Welcome to Paper Jam, the feature where we highlight the best automotive advertisements from the past! Print might…
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Jay Leno says "if Oldsmobile would have built this thing, they'd still be in business". He also screams like a child…
[This press shot for the 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon Brougham – dig that 'not a hatch' fastback rear – for some reason includes an Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 CanAm car, as far as I can tell. Here is one picture of the suspected Alfa in similar guise from AlfaBB, and here's a general history of the Tipo 33.]
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More headroom than the Volvo 242! A longer wheelbase than the VW Dasher! Crypto-fastback styling!
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