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Car Confections put the 2018 Ford Mustang GT and Chevrolet Camaro SS through a full head-to-head test, weighing horsepower, handling, styling, and interior space rather than just a stopwatch. The two rivals turned out closer than either fanbase expected, ending in a verdict that satisfied almost nobody in the comments. With the Camaro now discontinued, this comparison captures a rivalry that will never get a rematch in quite the same form. Watch to see which category actually decided the tie.
A Dodge Demon running on pump gas, street tires, and every seat still installed lines up against a McLaren 720S — twice — in a roll race that is closer than the spec sheets suggest it should be. Drone footage captures both runs from directly overhead, the angle that best shows exactly when one car starts pulling away. Watch both races to see whether the Demon’s raw power can make up for giving away every other advantage.
In 2016, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety put three iconic American muscle coupes through its full crash test battery — and none of them earned a Top Safety Pick award. The results reignited a debate that’s still running in the comments years later: is muscle car styling fundamentally at odds with occupant protection, or is the real problem driver behavior and lax licensing standards? Watch to see exactly where each car came up short.
A brand-new 2018 Widebody Hellcat Challenger ran into trouble before its first day of ownership was even over, and the reaction from viewers split fast between sympathy and skepticism about how serious the problem actually was. Long Island commenters recognized the neighborhood from the footage and turned the replies into an impromptu regional meetup thread. Watch to see exactly what went wrong, and how big a deal it really turned out to be.
The 2013 Chrysler 300 SRT8 wears no hood scoop, no rear wing, and nothing that separates it visually from the six-cylinder rental-lot version parked next to it. Then you step on the gas, and a 470-horsepower 6.4-liter Hemi puts a lot of imported performance machinery in the rearview mirror. Launch control, three suspension modes, and a 175 mph top end round out one of the best sleeper sedans Detroit ever built. Read on to find out what makes it work.
A rumor claiming Ford is bringing back the Torino with 435 horsepower and rear-wheel drive has circulated across enthusiast forums, but there’s no official statement from Ford anywhere backing it up. The real story is better than the rumor: the original Torino Cobra packed a 428 Cobra Jet V8 and a genuine NASCAR pedigree. Read on to find out where this rumor actually came from.
One owner, two generations of the same nameplate: this Autofocus.ca segment pairs a genuine early Dodge Challenger with a modern successor, both owned by the same person. Rather than settling for a manufacturer-style verdict, the comparison digs into what actually changed — and what didn’t — across nearly fifty years of the same badge. Watch to hear the case made by someone who never had to choose between them.
Mike Finnegan trades his own garage for a seat at Kaase Racing Engines, where a 5.0L Coyote wearing a Borla individual throttle body stack gets strapped to the dyno with Holley’s Robin Lawrence on tuning duty. The pull produces serious torque and a number that has commenters guessing all over the place. Watch to see what the Coyote made, and what it cost to get there.
Ryan’s Mustang looks like an ordinary, clean S550 until you learn it’s making 930 wheel-horsepower through a fully built motor and Procharger supercharger, built for everything from weekend blasts to half-mile racing. Gears and Gasoline rides along to find out what that much power actually feels like from the passenger seat — fuel economy be damned, by the driver’s own admission. Viewers have called it one of the best sleeper builds they’ve seen on the platform. Watch to find out what 1000 horsepower is really like.
In spring 2017, Dodge fitted a factory production Challenger with hardware normally reserved for professional dragsters – a trans brake capable of building 534 lb-ft of launch torque via its Torque Reserve system. With 840 horsepower on 100-octane fuel, a driver’s seat as the only seat that came standard, and a production cap of just 3,300 units, the Demon reportedly ran too quick for NHRA certification without a roll cage. Read on to find out how the technology actually works.
Speed Academy toured GM’s Tonawanda, New York engine plant to see how the 650-horsepower LT4 V8 — the most powerful engine General Motors had built at the time — comes together on the line. It’s less a robot showcase than a portrait of the people who build it, several of whom show up in the comments with decades of their own history at the plant. The video even flags its own footage: the crankshafts shown mid-tour are for the 5.3-liter EcoTec3 truck engine, not the LT4. Watch to see where a Z06’s heart is actually made.
CNET’s Roadshow crew spent a day in the California desert with two of Chevrolet’s angriest Corvettes, working their way from a Z06 up to the 755-horsepower 2018 ZR1. What stands out isn’t just the numbers — it’s how composed the car stays past 150 mph, with driver and passenger carrying on a conversation like they’re cruising the highway. It’s the last front-engine Corvette flagship before the mid-engine era arrived. Watch to see what 160 mph looks like from the passenger seat.
Muscle car. Pony car. Most enthusiasts use the terms interchangeably, and most of the time nobody calls them on it. This breakdown draws an actual line between the two categories — one built around a big engine stuffed into a mid-size body, the other built around an affordable, sporty compact platform that started with the 1964 Ford Mustang. The difference turns out to matter more than you’d think.
MotorTrend pits a numbers-matching 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge against a twin-turbo, 750-horsepower 2006 GTO inside Ken Lingenfelter’s personal collection, then asks a simple question with no easy answer: which one would you actually want to drive? The Judge brings 1969 history and mechanical honesty; the modern car brings more than double the factory horsepower. Watch the comment section split right down generational lines.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety put a trio of America’s best-known sports coupes through its full crash test battery in a May 2016 release, and none of them walked away with a TOP SAFETY PICK award. Long hoods, low rooflines, and rear-drive proportions built for speed don’t always cooperate with small-overlap crash structure. What actually held these pony cars back is more specific than the headline suggests. Watch to see how the numbers break down.