bobby

GM let the copywright slip and Toyota picked it up for 5,000$...no word as to what they will do with it!?

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Baraka_Guru

Odd.


And such a bargain!

Link to the Car and Driver story: Oldsmobile Returns! - Car News

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QuasiMondo

The Apocalypse Is Upon Us!!!!!!

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fresnelly

Interesting article. It's hard to believe that Toyota would actually use the brandname and not just park it away as an F.U. to GM. We'll see I guess.

Perhaps they'll sell the name back to GM for profit.

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I keep waiting for the "April Fools!" punchline.

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Willravel

In a related story, zzzzzz....

ironman

April Fools guys, take a look: Linky

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The_Jazz

Ah, I feel better now.

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DEI37

Yeah. I would cry if crappy Toyota purchased the rights to the Oldsmobile name. Biggest disgrace...ever.

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BadNick

This would be like selling the Washington Monument to a Chinese business consortium.

DE137,
How do you come to use "crappy" as an adjective for "Toyota"? To me this combination seems to come more from emotion than reality.

telekinetic

I would cry if Toyota purchased the rights to crappy Oldsmobile. To each his own

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Martian

I would argue it's more an issue of standards. I have yet to drive (or even see) a Toyota that excites in the same way a 442 does. Toyotas can be hard wearing, but they're not terribly exciting cars, particular not to the old school muscle car crowd.

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fresnelly

What got me is that the article was dated to March.

That and the weak state of the American auto industry.

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BadNick

I beg to differ and I am old school muscle car crowd ...hell, when I go to the local speed shop for their monthly meets, most cars there are muscle cars but the knowledgeable ones have respect for the Supra. Mine is hugely exciting and since I was 20yo in 1969, there are probably no muscle cars I haven't driven except a rare few. My '95 Toyota Supra now has over 600hp to the wheels; even factory stock except higher boost it had over 400whp; and when I go to track days it will outcorner and outbrake most cars there.

At the most recent Texas Mile competition that was a couple weeks ago, against all sorts of twin turbo Vipers and Vettes and Porsches, the #1 and #2 finishers were Toyota Supras, #1 hit 229+mph in the mile; last year's winner was also a Toyota Supra.

Tech

so i came in on this a little late, but i figured it had to be a joke, since toyota (who is doing REALLY well in the american market) would never pick up the name oldsmobile. nobody wants an oldsmobile, at least not a new one... that's why there aren't any.

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BadNick

Well if they did buy it, it would be so cool if Toyota would reissue the '65 Olds 442. That was my favorite, they got a little too large for my taste after that. Dreaming.