Priced at $5,715 (nearly $70,000 in 2025 dollars), the 1953 Oldsmobile Fiesta was twice the price of the standard ...

Remember when Oldsmobile built the muscle car before it was cool? The year was 1949, but for some gearheads, that ‘small body, big engine’ simply wasn’t enough. In 1953, the Olds 88 was no longer the ...

When a fire in the General Motors Hydramatic transmission factory halted production, prospective Oldsmobile buyers were left with two options: They could get a new Oldsmobile equipped with a Dynaflow ...

Prices shown are the prices you can expect to pay for a 1953 Oldsmobile Deluxe 88 4 Door Sedan across different levels of condition. Edit options.

Click here if you are unable to view this gallery on a mobile device. The Oldsmobile division of General Motors became the the company’s hottest unit of the 1950s after the new V8 engine was ...

Fresh out of school in 1953, Richard Weber landed a field surveyor's job with what was then the Army Map Service. The young man reported to work in Rock Island, Ill., and was impressed when his boss ...

While Oldsmobile sold vehicles as an upscale brand, their vehicles had remained in the grasp of everyday motorists. Among many Oldsmobile sedans, the 88 (or Eighty-Eight) moniker provided a mix of ...

Just Cool Cars: A sweet Swedish import, a classic 1953 Oldsmobile USA TODAY's Chris Woodyard takes us on a tour of this classic 1953 Oldsmobile imported from Sweden and gets the story behind this ...