most have forgotten the legacy it left behind. From the late-1980s until 2002, Oldsmobile's model offerings were bland and unappealing. Buyers ran away from Oldsmobile like it was the plague. And as Oldsmobile tried to revamp its image with the "Not your father's Oldsmobile" marketing campaign, younger buyers didn't seem to be interested. Only a small group of loyal Oldsmobile buyers remained, many of which were members of the senior citizen c
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Ever since a V8 was first dropped into a Corvette's engine bay (at the start of the 1955 model year), the Corvette has provided exceptional performance for sports car buyers year after year. These buyers always knew, even in the darkest days of performance, that V8 powered nirvana was always available at a Chevrolet dealership in the form of the (2-seater) Corvette. Sixty years ago the first (1953) Corvette rolled off the assembly line, today in its sixth generation (C6) form, it's more popula
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Ever since World War II, Cadillac was the undisputed luxury car king until the 1980s. The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards which went into affect in the late-1970s had killed what remained of large displacement V8 engines. This was bad news for Cadillac which had built its success on the selling big opulent luxury cars powered by large displacement V8 motors. Before CAFE took effect, Cadillac produced the largest displacement V8 to see duty in a production car - the 500 CID (8.2
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