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Patina'd Bimini Blue Driver: 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado

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Though today front-wheel drive cars seem to be a given in terms of automotive transportation, fifty years ago it still was a novelty in the United States. Though gaining steam in Europe, fifty years ago, the last time front-wheel drive was used in an American car was back in the 1930s. Bucking the trend was the Oldsmobile Toronado; this 1967 Deluxe model is resplendent in Bimini Blue and looks fairly clean. Find it here on eBay in Olive Branch, Mississippi, with reserve not met and a Buy-It-Now price of $6,000. Introduced in 1966 to compete against Ford's Thunderbird and Buick's Riviera, the E-body Toronado was the first American front-wheel drive car since the 1937 Cord 810/812. Available exclusively as a two-door hardtop coupe, the Toronado shared a platform design similar to its E-Body corporate cousin Riviera, but used front-wheel drive rather than the traditional rear-wheel drive. This Toronado is a second-year