The fourth and last generation of the Toronado debuted on the market in 1985 as a 1986 model year, dropped the V8 engines, and introduced a futuristic, for those times, interior.

The third generation of the Toronado marked a serious downsizing for the once imposing personal luxury coupe offered by Oldsmobile.

The second generation of the Oldsmobile Toronado was introduced in 1971, at the dusk of the muscle-car era. It was marketed as a personal luxury coupe.

In 1965 Oldsmobile introduced one of the most revolutionary cars in the American automotive industry, the front-wheel drive Toronado.