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The Ringbrothers’ G-Code Camaro pairs a 416-cubic-inch, Whipple-supercharged small-block making close to 1,000 horsepower with a hand-laid carbon fiber hood and a chassis built to handle it. Nothing on this 1969 build was left stock — from the Detroit Speed suspension to the custom-forged 20-inch rear wheels, every piece was chosen to work together, not just look good.
Michelle Bongiovanni’s Penn State classmates don’t believe her when she says she races an 8-second car — mostly because the car in question, a factory-built Cobra Jet Mustang, isn’t something you can drive off a dealership lot. Ford builds it strictly for the drag strip, skipping the street-legal equipment entirely in favor of raw quarter-mile performance.
A Dodge Challenger Hellcat brings more horsepower to the table than a Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 — on paper, that should settle a drag race before it starts. But raw power is not the whole story once weight, gearing, and chassis balance get involved. The real gap between these two muscle car rivals comes down to numbers most spec sheets do not headline.
Held every May on the Indiana State Fairgrounds the week before the Indy 500, Dana Mecum’s Original Spring Classic has grown into one of the largest muscle car auctions in the country. Its 30th anniversary sale set a then-record $55.6 million across 1,208 cars sold, headlined by a $1.45 million Porsche and a Vault Find Corvette that drew a moment of silence for its late owner. Less than a decade later, the same event was moving over three times that much money.
Three Chrysler divisions built three different Hemi V8s in the early 1950s, and each one had a distinct personality. Dodge’s Red Ram — internally called the “Fire-Flash” — was the smallest and mildest of the bunch, built around economy and regular-gas reliability instead of outright performance. It still sold more than 50,000 units in its first year.
Ford’s 2018 Mustang convertible refresh dropped the V6 entirely, leaving buyers a choice between a 310-horsepower EcoBoost four-cylinder and a 460-horsepower 5.0-liter V8. A new 10-speed automatic, MagnaRide adaptive suspension, and an optional 12-inch digital gauge cluster rounded out the update, with pricing spanning from just over $31,000 to nearly $45,000. It was less a redesign than a recalibration of what a factory pony car convertible could offer.
The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody borrows its aggressive fender flares straight from the drag-strip-only Demon, but bolts them onto a car built for everyday driving instead. Brian Makse takes it out for a real first drive to find out whether the extra width and grip actually change how the car feels behind the wheel, or if it’s just a styling exercise. Watch the full review to find out.
No car show in the country claims a longer unbroken run than the one that kicks off the West Coast’s season every January — and its nine-foot America’s Most Beautiful Roadster trophy has been chased by legendary builders for generations. What started as a tightly focused 1950 roadster show in Oakland has grown into an everything-under-one-roof event covering tri-fives, muscle cars, customs, and rat rods.
Horsepower wars get all the attention, but the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Challenger, and Ford Mustang face a very different test here: what actually happens to the car and its occupants in a crash. Award-winning physics teacher Griff Jones breaks down real crash test footage, translating inertia, momentum, and impulse into concepts any driver can follow. It’s the side of the muscle car rivalry the spec sheets never show.
A twelve-part teaser campaign is a lot of setup for one car, but the Challenger SRT Demon had a case to make: this wasn’t just another Hellcat. Dodge built it around the first street-legal drag radial tires ever offered on a factory car, then backed that up with 840 horsepower and a sub-10-second quarter mile. Here’s what the “dual purpose” hinted at in this teaser actually turned out to mean.
Justin Bieber’s Ferrari was just one of many high-profile cars at this Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale sale, alongside NASCAR and Hollywood names on hand for the show. The event traces back to a 1967 local car show turned annual auction empire. Here is how it grew, and why some of the cars on the block that day were not for profit at all.
This Cuda’s Hemi and pearl orange paint are only part of the story; Schwartz Performance also converted the entire car to right-hand drive for a customer in India. The build earned the Woodstock, Illinois shop a second Car Craft Pro-Builder of the Year award. Here is why moving the steering wheel was the least of their problems.
A car show that has survived a fire that leveled its original venue, multiple relocations, and more than sixty years of changing tastes has to be doing something right. The Chicago World of Wheels traces back to a 1962 gathering at Navy Pier and now fills the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center every March with everything from restored muscle cars to elaborate customs.
There’s a version of the muscle car dream where a numbers-matching classic turns up for a few thousand dollars and a handshake. There’s also a much more common version, where that same “bargain” hides a mismatched engine, a rusted floor pan, or a repaint covering old damage. Before chasing a low-buck deal, a handful of overlooked checks — starting with the VIN — can be the difference between a great find and an expensive lesson.