The late Toronado belongs to the phase when American personal luxury cars had moved away from the sharp experimentation of the late 1960s and into something softer, heavier and more formal. That makes the XS interesting, because it was one of the few attempts to give the final-generation Toronado a more distinctive identity. The special rear glass treatment and roofline set it apart from the standard Brougham, and while the model itself is not especially scarce in the broader collector market, the XS package is uncommon enough to matter when a genuine survivor turns up.

This 1978 example is being offered as one of those survivors. The seller describes it as an XS with only 42,500 original miles, fresh from 28 years of barn storage, and still wearing its original paint and interior. The photos support that story reasonably well. The white exterior, vinyl roof, broad chrome, padded cloth interior and complete engine bay all suggest a car that has aged in place rather than being cosmetically taken apart and redone. The cabin in particular looks unusually intact for this type of American coupe, and the engine compartment has the kind of honest, unstyled presentation that fits the seller’s claim of long storage and recent recommissioning rather than full restoration. The original books are also a meaningful plus on a car like this.

The important point is that this is not interesting because a late Toronado is inherently exotic, but because a limited-package car of this type appears to have survived with unusual integrity. The seller says the car runs and drives well, that everything works, and that recent work has included a battery, brake master cylinder, muffler, coolant hoses and fluids. Even so, the usual checks still matter: the quality of the original paint, the real condition of the vinyl roof, the age of soft components beyond what has already been replaced, and whether the low-mileage claim is supported by the overall wear pattern and documentation. If those points hold up, this is the kind of large American coupe that makes more sense as a preserved survivor than it ever would as a restored showpiece. Find it for sale at $21,500 here in Spokane, WA.