Friday, April 20, 2012

Junkyard Find: 1990 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo

The pre-1990 Troféo had a shorter trunk than today's Junkyard Find, but the same Buick V6 engine and not-so-great 1980s GM build quality. The General hoped to steal away some buyers of German luxury cars with the Troféo, but (as with so many of GM's plans of the era) sales were on the disappointing side.
I found this '90 Troféo in a Northern California self-service junkyard. My cousin from Minnesota was with me, and he said these things were once status symbols in his state (Minnesotans also loved the Buick Reatta)… but they've all rusted away by now.
The 3800 was quite reliable and fairly powerful, but not quite up to the smoothness level that earlier generations expected from their Rocket V8s.
This one doesn't have the very cool touchscreen instrument display, which is disappointing— I might have pulled it for my collection of weird instrument clusters.
11 - 1990 Oldsmobile Trofeo Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Murilee Martin' Greden 01 - 1990 Oldsmobile Trofeo Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Murilee Martin' Greden 02 - 1990 Oldsmobile Trofeo Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Murilee Martin' Greden 03 - 1990 Oldsmobile Trofeo Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Murilee Martin' Greden 04 - 1990 Oldsmobile Trofeo Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Murilee Martin' Greden 05 - 1990 Oldsmobile Trofeo Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Murilee Martin' Greden 06 - 1990 Oldsmobile Trofeo Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Murilee Martin' Greden 07 - 1990 Oldsmobile Trofeo Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Murilee Martin' Greden 08 - 1990 Oldsmobile Trofeo Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Murilee Martin' Greden 09 - 1990 Oldsmobile Trofeo Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Murilee Martin' Greden 10 - 1990 Oldsmobile Trofeo Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Murilee Martin' Greden



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