It was Motor Trend's Car of the Year
for 1966.
TORONADO by Oldsmobile
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1966-1967 Toronado
1968-1969 Toronado
1970 Toronado
We continue to rework our pages so they will load faster for those with
slower connections, and we have been able to reduce the size of the HTML
by over 50% on some pages, without removing any of the content.
November 15, 2008:
When it first appeared on the scene, it moved down the road with an aggressive
stance never seen before.
People stopped to watch it as it went by.
No one knew for certain what it was the first time they saw it.
But they knew they'd never seen anything like it before.
If you'd really rather have a Riviera, well now's your chance! In our largest
group publication to date, Automotive Mileposts has published all three
years of the first generation Rivieras: 1963, 1964, and 1965! So now you
can have a Riviera at AM! Our thanks to all those Riviera enthusiasts who
have waited so long for their car to be added to the site. We're still
plugging in some additional information, but we hope the wait was worth
it.
September 30, 2008:
We close out the month of September, the third quarter of 2008, and the
first group of Imperials with the publication of the 1966 Imperial section
today. This section is several years behind schedule, as we had to back
track and rewrite the HTML on many of our pages to improve their appearance
in a wide variety of browsers that didn't exist when the site was first
published. These rewrites also improved loading times for most of our visitors
as well.
We still have additional information to plug in here and there, and we
will be doing that between now and the end of the year, so look for new
things added to existing pages—as well as new features and articles—throughout
the site. We thank everyone for your patience during this time, it has
been very time consuming and we know people like to see new things when
they come to the site.
September 20, 2008:
We've been busily working on the 1966 Imperial section of the site, and
we must say these are quite incredible automobiles! What an assortment
of exterior finishes and interior trims to decipher! The good news is that
we're almost done, and its stylish arrival at Automotive Mileposts is imminent!
Hang in there, and prepare yourself for the incomparable 1966 Imperial!
April 5, 2008:
Over the past few weeks, we've been recoding our pages to change the way
they display in monitors. Some of you may have noticed this change, while
others likely have not. It all depends on your individual monitor settings.
Basically, we've changed the display width on most pages from a fixed one
to a fluid one. Most pages at AutomotiveMileposts.com are now set to display
using 95% of the width of your monitor, regardless of what resolution you
have it set at, or how large or small your monitor screen size physically
is.
This allows 2.5% on each side of the page, which we feel is a benefit to
you, as pages that are set for 100% go to the very edge of the screen on
both sides, which means sometimes links get inadvertently clicked when
the intent was to scroll down using the side scroll bar. This 2.5% gap
prevents that from happening, and makes it easier to determine where the
site content ends.
While it's impossible to design a site that displays exactly the same regardless
of monitor size, screen resolution, browser type, operating system, etc.,
we feel this change will be appreciated by our visitors who have larger
monitors and higher resolution settings.
AutomotiveMileposts.com is optimized for recent versions of Internet Explorer
(IE) and Firefox browsers, which are the two most popular universally.
Visitors using other browsers may not see the site as it was intended,
due to their browser. As of March 2008, 91.8% of our visitors were using
IE or Firefox as their browser. Opera, Netscape, and WebTV browsers accounted
for 4.1%, with the rest less than 1%. If you have browser settings that
aren't traditional, you may not experience some pages as they are intended
to be viewed. For instance, the 1964 Thunderbird Paint Codes (opens in this window; maximize page for proper effect and click back
arrow to return here after viewing), page has a unique background image
effect that allows the content on the page to float on top of it. If you
don't see this effect, it is likely your personal settings or use of a
browser other than IE or Firefox.
Please note that some pages are still set to a fixed width due to design
requirements that do not allow for a fluid width.
We appreciate the time your spend at Automotive Mileposts, and wanted to
take the time to explain why we do some of the things we do.
February 13, 2008:
The 1961 Imperial is finally online! Thanks to all for your patience. Actually,
patience doesn't even begin to describe it. Let's just say we deeply appreciate
your understanding. The good news is that the 1966 Imperial section is
well underway! All the pages are in the design stage, and our researchers
are almost finished compiling and verifying data. Look for them to come
online soon.
And what else is around the corner? Well, here's a hint:
Wouldn't you really rather have one?
October 20, 2007:
We are continuing to update current pages for faster loading, optimizing
images for a cleaner appearance and faster loading, as well as continue
research for the 1961 Imperial, 1966 Imperial, 1963 Riviera, and 1966 Toronado
sections.
Thank you for visiting Automotive Mileposts.
June 1, 2007:
During the past few months, we have continued to update the HTML code on
our pages. We've done hundreds of them during this period. By now, most should notice their favorite
pages load much faster due to these efforts. We are also adding more color
to some pages to make them more interesting, and are taking steps to have
a unique look that identifies all of the pages for a particular year and
model. Photos have been updated and new information and photos are being
added to pages that haven't been updated in some time.
Once we complete updating the older pages, new content will again be added
to the site. We apologize for the delays in adding new content, but we
felt we needed to deal with the issue of slow loading pages for our visitors
on slower connections. As we rework images, they will be optimized to load
quickly, however we will not sacrifice image quality in order to shave
a few seconds off loading time.
This is a very slow, somewhat tedious process and we appreciate your patience.
The Automotive Mileposts Staff
Please note: Some of the pages on this site are in the process of being updated, rewritten,
and recoded. Until everything has been addressed, old versions of these
pages may not appear properly in all browsers.
If you come across any broken links or anything else that you feel needs
attention, or that we may have overlooked, please let us know by sending
an E-mail to: techsupport@automotivemileposts.com
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