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Car and Driver’s own testing crowned the 1965 Shelby Cobra 427 the quickest car of the 1960s at 4.3 seconds to sixty, edging out legends like the Hemi Charger and Corvette 427 further down the list. Period testing standards were far looser than today’s, with factory-tuned engines and sticky rubber skewing plenty of these numbers. Still, this list captures exactly how far a handful of cars pushed acceleration in a decade that had no rulebook for it yet.
Spiro Pappas’ 1969 Camaro isn’t just another big-block build — with a Sonny’s-headed billet 548-cubic-inch engine and twin 88mm turbochargers, it made 2,200 horsepower on the dyno before spending the entire 2008 NMCA season proving it could actually race that hard. Fast Times built this thing to survive full-throttle abuse, not just impress a camera for one pull. The numbers are almost hard to believe. Watch the dyno pull to see exactly what 2,200 horsepower looks like leaving a stock-bodied Camaro.
Dodge didn’t send ordinary Chargers to the 1967 International Auto Show — it sent cars like this one, loaded with the 426 Hemi and built to represent the absolute peak of what the new fastback could be. Muscle Car of the Week pulls this rare, well-documented example straight from The Brothers Collection to explain exactly what made a factory show car different from anything a dealer could order. It’s a piece of Dodge’s own marketing history, preserved in metal. Watch to see what a genuine 1967 Hemi show car actually looked like up close.
No need to guess on this one — those four-foot tailfins and bullet taillights only belong to a single model year, and it’s the wildest one Detroit ever produced. Cadillac’s 1959 convertibles came in two very different flavors, one nearly ten times more common than the other, both riding on a freshly enlarged 390-cubic-inch V8. Here’s what separates the two, and why this single model year still defines just how far American car styling was willing to go.
This yellow Chevy C10 wears a badge with nearly three decades of Chevrolet truck history behind it, spanning three distinct generations from 1960 through 1987. Depending on the exact year, it could be running anything from a modest inline-six to a genuine big-block V8. What began as a practical workhorse has become one of the most collectible trucks around, thanks in part to how easy these are to keep on the road. A clean survivor like this one is worth a serious look.
This unassuming red 1967 Mustang isn’t just another pony car cruising a sunny street. Pop the hood and you’ll find an S-code 390, the big-block Ford built specifically to finally give the Mustang some real muscle. Rated at 320 horsepower from FE-series roots that trace back to Le Mans-winning GT40s, the S-code turned Ford’s secretary’s special into a genuine performance machine almost overnight. It remains one of the most overlooked bargains in the classic Mustang world today.
A rendering promising 435 horsepower and a return to showrooms is exactly the kind of story muscle car fans want to believe, but does the paper trail back it up? We dug into where the 2017 Ford Torino revival rumor actually came from, and the answer says as much about internet car culture as Ford’s real plans. Along the way, we revisit what made the real Torino GT and Cobra genuinely special the first time around.
In 1966, Oldsmobile did something no major American automaker had risked in decades — it built a full-size personal luxury coupe around front-wheel drive and a 425-cubic-inch V8. Hagerty’s Stefan Lombard heads to the Lingenfelter Collection to break down what makes the Toronado a genuine engineering landmark, and what buyers need to watch for before chasing one down today. It’s not your typical muscle-era classic. Watch to see why this front-drive gamble still matters to collectors nearly six decades later.
Move-out day at the 2012 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in Chicago wasn’t supposed to be the highlight — until one supercharged big-block Corvette fired up in the parking lot and stopped everyone in their tracks. Deep custom paint, aggressive wheels, and a blower pushing through the hood made it stand out even among genuine Daytonas and Superbirds. Sometimes the best moment at a car show happens after the judging is already done. Watch and listen to find out why this one turned heads on the way out the door.
When Dodge revived the Challenger nameplate in 2008, it built a modern car faithful enough to stand next to a real 1970 original and still look like family. This comparison is not about which one wins on paper — it is a hands-on look from an owner who actually drives both, weighing carbureted simplicity against modern muscle. Two Challengers, four decades apart, one enduring shape. Watch to see which one actually feels more like the car Dodge originally built.
The Coyote versus Hemi debate gets settled the only way that actually counts on Modern Muscle: an owner-driven 2016 Mustang GT 5.0 lines up against the host’s own Dodge Challenger R/T 5.7 for a street race, followed by burnouts. Both cars chase the same goal with completely different engineering philosophies, and both have loyal owners ready to argue their case. See which naturally aspirated V8 actually wins the straight line.
A 970 horsepower turbocharged Mustang making a 140 mile per hour pull on a Texas street ends the way these clips usually do — with lights in the mirror. Pulled from 1320video’s Texas Streets The Hunt DVD series, this encounter earned a reputation among viewers as one of the more memorable police stops the series ever captured. See how it plays out once the driver actually pulls over.
The 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme convertible is easy to mistake for one of its GM intermediate cousins — until you learn how rare the drop-top actually was and how wild the engine lineup could get. Oldsmobile built just 10,255 Cutlass Supreme convertibles that year, offering everything from a mild inline-six to a thundering 455 cubic inch big-block. It’s a car built to reward a closer look, not a quick guess.