The Rocket's road glare // `Futuramic' 88 put Olds in orbit

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: December 1, 1996| Author: DAN JEDLICKA | Copyright information

Oldsmobile introduced a "rocket" in 1949. Only this rocket had eight cylinders, not afterburners. Placement of it in the new, light Olds 88 resulted in the first high-volume U.S. performance car - the 1949-50 Olds "Rocket 88."

You could get a sleek Rocket 88 coupe with its astonishing new V-8 for as low as $2,143, or just a few hundred bucks more than a Ford coupe with an old-style V-8. And the Olds offered more performance for the money than anything on the road.

"Rocket" w...

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