Kiril

Two cars racing on a drag strip with spectators nearby.

Chevrolet Corvette C6 vs Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT 8 – Drag Race

A Corvette racing a three-row family SUV sounds like an easy call on paper, but the 2006-2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 hid a 420-horsepower Hemi under its ordinary sheet metal that made the outcome far closer than the horsepower numbers suggest. Between the LS2’s 4.1-second 0-60 time, the SRT8’s nearly ton-and-a-half weight disadvantage, and a four-wheel-drive launch advantage, this matchup has more layers than a typical drag strip mismatch. Read on to find out which car actually crosses the line first.

Bright green classic muscle car with hood open and modern wheels.

April Camaro of the Month: Adam Kappell’s 1973 Z/28 Type LT RS

by Kiril

Adam Kappell’s radiant green 1973 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Type LT RS pairs a track-focused performance package with Chevrolet’s plushest available trim, a combination most Z/28 buyers that year skipped entirely. With only 11,574 Z/28s built out of nearly 97,000 total Camaros for 1973, the odds of finding one dressed in luxury-level Type LT trim get slim fast. Read on to find out just how rare this particular build really is.

Classic orange muscle car parked outdoors under bright sunlight.

Ford Torino 1970 Fastback “Cobra Jet” “Drag Pack”

by Kiril

This 1970 Ford Torino Cobra carries Ford’s rare $155 Drag Pack option and a story that runs deeper than any spec sheet — passed down through Troy’s family after his father was killed in one of three identical Torinos he once owned. Read on to find out what made the Drag Pack version a genuine 13-second car, and just how few of them survive today.

Red Ford Mustang on an assembly line in a factory.

Ford Mustang gt350 Holes in Engine Explained, Brands Invests for Wind Tunnel Facility

by Kiril

Somebody spotted drain holes drilled right beside a Shelby GT350’s exhaust tips and couldn’t leave it alone online — the kind of detail that looks like a factory oversight until you remember Ford doesn’t do anything to its most exotic V8 by accident. The Voodoo 5.2-liter engine’s flat-plane crankshaft lets it rev to 8,250 rpm and make 526 horsepower without a turbo in sight. Read on to find out why those holes are there on purpose.

Classic yellow and black vintage muscle car parked outdoors.

Best of the Disco Era,‘70s Cars and Style at HOT ROD Power Tour 2017

by Kiril

HOT ROD Power Tour 2017 rolled from Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City to Iowa Speedway and the Davenport fairgrounds, and the cars stealing the show belonged to the 1970s: the last high-compression muscle of the early decade and the blower-scooped, white-letter-tired street machines that followed. The decade Detroit almost gave up on turned out to be the crowd favorite. Read on to find out why ’70s survivors and tributes drew the tightest crowds on the tour.

Red Buick sedan driving on a road near a wall.

2018 Buick Regal GS Debuts with More Power, Aggressive Styling

by Kiril

The 2018 Buick Regal GS trades the traditional sedan shape for a Sportback liftback body and adds a twin-clutch rear differential more commonly found on sports coupes. A 310-horsepower V6, Brembo brakes, and a HiPer Strut front suspension round out a genuine engineering commitment rather than a badge-only performance package. Read on to see why Buick is chasing a very different kind of buyer with this one.

Classic white pickup truck parked outdoors on a sunny day.

Ford F100 1968 Street Truck

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Ford built the 1968 F-100 to survive job sites and farms, never imagining it would become one of the most requested platforms in the street truck community decades later. Read on to find out how Ford’s Twin I-Beam suspension changed the ride quality game, and why this generation’s proportions still work with a lowered stance and a built V8.

Dodge Coronet 1966 – 426 Hemi

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Chrysler built roughly 738 Hemi Coronets across the entire 1966 lineup, and this one carries a combination rare enough that plenty of lifelong Mopar guys have never seen one in person. Under unassuming sheet metal sits a genuine numbers-matching 426 Street Hemi and four-speed, a pairing that cost the original buyer nearly a thousand dollars and scared off almost everyone else. Read on to find out just how thin that production number really gets.

Classic red vintage car parked on a scenic road at sunset.

Ford Fairlane 1964 Thunderbolt – Toughness, Meet Drivability

by Kiril

A Ford engineer’s idea of a headline about comfort turns out to be one of the driving world’s best jokes — this 1964 Fairlane Thunderbolt had its heater, sun visors, and even a windshield wiper removed in the name of speed. Built in tiny numbers purely to dominate NHRA Super Stock, it terrified rivals with a horsepower figure Ford never fully admitted to. Read on to find out what was really hiding under that fiberglass hood, and what a real one costs to own today.

Woman with sunglasses sitting on a vintage car's hood.

The Buick Riviera: The Personal Luxury Coupe Two GM Divisions Turned Down First

by Kiril

Before Buick ever got its hands on the Riviera’s shape, it was turned down by both Cadillac and Chevrolet, two divisions with far flashier reputations. What Buick built instead became one of GM’s most quietly potent personal luxury cars, eventually packing a 455-cid V8 good for over 500 lb-ft of torque. Read on to find out why the flashier divisions walked away, and how a Buick ended up out-muscling cars it was never supposed to compete with.

Classic black pickup truck with chrome details in showroom.

1978 Dodge D150 Warlock: Detroit’s Factory-Built ‘Adult Toy’ Truck

by Kiril

This 1978 Dodge D150 Warlock traded work-truck practicality for gold pinstripes, real oak bed rails, and bucket seats, part of Dodge’s factory-customized ‘Adult Toys’ lineup aimed at buyers who wanted a pickup with attitude. Few of these survive in good condition today. Read on to find out what made the Warlock different from every other truck on the lot.

Two classic American muscle cars parked outdoors on a sunny day.

Dodge Challenger 1973 vs. Chevrolet Camaro 1973

by Kiril

By 1973 the original muscle car war was already over, and this Challenger-versus-Camaro pairing shows exactly how each company handled the retreat. Dodge dropped its six-cylinder but lost every big-block option in the process, while Chevrolet quietly kept a spread of 350 V8s alive. Read on to find out which nameplate blinked first — and why survivors from this unglamorous model year are finally getting collector attention.

Red sports car with a large engine modification displayed indoors.

Chevrolet Corvette C6 – 3800hp Supercharged

by Kiril

A modified C6 Corvette is laying down eighth-mile passes in under four seconds at 193 mph, numbers that belong to professional doorslammer classes rather than a car still wearing a production body. Getting there means a built bottom end, forced induction stacked in ways most street builds never attempt, and a fuel system built to survive numbers most engines can only dream about. Read on to find out what it actually takes — and what it costs — to push a small-block Corvette platform into four-digit horsepower territory.

A classic red and white 1950s car parked outdoors.

1958 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe in Sierra Gold

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Marc Vernon’s 1958 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe, finished in Sierra Gold and owned since 2014, represents a body style Chevrolet built for exactly one model year before redesigning the Impala entirely. Fans call it the Baby Cadillac for its Cadillac-rivaling chrome and presence. Watch to see why this one-year-only design still stops strangers in their tracks.

Classic silver Porsche parked on a driveway beside a house.

Pontiac Firebird 1979 Formula

by Kiril

1979 was the biggest sales year the Firebird ever had, and the Formula sat in an interesting spot between the budget-focused Esprit and the flashier Trans Am. This example carries the shaker hood and dual exhaust that made Formula buyers feel like they’d gotten the enthusiast’s Firebird without paying Trans Am prices. Read on to find out what made 1979 such a pivotal year for the second-generation Firebird lineup.

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