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Hurst set out to build 50 of these R-Code Mustangs and only finished 16, making this Oxford White and Gold example one of the rarest modern muscle cars around. A Kenne Bell supercharger nearly doubles the stock Coyote V8’s output to a claimed 750 horsepower. It still carries the trademark Hurst shifter with the white ball that’s defined the brand for decades. Here’s what makes this particular build so hard to find.
An SS badge on a 1970 Chevelle didn’t guarantee a big-block underneath, the package spanned everything from a mild 350 up to the 450-horsepower LS6 454. This particular car runs a built, bored-out 350 with an Edelbrock carburetor, putting it in small-block territory rather than the big-block wars the model year is best remembered for. 1970 was the peak year for Chevelle performance options across the board. Here’s where a car like this actually fits.
Burt Reynolds sold more than one ‘Bandit’ Trans Am over the years, and each auction seemed to top the last. This black tribute car, built around a 600-plus horsepower Butler Performance engine, brought $275,000 at Barrett-Jackson, with Reynolds himself on hand to help push the bidding higher. Later Bandit cars from his collection would sell for even more. Here’s why the price kept climbing.
Every muscle car fan has felt exactly what that meme is poking fun at: the gap between loving these cars and actually affording one. A real restoration isn’t a weekend project, it’s a five-figure commitment before the engine even turns over. Shop labor alone can run over $100 an hour, before parts, rust repair, and insurance enter the picture. Here’s what actually stands between admiring a muscle car and owning one.
Muscle cars have always been about power, but traction? Not so much. Enter the 2017 Dodge Challenger GT, breaking the mold as the first AWD muscle car. No more blaming the rear-wheel-drive when you fail to impress at the lights—now you can conquer snowy streets with the same gusto as dry asphalt. Who knew muscle could also mean control? It’s like giving a bodybuilder a pair of ballet shoes and watching magic happen.
A 1956 Chevy 210 might look like a straight factory restoration from the outside, but underneath it’s running gear that didn’t exist for another 50 years. Art Morrison’s GT Sport chassis and a modern LS V8 turn a vintage grocery-getter into something that handles like a contemporary sports car. It’s one of the most common upgrade paths in the Tri-Five Chevy world today. Here’s why builders keep reaching for this exact combination.
Factory horsepower ratings from the muscle car era weren’t always straight answers. Some engines were tested without accessories to inflate the number; others were deliberately underrated to dodge insurance men and racing bans. That means a handful of ‘weaker’ cars on paper were the real street fighters of their day. Here’s what those bragging-rights figures were actually hiding.
Ford received more than 6,800 applications for just 500 build slots on the new Ford GT, and it hand-selected every buyer. Jay Leno’s history with Ford’s original 2005 GT helped make his case, and when his ,000 Shadow Black and Competition Orange car finally showed up, he unveiled it himself, camera in hand.
The Dodge Demon grabbed the headlines at the 2017 New York Auto Show, but it wasn’t competing in a vacuum. Lincoln stripped 200 pounds from a full-size SUV, Honda became the first automaker to offer electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen versions of the same car, and Land Rover introduced an entirely new model tier.
A four-door family sedan that runs an NHRA-certified 11.0-second quarter mile sounds like a contradiction, until you look at what Dodge actually built for the 2016 Charger SRT Hellcat. Two ignition keys, 707 horsepower, and a reinforced 8-speed transmission changed what a family car could mean. One Hellcat owner liked it so much he bought two.
The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon didn’t just chase a horsepower number, it chased a launch force so extreme that Dodge needed physics, not marketing, to explain it. Only 3,000 were built for the U.S., each riding on drag radials as standard equipment. Here’s what actually happens in the half-second after the trans-brake releases, and why the numbers still stun muscle car fans years later.