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Car News Central takes on one of the most argued-over questions in the hobby: which engines are the greatest Ford ever built? From the flathead V8 and the Le Mans-winning big-blocks to the modern Coyote, the countdown weighs nostalgia against raw capability — and is guaranteed to leave off somebody’s favorite. It is the kind of list that starts a friendly fight. Watch to see the picks and where you disagree.
Lou Costabile stumbles onto a MOPAR fan’s dream in Chicago: a 1970 Plymouth Superbird in Vitamin C orange parked beside a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona in Spring Green Metallic — both winged Aero Warriors, both packing the legendary 426 Hemi. Owner Tom Lembeck walks through what actually separates these two NASCAR-bred cousins. Seeing both together with Hemi power is nearly impossible. Watch to learn the differences.
Alux.com digs into fifteen facts about Chevrolet that even devoted fans tend to get wrong — from who actually founded the company and who owns it today, to the most expensive Corvette, the priciest Camaro, and the fastest Chevy ever built. It is a fast-moving trivia tour of a brand hiding more surprises than its familiar bowtie suggests. Watch to see how many you already knew.
Muscle car culture has its own unwritten list of exceptions — moments where normally reckless behavior gets a free pass simply because of the car doing it. This piece looks at where that running joke comes from and why this particular meme format keeps resurfacing across the community year after year.
Some of the most serious classic car collections in the country don’t belong to executives or professional racers — they belong to comedians. This piece digs into why stand-up and car collecting attract the same kind of obsessive personality, and what actually makes a car someone’s genuine favorite.
Shawn Baca’s diesel truck, Silver Pearl, had already run 1,400 horsepower and 10-second quarters before its block cracked — so he filled the block with cement, bolted on the biggest turbo and injectors he could, and chased 2,000 horsepower on the dyno. On the third spool attempt, a massive nitrous hit at low boost turned the whole thing into a fireball. Watch to see just how big the flames got at No Zone Diesel.
This photo shows one of the rarest engine configurations in the entire first-generation Thunderbird lineup — but figuring out which of the three model years it belongs to takes more than a glance at the fins. This piece breaks down the production numbers and the supercharged engine option built for barely 1,500 cars.
That old meme comparing a subtly lowered classic to a modern stance build isn’t just a joke about changing trends — it’s a debate with real, tangled history behind it. Some trace lowered cars back to racetrack physics, others to 1940s taildragger customs, and still others to 1980s Japanese street culture. This piece untangles where stance actually came from.
A man who owns a Lamborghini Murcielago, a Ferrari, a Porsche, a Mercedes SLS and an Audi R8 lines them all up — then does a smoky burnout in a supercharged Camaro right in front of them. It is a flex, a joke and a love letter to American muscle all at once, and the supercharger whine makes it unforgettable. Watch to see why the Camaro got the spotlight over a garage full of exotics.