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Car airborne after jumping a block at high speed.

Buick La Sabre Trying to be the General Lee

by Wes

A full-size Buick LeSabre goes fully airborne off a dirt backroad in this raw, uncredited clip from carjumper2008 — footage that sat largely unwatched for seventeen years before YouTube’s algorithm finally surfaced it to a new audience. Audible walkie-talkie chatter suggests a lookout was posted for police during the unsanctioned stunt, and the LeSabre’s soft, comfort-tuned suspension makes the landing look far more dramatic than it should. Watch to see exactly how a car built for quiet highway cruising handles a jump it was never designed for.

1971 Buick GS Stage 1 parked outdoors under daylight.

1971 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 Automatic Convertible

by Wes

Episode 184 of Muscle Car of the Week features a showroom-fresh, triple-black 1971 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 convertible — one of the highest-torque muscle cars Detroit built that year, wrapped in a color combination viewers still call ‘sweet’ decades later. Commenters are already asking whether a Buick Grand National might be hiding in the same collection. Watch to see what else made this car Buick’s cleanest case for muscle and luxury coexisting.

A shiny black classic Chevrolet Nova car with chrome wheels.

Top Three Tips for Buying a Classic Muscle Car!

by Kiril

Beyond checking door jambs, underbody condition, and body straightness, seasoned buyers know two more things separate a solid classic muscle car from an expensive mistake: verified numbers-matching VIN, engine, and axle codes, and a genuine paper trail of receipts and build sheets. Rust often hides in floor pans, trunk floors, and frame rails, spots a flashlight and magnet reveal faster than a quick walk-around ever will.

A vintage gold Dodge car parked on a city street with people in the background.

Guess the year, make and model!

by Kiril

A dusty photo of a gold fastback with hidden headlights is stirring debate among readers trying to nail the exact year and model. The shape hints at Dodge’s most iconic body style of the muscle car era, but the details that separate one model year from the next are surprisingly easy to miss. See if your eye is as sharp as you think.

Illustration of sneakers and a blister patch on a foot.

10 Awesome Techniques to Become a Skilled Driver

by Wes

Most drivers pick up their license without ever learning why a car understeers, how to recover from a skid, or what heel-toe downshifting actually accomplishes — skills that separate merely operating a car from truly controlling one. This rundown breaks down the driving techniques rarely taught in standard instruction, from defensive driving fundamentals to handbrake turns, and explains which ones are worth practicing and which belong on a closed course only. Read on to find out where the real gaps in most drivers’ education actually are.

Orange 1969 Plymouth Road Runner 440 muscle car on display.

Breakdown/Review: 1969 1/2 Plymouth Road Runner A12 Six Barrel

by Wes

Plymouth only offered this exact combination for a few months before moving on, which is precisely why the A12 Road Runner remains one of the most talked-about mid-year muscle cars ever built. Wearing Vitamin C Orange paint straight from The Brothers Collection, this particular 440 Six Barrel car represents a stopgap Chrysler engineered on the fly to answer a very specific rival. Watch to find out what problem this car was actually built to solve.

View from inside a car driving on a winding road labeled Autocross 3.

70 Dodge Challenger on Autobahn POV

by Wes

Most 1970 Dodge Challengers spend their lives on quiet Saturday cruise nights, never once seeing triple-digit speeds. This one runs the German Autobahn regularly, camera and speedo mounted for anyone brave enough to watch the needle climb. Viewers keep coming back to a very specific complaint about this car in the comments, and once you hear the engine screaming near 140 mph, you’ll understand exactly why.

A classic maroon Pontiac GTO parked on a driveway.

Hot or Not?

by Kiril

A maroon 1964 Pontiac GTO sits parked in a driveway, paint dulled but the shape unmistakable — the car that kicked off the entire muscle car era in one $295 option package. Was this one built with the rare Tri-Power 348-horse setup, or the standard 325-horse 389? Only a look under the hood and a check of the build tags will tell. Either way, a survivor Goat like this is worth stopping for.

Two classic cars racing on a drag strip, a yellow convertible and a red coupe.

Supra vs American muscle A fast & furious like Drag race

by Wes

A built Toyota Supra and an American muscle car line up for a real-world grudge race that keeps drawing comparisons to a famous movie line about owing someone a ten-second car. Between an old-school helmet, a mid-race turbo surge, and a joke about a factory sunroof, this Import 2 Race upload turned into one of the closer calls on either side of the muscle-versus-import divide. Watch to see who actually crossed first.

Close-up of a classic Pontiac GTO grille with emblem.

Riding Shotgun With Michelle Rodriguez: 1968 Pontiac GTO

by Wes

Ken Hurst and Dwight Giles of the Bay Area Engine Modelers brought a fully functional 6.3 cubic inch OHV V8 to the 2012 Goodguys West Coast Nationals — supercharged, running on nitro, and producing 16 horsepower from a displacement that fits in the palm of your hand. More than 1.1 million people have watched the footage since, and the sound it makes explains why. This is what genuine machining craftsmanship looks like when the goal is a muscle car engine at roughly one-third scale.

Classic drag racing cars line up on a sunny street, ready for a race.

Top Gear: Drag Racing In Gainesville: Mustang vs Chevy vs Mopar

by Wes

Three Top Gear US hosts, three different American muscle cars – Tanner Foust’s 1967 Shelby GT500, Adam Ferrara’s 1968 Camaro, and Rutledge Wood’s 1972 Charger SE – and one run down Gainesville Raceway turn into a genuinely unpredictable drag race, decided by gear ratios and track position as much as horsepower. Viewers are still debating a specific moment around 1:23 where the running order flipped. Watch to see whether the fastest car on paper actually crosses the line first.

A dramatic car crash captured from a dashcam on a highway.

Camaro Destroyed In A Massive Crash During A $10,000 Grudge Drag Race!

by Wes

A $10,000 Facebook argument between two racers turned into a real grudge match at No Prep Mayhem in Wichita, and it didn’t end the way anyone expected. David Hildebrand’s Camaro took a hit that should have sent him to the hospital instead of just the scrapyard, and what he did in the minutes after says more about him than the crash does. Between a body shop billboard, a debris-dodging cameraman, and a driver who paid up without complaint, this one has more layers than a typical wreck video. See how it all played out.

Classic black muscle car driving on a suburban street.

Guess the year, make and model!

by Kiril

Guessing a classic Dodge Charger’s exact year isn’t as easy as it looks, the nameplate has gone through eight distinct generations since 1966, some barely three years apart. Hidden headlights, split grilles, and that famous ‘Coke-bottle’ body line each belong to a different era of the car’s identity. The second generation alone became a pop culture icon thanks to The Dukes of Hazzard. See how many of the details in this photo you can place.

Classic purple muscle car parked indoors.

Guess the year, make and model!

by Kiril

This purple two-door might look like just another vintage Mopar, but its shape hides a story about Detroit’s last stand before emissions regulations changed muscle cars forever. Fewer than 13,000 of this exact performance trim were built in its final full-strength year, and even fewer wore its rarest one-year-only styling package. Can you guess what’s parked here before reading on?

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