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Motor Trend pits three modern muscle cars against the exact classics that inspired their styling: a 2011 Camaro SS against a ’69 SS396, a 2011 Challenger SRT8 against its 1970 ancestor, and a new Shelby GT500 convertible against its late-60s forebear. The question isn’t which car looks better, it’s which one actually earns the name. Watch to see how each pairing shakes out.
This 1980 AMC AMX Spirit has fewer than 8,000 original miles and has never been restored, a rare combination for a car built the same decade AMC ceased to exist independently. Owner Bud Brick has kept the cardinal red paint and straight-six drivetrain untouched since taking ownership in 2011. Find out how a car this original survived this long.
This 1964 Pontiac Catalina Safari started its life as a police wagon, about as unglamorous an origin as a muscle car story gets. Owner Mike Artman rebuilt it around a Nelson Racing Engines 468 cubic inch big block, turning a fleet vehicle into a genuine tire-shredding performance wagon. Watch the burnout and decide if wagons deserve more respect.
Most drag strip wheelies last a heartbeat before the front end drops back down. Frank Soldridge’s didn’t, holding the nose up deep into a run that topped 196 miles per hour at the No Mercy 7 radial-tire drag event, one of the sport’s toughest traction tests. See how far a wheelstand can go before something has to give.
Chrysler engineers nicknamed the 426 the “elephant” for its sheer size, and it became the benchmark by which every other Mopar big block would be measured. This green Dodge Challenger puts a genuine 426 Hemi through a full-throttle half-mile acceleration run, captured raw with no narration, just launch and exhaust note. Turn the volume up before you watch.
Beyond the basics of oil changes and warm-ups, classic muscle cars need a few habits tailored to how differently they were built compared to modern daily drivers. Ethanol-blended gasoline can quietly damage decades-old fuel systems if the car sits between drives, and a battery left disconnected from a tender can die faster than expected on a car that isn’t driven daily. Small preventive steps like these are what separate a classic that stays reliable for decades from one that develops surprise problems.
Drag racing legend Don “Big Daddy” Garlits doesn’t lend his name to just anything, yet here he is introducing a one-of-one Dodge Challenger packing over 1,000 horsepower. The HellScat fuses two of Dodge’s performance sub-brands into a build that exists nowhere else, and it’s not headed for a museum. It’s going home with whoever wins the Dream Giveaway raffle.
Ford’s gamble on a four-seat Thunderbird could have been a flop, but by 1960 — the final year of the ‘Square Bird’ generation — it had become one of the smartest bets in the company’s history. We look at the styling that earned the nickname, the choice between a 352 and a 430 V8 under the hood, and the rare manual sunroof option that makes a handful of surviving ’60 Birds especially collectible today.
The 1968 Shelby GT500KR carried a name Carroll Shelby only used for a single model year, backed by a 428 Cobra Jet V8 that Ford badly undersold on paper. This vintage road test captures the car as period buyers actually saw it, not as a restored show piece decades later. See what made dealers scramble to keep one on the lot.
Car show exits are supposed to end with a rev, a tire chirp, and a crowd of phones held up to catch it. At an OKC Cars and Coffee, one Camaro driver’s attempt to make an exit went sideways in the most literal sense, crossing into oncoming traffic. Drive615 and videographer Josh Grubbs caught the whole thing on camera. See how a routine exit turned into a cautionary tale.
A supercharged third-generation Cadillac CTS-V, a Kenne Bell-blown Shelby GT500, and two separate 800-plus horsepower Dodge Hellcats all lined up in the same session — and somehow the Cadillac had a reputation worth defending. Street Car Video captured the full matchup as four of America’s meanest street builds settled things the only way that matters. See which one actually backed up the hype.
Not every viral driving clip is staged with a stunt coordinator standing just off camera. This compilation leans hard into the unscripted kind — moments where a driver pushed a car somewhere it had no business going, caught on camera with no safety net in sight. It’s raw, it’s uncomfortable, and it’s racked up nearly two million views for exactly that reason. Watch at your own risk.
Every car owner has lived through some version of the moment this mega compilation captures twenty times over — the smoke, the stall, the sound no engine should ever make. Originally sourced through Carthrottle and racking up over two million views, it’s equal parts comedy and cautionary tale for anyone who’s ever kept something old and powerful running. See how many of these you’ve lived through yourself.