1971 Oldsmobile 442

1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 W-30 â?" documented W-30 car with 455ci V8, TH400, and black-on-black bucket seat interior Why This Car Is Special The 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 W-30 sits at a specific crossroads in American muscle car history that no other car occupies. This was the last year the 4-4-2 existed as its own standalone model. Starting in 1972, Oldsmobile demoted the 4-4-2 to an appearance package on the Cutlass Supreme â?" a trim level, not a separate model. That decision makes every legitimate 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 a documented endpoint, and makes a W-30 car from that year something considerably rarer. To understand what the W-30 package meant, you have to go back to how Oldsmobile built it. The W-30 was not simply a cold-air induction add-on.