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This 1969 Dodge Charger R/T pairs the factory-rated 425-horsepower 426 Hemi with a rare 3-speed automatic transmission, a combination found in only a few hundred of the more than 20,000 Charger R/Ts built that year. Part of the Brothers Collection, it carries just over 50,000 original miles. Watch to see what made this specific combination so unusual.
Rev up your engines, because we’re diving into the Chevy Big Block’s 427 variations! Picture this: the 1969 ZL1 Mark IV, a powerhouse that shed 110 lbs thanks to its aluminum build, making it as light as your grandma’s cast iron skillet. This beast demands 103 octane fuel, so forget about a Sunday drive unless you’re packing the good stuff. With a roaring 524 gross hp, it can zip through a quarter mile in just 11.62 seconds. But, hold onto your wallets—this speedster doubled the Corvette’s price in ’69!
NHRA’s 50 Greatest Drivers list wasn’t slapped together as clickbait – it came out of a genuine blue-ribbon panel debate for the sanctioning body’s 50th anniversary, weighing everything from national event wins to the sport’s technological history. Don Garlits sits at number one, with John Force, Don Prudhomme, Bob Glidden, and Shirley Muldowney rounding out a top five that basically built modern drag racing. Decades later, NHRA even expanded it into a Top 75 list for its 75th anniversary. So who’s your pick for the top spot?
This 1970 Ford Torino King Cobra prototype was built to fight Chrysler’s aerodynamic NASCAR cars, wrapping an extended nose around the race-bred Boss 429 V8 before NASCAR’s rule changes killed the entire program. Only a handful of these prototypes were ever built, making this one of the rarest Fords in existence. Take a detailed look at a car that came remarkably close to reaching Ford showrooms before the aero wars ended.
Most 1957 Thunderbird buyers never knew Ford quietly built America’s first production supercharged V8 that same year. Roughly 200 F-code cars left the factory rated at 300 horsepower — though Paxton itself claimed the real number was closer to 360. Here’s the story behind Ford’s rarest personal luxury car of the decade.
The Dodge Viper from 2002-2010 was a beast with style and power. The SRT-10 from 2002-2006 flaunted a sharper design and an 8.3L engine with 500 bhp, though it might have given chiropractors extra business with its stiffer frame. The 2008 model upped the ante with a 600 bhp 8.4L V10, adding more roar to its already thunderous presence. This snake slithered from 0-60 in 3.5 seconds—perfect for those quick grocery runs. By 2010, limited editions left enthusiasts dreaming of the next venomous upgrade.
Car News TV goes looking for the muscle cars everyone forgot, and the list includes a Mustang wagon that left viewers stunned it ever existed, a six-barrel Road Runner that sparked a comments-section correction, and a Studebaker Avanti nobody expected to see. Watch the full rundown and see how many you actually remember.
Ford rated this Mustang’s big block at just 375 horsepower, a figure almost nobody who drove one actually believed. Built to satisfy NASCAR homologation rules and assembled outside the factory by an outside engineering firm, this car packed race-bred internals most buyers never fully understood. Discover why enthusiasts still debate its real output decades later, and how a Hemi-inspired head design ended up under a Ford hood.
The Studebaker Avanti, born from doodles on a plane ride, was America’s first personal luxury muscle car. Launched in ’62, it boasted a radical fiberglass design, a 289-cubic-inch V8 engine, and was the first U.S. car with standard disc brakes. Despite a bumpy production ride with just 1,200 bodies made, the Avanti wowed at the New York Auto Show. Although Studebaker’s doors closed in ’63, the Avanti’s legacy sped on, breaking records at Bonneville and capturing hearts with its blazing speed and quirky charm.
Chevy’s small block saga continues with the M-code 350, famed for powering everything from hefty K-series pickups to motorhomes, boasting a respectable 160 bhp. The L83-350 made ’82 Corvettes roar with its cross-fire fuel injection, though ’83 took a pit stop. Enter the L98, flexing up to 245 bhp by ‘89 with a snazzy rear axle tweak. Not to be outdone, the L05 found its way into everything, from the Suburban to the Hummer H1, until replaced by the LT1’s swan song in ‘96.
In the world of engines, the Chevrolet small block family, starring the 302, 327, and 350, is like a sitcom cast that never ages—just gets better with time. The 350, originally a high-performance star, became the everyman, fitting in Corvettes to delivery vans. By 1968, it got a journal size makeover, making it the George Clooney of engines. Meanwhile, the 302, crafted for the SCCA, was the Z/28 Camaro’s secret weapon, revving up like a caffeinated squirrel on a treadmill.
Rocky Mountain Race Week throws a group of street-legal cars making 2,000 to 3,000 horsepower into a five-day, multi-track endurance test through triple-digit Nebraska heat. This 2017 recap follows day one in Kearney, where sleep-deprived racers are still finishing builds the night before testing begins. Watch to see which of these 2,000-plus horsepower street machines actually survive the heat before the real racing even starts.
This 1969 Ram Air IV GTO convertible looks like a straightforward feature from The Brothers Collection, until the comments reveal Pontiac’s official 370-horsepower rating was likely a deliberate understatement to dodge insurance scrutiny. The real number, according to detailed viewer math, is closer to 420. Watch to see the car behind the controversy.
Hagerty’s Stefan Lombard spent time with a 1963 split-window Corvette to explain what makes the C2 the most collectible generation in the model’s history — and where buyers get burned if they don’t know what to check. It’s a buyers guide built from decades of watching these cars change hands, including one correction Hagerty had to issue after the fact. Watch to find out what even an executive editor got wrong on camera.