The Oldsmobile Rocket 455 V8 engine met the same exact fate as the Pontiac 455, leaving the marketplace by the end of 1976. When efficiency became a top priority, these massive 455 V8 engines just ...

It was in production from 1949 to 1990 and powered everything from muscle cars to RVs, and even a Formula 1 contender. Here are our highlights from the Oldsmobile V8’s lengthy career.

V8 engines have had tremendous success since dominating the American muscle-car era. Many times, they've powered some very upscale automobiles, from expensive hypercars, to luxury sedans ...

In so doing, Pontiac could get around the internal GM edict restricting midsize passenger car engines ... Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds was shipped to Demmer Engineering who crammed the Olds 455 Rocket V8 ...

In a hopeless effort to catch up with the Pontiac GTO, Oldsmobile’s muscle car offered a high-power engine in 1966 only, with ...

Going all the way back to 1989, Lexus has been utilizing a variety of V8 engines in its cars which are among the most powerful engines the company has ever used for its vehicles. None of these V8 ...

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The biggest carmaker on the planet (in the early sixties) forbade Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Buick from putting engines above 400 ... the big-block V8 demolished the GM ban with splendid ...

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The newly tested engines could power a variety of space projects. China's state-owned main space contractor tested five different rocket engines on one day last week in preparation for future ...

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