24. What Puts The 4, 4, and 2 in Oldsmobile 442?
For most of its life, it was merely an option on the F-85 and Cutlass models. But between 1968 and 1971, the Oldsmobile 442 was its own model and generated enough buzz to become a legendary muscle car. The 442 was originally written out with dashes in between each number, like 4-4-2, and is pronounced ‘Four Four Two’. This identifier came from the muscle car’s four barrel carburetor, four-speed emission and dual exhaust.