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This 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 has earned the nickname ‘Christine’ at car shows, but the story behind it has nothing to do with Stephen King. Buried in that year’s order sheet was an $83 option most buyers never checked — one that turned a comfortable family sedan into one of Detroit’s quickest full-size cars. Read on to find out what made it tick.
Ten years before Detroit’s muscle car era officially kicked off, Oldsmobile was already putting a genuinely powerful V8 into an affordable full-size car. The 1955 Super 88 paired a 202-horsepower Rocket V8 with an advanced four-speed automatic transmission most competitors couldn’t match. It’s one of the quieter chapters in muscle car history, and one worth knowing.