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A nationwide search-data report from ClassicCars.com found one car dominating collector car searches in more U.S. states than anything else — GM models included. The 1965 and 1967 Ford Mustang model years topped the list state after state, for reasons that trace straight back to the car’s origin as the founder of the entire pony car segment. Read on to find out which states are chasing it hardest.
Chevrolet’s Camaro ZL1 and Dodge’s Challenger Hellcat both pushed past 650 horsepower using completely different engineering paths, an Eaton-blown LT4 versus a larger IHI-blown Hemi, and ran almost identical quarter-mile times despite a 566-pound weight gap between them. Both nameplates ended production within days of each other in December 2023. Read on to find out which factory 700-horsepower icon actually deserved the crown.
A Dodge Challenger wedged between a Prius and another hybrid in a Maryland parking lot raises a fair question: is there any version of this HEMI-powered muscle car that’s actually earned a spot in the hybrid section? The honest answer is no, every third-generation Challenger since its 2008 revival has run purely on gas, V6 or V8. This was pure parking-lot irony, not a loophole.
Out of a garage that once held a ’63 Impala, a ’65 GTO convertible, and a ’68 Camaro SS, one lifelong muscle car owner picked a 1967 Plymouth GTX as his all-time favorite – a car built around a standard 375-horsepower 440 Super Commando that only 737 buyers skipped in favor of the pricier Hemi option. Read on to find out why Plymouth’s ‘gentleman’s muscle car’ beat out three genuinely legendary rivals for the top spot.
A restored 1971 Pontiac Firebird Formula carrying a genuine 455 HO under the hood is asking $34,999, and with round-port heads, 480 lb-ft of torque, and Pontiac now permanently discontinued as a brand, the math behind that number is more interesting than it first looks. Read on to find out why serious collectors have started chasing Formulas over flashier, pricier Trans Ams from the very same model year.
Dodge tried to stop dealer markup on its 3,300-unit Demon with a serialized dash plaque bearing each buyer’s own name and priority pricing reserved for orders at the $84,995 MSRP. Dealers in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Louisiana found the workaround within weeks anyway, auctioning off the right to be that at-MSRP buyer on eBay for bids that reportedly approached $70,000. Read on to find out how Dodge’s own leadership responded once the loophole went public.
This 1970 Buick GSX spent years as a rusted, non-running wreck before a full restoration brought it back to its factory Saturn Yellow finish — one of just 491 built in that color out of 678 GSX cars total. Buick’s overlooked muscle car packed a 455 cubic-inch Stage 1 V8 rated at 360 horsepower, though real output likely ran closer to 376. Read on to find out what it took to bring a rolling wreck back to magazine-cover condition.
Picture more than 10,000 street rods packed into the Kentucky Exposition Center, and somehow a panel of judges still has to whittle that field down to just 100 standouts, twice. The NSRA Street Rod Nationals’ Top 100 program, sponsored by Painless Performance Products, is one of the toughest awards in the hobby precisely because the show is too big for a single list. This build made the cut in the outdoor field.
Chevrolet’s 2015 Camaro Z/28 borrowed its 505-horsepower LS7 engine straight from the Corvette Z06 parts bin, then wrapped it in a chassis stripped, stiffened, and fitted with racing-grade Multimatic dampers built for one job: lap times. Priced at a flat $75,000 and offered exclusively with a manual transmission, it reportedly posted a 7:37 Nurburgring lap that embarrassed cars costing twice as much. Read on to find out what it actually took to build the fastest Camaro of its generation.
Ford never actually tied the Mustang GT package to a single engine, letting 1968 buyers choose between a mild 302 V8 and the fabled 428 Cobra Jet, all wrapped in a genuinely upscale interior with a two-spoke safety steering wheel and bench-seat option. That same duality put a GT 390 fastback on movie screens in Bullitt, and the surviving ‘hero car’ later sold for $3.4 million. Read on to find out why the muscle-or-luxury debate has never actually been settled.
Ford doesn’t touch the Mustang lightly, and a mid-cycle refresh to the current generation brought more than just a new grille. A revamped transmission, a digital dashboard, and suspension technology borrowed from the Shelby GT350 all quietly arrived under the new sheet metal. Read on to find out which changes actually mattered to serious Mustang buyers.
This 1966 Chevrolet Impala SS hides a 427 big-block under sheet metal most people assume belongs to a plain family car. Built during GM’s most dominant era in the U.S. market, it proves the company’s full-size lineup could hit just as hard as its dedicated muscle cars. Read on to see which 427 option actually made it special.
The Dodge Durango SRT drops a 475-horsepower HEMI V8 into a three-row family SUV, launching to 60 mph in about 4.4 seconds while still hauling six passengers and their gear. It became America’s fastest three-row SUV the moment it arrived, and an even wilder version followed. Read on to see why it belongs in muscle car conversations.
The Chevrolet Camaro was born out of a joke-filled 1966 press conference and an urgent need to answer Ford’s two-year head start with the Mustang. Six generations, one long production gap, and a homologation-special Trans-Am engine later, the rivalry it started still hasn’t cooled off fifty years on. Read on for the full story behind the badge.
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.