General Motors can be regarded as one of the kings of torque. These are the 10 torquiest engines ever to come out of GM's ...

Introduced in 1968 as part of Oldsmobile's second-generation V8 engine line, the 455 was immediately adopted across a wide ...

For instance, General Motors once owned both Pontiac and Oldsmobile, and each company had its own distinct 455 V8 engine. You might think that GM would want to standardize across all its brands as a ...

Photo: YouTube/Lou Costabile By 1970, the Toronado was rocking the biggest Oldsmobile engine available, the 455 Rocket V8, with its enormous 455-cube displacement (7.5 liters) and equally ...

This 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 Holiday Coupe is a numbers-matching gem with an original engine and a handful of tasteful mods ...

Unfortunately, like most V8 engines of the era, the 455 V8’s performance dwindled over the years as more stringent emissions requirements became established. While Oldsmobile became overshadowed ...