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Title: Ya learn something every day
Post by: Thunder Chicken on August 25, 2005, 10:16:44 PM

I just read the first issue of Motor Trend Classic, and I learned something about my one of my favourite GM cars: The Oldsmobile Tornado is actually called a "Toronado". I've read countless articles about the car including Jay Leno's LS6-powered, RWD-converted one, but I never before noticed that extra "o" in there. Apparently GM did not have rights to use the word "Tornado". Strange...

Title: Re: Ya learn something every day
Post by: TurboCoupe50 on August 25, 2005, 10:45:45 PM

I've never heard them refered to anything other than a Toro-nad-o. I rember them being introduced('66 I think), thats what they were advertised as... Not Tornados..

Title: Re: Ya learn something every day
Post by: 5.0willgo on August 26, 2005, 07:28:28 AM

I've known that they're called a Toronado but I still like to call them a Tornado. Toronado has too many syllables for me :crazy:

Title: Re: Ya learn something every day
Post by: baxo on August 26, 2005, 07:36:57 AM

Well since I have the word "Toronto" lodged in by brain Toronado was natural.

Title: Re: Ya learn something every day
Post by: CougarSE on August 26, 2005, 12:41:42 PM

Quote from: baXo

Well since I have the word "Toronto" lodged in by brain Toronado was natural.

Silly Canadian.

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