The 1954 Cutlass had only a brief career on the Motorama show circuit, but the name became a powerful Oldsmobile selling tool for decades. Continue reading
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Supersonic Dreams: The 1955 Oldsmobile 88 Delta
With its “supersonic shape,” the 88 Delta dream car could be “a prediction of things to come,” said Oldsmobile in 1955. It’s fun to imagine. Continue reading
Fiberglass Four-Seater: The 1953 Oldsmobile Starfire
Not all the fiberglass sports cars in the GM Motorama fleet were two-seaters. The Oldsmobile Starfire boasted room for four. Continue reading
Change For The Better: A 1955 General Motors Film
Here’s a classic General Motors marketing film telling the automaker’s product story for 1955. Continue reading
Video: GM’s Last Motorama, 1961
By 1961, the age of the fabulous Motorama auto shows was coming to an end. This original General Motors film tells the Motorama story one last time. Continue reading
Video: The Sensational 1953 GM Motorama
The General Motors Motorama must be the greatest factory auto show of all time. Here’s an excellent little GM newsreel presenting the show’s 1953 debut at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Continue reading
Bullet on Wheels: The 1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket
Easily one of the wildest General Motors dream cars of the Motorama era, the Olds Golden Rocket was the epitome of Jet Age design. Let’s take a closer look. Continue reading