From its humble beginnings in 1897 to its final day of production on April 29, 2004, Oldsmobile represented innovation, ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has a large collection of automobiles -- 73 -- in its collection. But with the mission of collecting and preserving the entire heritage of the ...

LANSING — An early mass-produced Oldsmobile that Ransom Eli Olds donated to Michigan State University in 1948 now has been gifted to the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum, officials announced this week, ...

Like saying night is day or Pink Floyd isn't the greatest rock band of all time, saying Henry Ford didn't invent the assembly line goes contrary to conventional auto wisdom. But he didn't. It was ...

In 1901, the company, known as Olds Motor Works, introduced the Curved Dash Oldsmobile, a gasoline-powered open-carriage vehicle named for its curved front footboard. It was the first vehicle to be ...

Think The Ford Model T was the first mass-produced automobile in America? Think again. Olds Motor Works in Lansing, Mich., was mass-producing Model R Runabouts in 1901, seven years before Ford’s Tin ...

A seminal piece of American automotive history found a new home this week. A 1903 Oldsmobile Model R ‘Curved Dash’ Runabout crossed the auction block with RM Sotheby’s, ultimately securing a final ...