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Long before Riviera meant a swoopy two-door coupe, Buick used the name on this formal, chrome-heavy 1957 Super four-door hardtop, powered by the distinctive 364 cubic-inch Nailhead V8. Small styling cues like four VentiPorts per fender and chrome rear chevrons quietly told other drivers exactly how much Buick they were looking at. Read on to find out how Dynaflow made this Super feel smoother than any geared automatic of its era.
Jay Leno gets a look at a car that shouldn’t exist by any normal logic: a brand-new 1968 Mustang GT 2+2 Fastback with Cobra Jet badging, built from freshly manufactured tooling rather than a restored donor car, and packing a modern Coyote V8 underneath period-correct steel. Watch to see how a Florida manufacturer is legally building Mustangs Ford stopped making decades ago.
Chevrolet built 7,209 Nova SS 396s for 1969, and most buyers skipped the milder engine option for the one built to actually hurt people at the drag strip. Five hundred pounds lighter than a Chevelle running the same 396, this compact turned into one of the quickest cars Chevrolet sold that year. Read on to find out why Chevrolet let its cheapest muscle car become one of its fastest.
Nineteen million views and counting: a drag racing compilation pits Hellcats, a Tesla, a Porsche, a factory Shelby GT500, and a Corvette ZR1 against a lineup of home-built project cars, including a Chevy Nova rebuilt from the ground up. One viewer joked about losing to “half Optimus Prime.” Watch to see whether money or obsession wins at the strip.
Eighteen pro-built classic Chevrolets lined up at Auto Club Speedway for the Super Chevy Muscle Car Challenge, and the smart money was on a Camaro to win the handling-focused competition, the way it usually does. Instead, a 1972 Corvette out-drove every single one of them. Watch the full episode to see how the results played out — and how at least one driver managed to hit a cone anyway.
Looks fade at a stoplight, but sound is what actually sticks with people — and five specific muscle car engines, from Pontiac’s GTO to Dodge’s Challenger R/T, are widely considered to have never been matched by anything Detroit builds today. Watch to hear what made the GTO, 442, Road Runner, Chevelle, and Challenger R/T sound different from everything that came after them.
American Motors never had Detroit’s budget, but for a few years in the late 1960s and early 1970s, its Javelin and two-seat AMX spinoff went toe-to-toe with the Mustang and Camaro on both the street and the Trans-Am track — with Roger Penske and Mark Donohue behind the wheel of a purpose-built 5.0-liter version. Watch to see why this overlooked underdog still deserves a second look.
A 1970 Oldsmobile 442, bought for $1,500 in 1994 and simply driven like any other used car, sits at the center of a story about how undervalued genuine muscle car iron once was. With its W-30 forced-air induction package and a 455 rated at 370 horsepower, this was Oldsmobile’s peak performance statement before insurance pressure forced Detroit to pull back. Watch to hear the secrets most fans never heard.
Pop the hood on this factory-black 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury and you’ll find the engine nobody brags about at car shows, and it might be the smarter choice. While everyone chases the 383 Golden Commando, this convertible went a quieter direction entirely. Read on to find out why the less famous engine might actually be the one to own.
Brad Conley owns one of the actual Stage 1 prototype show cars Buick used to prove the GSX deserved to exist before the division ever built one for a customer. Host Kevin Oeste finally met his own childhood dream car face to face at the 2018 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in Chicago — and Conley did more than let him look. Watch to see what happened when the owner invited him to sit inside.
A movie-pedigree Eleanor tribute, a one-of-503 NASCAR homologation Daytona, and a heavily customized Road Runner all crossed the same Mecum Las Vegas stage in one weekend, selling for a combined $995,500. Each car represents a different reason bidders pay six figures instead of five — provenance, rarity, or pure taste. Watch to see which one drew the fiercest bidding, and which one is still splitting opinion in the comments.
Pontiac never let 1981 Trans Am buyers have real horsepower and a manual transmission in the same car — the factory forced a choice. This owner refused to accept that trade-off, dropping a 400-horsepower crate small-block and a four-speed stick into a genuine WS6 Trans Am. Recorded in POV binaural audio so you can hear exactly what the factory never let buyers experience, this build answers a forty-year-old complaint.
Plymouth built exactly 666 Sport Fury GTs for 1970, and the model vanished after two model years. It was a full-size C-body with a 440 Commando V8 rated at 350 horsepower, or a rarer 440 Six Barrel making 390 horsepower and 490 lb-ft. Only 64 got the Six Barrel. At 4,122 pounds it outweighed a Road Runner by roughly 650 pounds. Read on to find out why almost nobody bought one.
An $8,500 asking price on a 1969 Chevelle SS 396 barn find sounds like a steal — until a 40-year restoration veteran breaks down exactly what it actually costs to finish, and what the market will actually pay once it’s done. The gap between those two numbers is bigger than most buyers expect. Watch to see the full math and decide whether this one is a deal or a trap.