Listing snapshot
| Spotted | November 2022 |
| Asking price | $3,900 |
| Location | Oak Creek, Wisconsin |
| Listed on | Craigslist, private seller |
| Drivetrain | Front-wheel drive |
| Status | Ad expired. This page is our archive of the listing. |
We spotted this 1992 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo on Milwaukee-area Craigslist in November 2022, listed by its owner in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, for $3,900. The ad is long gone. We keep the record because 1992 was the Toronado’s final year, and real asking prices for these cars are hard to find.
What this car was
A dark maroon two-door coupe with factory wheel covers, photographed on a parking lot next to an older full-size Oldsmobile. The paint looks even in the photo and the body lines are straight. The listing title said only “1992 Oldsmobile Toronado”, so we can’t confirm from the ad that this was a Trofeo, as our original page claimed.
The seller included a photo taken from underneath on a lift, showing the floor pans, exhaust and rear suspension. That is the right photo to ask for on any Wisconsin car, since road salt is the main enemy of these GM coupes. It shows some surface corrosion but no obvious holes.
Our old page did not list the mileage. The “2,769 miles” figure it quoted came from a magazine road test and had nothing to do with this car. Its engine details described the 1966 Toronado, not this one.
Was $3,900 a fair ask?
For a running final-year Toronado with a decent body, $3,900 was a modest ask. These coupes have never been expensive. What helps is the rarity of a clean one and the fact that the 3.8-liter V6 is durable and cheap to fix. What hurts is the electronics: many of these cars have tired dash displays and power accessories, and parts specific to the Toronado are getting hard to find.
A little Toronado history
The first Toronado of 1966 was the first American front-drive production car since the Cord of the 1930s, and it was Motor Trend’s Car of the Year. The fourth and final generation arrived for 1986, much smaller than before. For 1990 it was stretched and restyled, and the Trofeo carried on as the sporty version with leather buckets and a firmer suspension. All of them used a 3.8-liter V6 and a four-speed automatic, driving the front wheels. Production ended after 1992.
More cars from the archive
- Every Oldsmobile Toronado we’ve spotted, with asking prices
- 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais SL, another Oldsmobile
- 1990 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight Royale, another Oldsmobile
- 1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue, another Oldsmobile
- 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, another Oldsmobile
