To understand why the 1951 Super 88 mattered, I start a couple of seasons earlier, when Oldsmobile’s Rocket V‑8 was still a shock to the system. In the first year of the NASCAR Strictly Stock Division ...

Throughout American automotive history, especially when it comes to V8 engines, it can be argued that the country has been responsible for producing some of the most famous motors in the world. Not to ...

Oldsmobile's swell sales slogan for 1951 may have been a less-memorable "Ride the Rocket and Save!", but it was the auto manufacturer's pitch a year prior following the release of their all-new line ...

Before the muscle car wars had names, before Pontiac’s GTO and Chrysler’s Road Runner strutted across billboards, there was the Oldsmobile 88. Back in 1949, Oldsmobile dropped a Rocket V8 into a ...