Word: toronado
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...didn't belong there. Daytona's Number One Psychedelic Nite Spot draws some junior high kids whose parents belong to Oceanside Country Club and to the Palmetto Club Juniors. (Mom or Dad let off Flea and Susy about nine on Main Street, and pick 'em up in their Toronado halfway through the Johnny Carson show. They couldn't have done that when the bikies ran the "Q," but there haven't been any busted lips or broken chairs for a couple of years since the town started shooting speed away from the Speedway.) Gayle was nice, she was going...
...Ford, General Motors' Chevrolet and Oldsmobile are also leaving their standard sedans basically intact, concentrating instead on sprucing up their sports and medium-sized models, Oldsmobile's F85 and Cutlass coupes, for example, have shorter rears and new, gently flowing roof lines. Similarly. Olds's Toronado has a more svelte appearance, thanks to a toning down of the overly sculpted "walls" that run along the tops of both front fenders...
...Matt McLaughlin: "The real battleground for sales in 1968 is going to be in the intermediate field." Lincoln-Mercury is betting on its Montego line, of which two models resemble the popular Cougar. General Motors is also pushing the intermediates, featuring minor changes suggested by success of the 1966 Toronado. The 1968 Tem pest, for example, has an abbreviated rear and an elongated front, giving it the look of a chunky road racer. For its own sporty look, Buick has taken its Skylark and gone back to a sweeping, chrome-lined silhouette that became popular ten years...
...with its fiber glass fendered Corvette. Then in 1963, Buick introduced its Riviera. The market really began rolling two years ago when Ford brought out the hot, bright, popularly priced Mustang. Every other auto division in Detroit rushed to produce something like it. Dodge pushed the Charger, Oldsmobile the Toronado, Cadillac the elegant Eldorado, and American Motors Corp. the Marlin. Chrysler-Plymouth cut a year off the development time of the Barracuda in order to get it on the road this year. Lincoln-Mercury has introduced the Cougar to fill the price gap between Mustang and Thunderbird. Chevrolet this fall...
Oldsmobiie Toronado de luxe...