Aurora Ancestor

[TwinCam]

I'm thankful to be in this organization, I thought I'd share some history about the Aurora's Ancestor, the Olds Toronado.
GM realized that the Luxo coupe market was dwindling(supposedly) . Therefore they cancelled the Toro in '92.
Basically, they had no Flagship car. Cadillac actually came up with the Aurora design, but deemed it to be to radical. However, Olds was smart and took it. They liked the design because it had a coupe-like look. And of course it had all the right pieces to be a flagship. A powerful engine, European type suspension, and a very luxurious interior. ;D I own a '90 Olds Toronado and I love the car. It's actually roomy, handles well and has plenty of power from the 3800 Series V6. It's rated at only 170 hp, but I think that's about 10-20 hp shy of the real output. Thanks to the Toro, or else maybe...just maybe there wouldn't be an Aurora in our driveways.

[Amanda]

gotta love those toronado's!

[JimW]

The Toronado is one of the coolest lookin cars, I especially like the 92 Toro Trofeo. Stylish, quick (3800 powered) and had a great interior!

[badsax]

Toronados rule... Having owned a 91 & a 92 both Trofeo packages I can attest to
there style and durability. My 92, which was my first Toro was retired with 215K
miles. The car never had any major problems, other then hitting a tree with the
drivers side door while sliding sideways, but I can't really blame the car for
that one... My second Toro was a beautiful white 91. The car had every option
imaginable, my favorite being a full color touch screen in the center of the
dash, which replaced the radio and climate hard key controls. The touch screen
offered such features as a calendar with reminders, full diagnostic
capabilities, especially if you knew the correct codes to enter. It was
personalizable, so every time I started my car a splash screen would appear that
had the Olds logo, and the said built specifically by Oldsmobile for me.

The car had some other great features that were also kinda ahead of there time.
As early as 1990 you could order a Toro with both an indash cassette as well as
an indash CD player. The car had 8-way power seats with 3 separate lumbar
supports. 2 for back, 1 for your leg bolsters. Digital text display in the dash
along with a full complement of 6 analog gauges.

The Trofeo package gave the car a ground effects body kit, 16" aluminum wheels,
the FE3 suspension and handling package, front fog lights.

Also in 91 the 3800 V6 was updated to the 3800II which provided more power and
torque but more importantly solid lifters for improved high rpm output.

I could probably go on and on... sadly after my second Toronado was wrecked a
mere 3 weeks after I purchased it, I thought it would be best to look for
something else. And now Lincoln which used to be the evil empire (although less
evil then foreign cars) has stolen me away.

I do have to admit though, the looks that Toro got were awesome. There were so
few made of the final body style 90-92 that most people have never seen one.
Infact I would occasionally find Olds dealers who had never actually seen one in
person...

They rule! -J