1965 Oldsmobile 442 Option Package The GTO having received GM corporate sanction, Oldsmobile followed suit with a big-engine 442. The B09 option was renamed 442, and price was lowered to $190.45 for F-85s and $156.02 for Cutlasses. The new 400 in³ (6.6 L) engine became standard, and the definition of "442" was restated as 400 cubic inches, 4-barrel carburetor, 2 exhausts. Output for the big engine rose to 345 hp and 440 ft·lbf. Standard transmission became a three-speed manual, with the four-speed optional, and Oldsmobile's two-speed Jetaway automatic transmission was added as an alternative.
Car and Driver tested a 1965 442 with the four-speed manual and obtained a quarter mile acceleration of 15.0 seconds at 98 mph; 0 to 60 was listed as 5.5 seconds. Car Life's automatic '65 ran the quarter mile in 15.5 seconds at 89 mph, with a 0 to 60 time of 7.8 seconds. Sales rose to 25,003.
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