1973 Oldsmobile Toronado FacebookTweetPin 1973 Oldsmobile Toronado. Conceived as Oldsmobile’s full-size personal luxury car and competing directly with the Ford Thunderbird, the Toronado is historically significant as the first front-wheel drive automobile produced in the United States. FacebookTweetPin Related 1961 Buick LeSabre | Old Car 1970 FORD MUSTANG BOSS 302 4-SPEED Allen’s 1957 Classic Beauty | Old Car 1948 Buick Roadmaster Convertible 1956 Ford T-Bird 1959 Ford Thunderbird | Custom Classic Car