Built for use as an emergency vehicle, the Mini-Toronado measured less than 159 inches in overall length. It was equipped with a number of special features to help extract cars from snow-clogged parking lots. (source: Journey with Olds).

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Wow, nearly 60 people check out the thread and not even one commment.
I thought it was kind of funny, seeing a HUGE Olds Toronado chopped down to exactly the same length as a Crossfire.
True, it's uglier than a a Pontiac Aztek, but I thought somebody would get a kick out of it.
Oh well.

 

Thats a misshapen lady right der...

My dad has owned two Toronados, both being 1967 models. They were fantastic cars. Amazing power, great engineering, and luxury features that set a bench mark. My dad still has one, but lost interest in it after he got back from Afghanistan. So we go start every couple of months, let the motor cycle and hope someone will spot and want to buy it lol.

 

first thing I thought of was this was a 1967 Crossfire. LOL! Now I KNOW where Eric got the idea to design the Cross. Influenced by this and the Gremlin, and the Javelin all at the same time, and MB told him you've got to put it on an SLK platform.