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This classified ad is hunting for any 1968-1972 Plymouth Road Runner or GTX, project or finished, which raises the question of what actually separates the two. Built on the same platform a year apart, one was Plymouth’s stripped-down budget muscle car and the other its dressed-up performance flagship. Here’s how to tell a real GTX from a Road Runner at a glance.
A drag strip carved through the Minnesota woods back in 1968 is once again hosting some of the fastest street-based machines in the country. The Muscle Car Series at Brainerd International Raceway spans three separate races, culminating in a season-ending Shootout that crowns an overall champion rather than just a single-event winner. Cars in this series can clear the quarter mile in the six-second range at speeds over 200 miles per hour. Who has the consistency to win across all three rounds?
Revival rumors about one of Mopar’s most feared nameplates have circulated for years, each one reigniting hope among Barracuda and Cuda loyalists. The original Cuda earned that reputation the hard way, evolving from a compact fastback into a genuine 440 and Hemi-powered muscle car by the end of the 1960s. Decades later, the rarest examples still command seven-figure prices at major auctions. Why does a badge this old still generate so much speculation every time a new rumor surfaces?
When three of Burt Reynolds’ personal movie cars hit the auction block in Las Vegas, one 1978 Pontiac Trans Am towered over the rest of the sale. Built to be screen-accurate to the Bandit car from Smokey and the Bandit, it fetched $192,500 — more than five times what two nearly identical, non-Reynolds Trans Ams sold for in the very same auction. The gap reveals just how much a direct celebrity connection can move a muscle car’s value. How much of that price was for the car, and how much was for the legend behind it?
A carburetor rebuilding shop shouldn’t still be in business in the 21st century — fuel injection took over new car production decades ago. But a quick drive past a fading Coke sign in Little Rock is a reminder that classic cars, old farm equipment, and stubborn collectors have kept this particular trade alive long after Detroit gave up on it.
This battle-scarred 1971 Dodge Challenger spent its screen time disguised as a 1970 R/T 440 Magnum in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, right down to a window frame welded on so stuntwoman Zoe Bell could strap herself to the hood. Six Challengers were built for the film’s stunt work; only two survive as complete cars today. This is one of the survivors, rediscovered in an Australian garage years after filming wrapped.
At the 2017 New York Auto Show, Florida-based TransAm Depot unveiled a modern Trans Am 455 Super Duty built on the sixth-generation Camaro’s Alpha platform, packing roughly 1,000 horsepower from a NASCAR-engineered, supercharged 455 cubic-inch V8. Starting around 110,000 dollars, it is less a restomod than a modern continuation of Pontiac’s most legendary muscle car name.
Long before Dodge confirmed anything, rumors pegged the Challenger SRT Demon at over 900 horsepower. The real figure landed at 840 hp, but only with 100-octane fuel and the red ignition key, one of three power levels built into the car. Powered by a supercharged 6.2-liter Demon V8, it became the first production car certified in the 9s in the quarter-mile, and one of the most collectible modern muscle cars ever built.
The endless LS-versus-Coyote argument finally gets a scoreboard: a big-cube pushrod LS and a screaming DOHC Coyote, each built to an identical $9,999 budget, both strapped to the dyno. The budget cap forces real engineering trade-offs instead of a checkbook war, and the winner comes down to how each engine delivers power across the whole curve. See which philosophy takes the crown — and why.
Hennessey didn’t name the Exorcist by accident — it built this 1,000-horsepower, supercharged Camaro ZL1 specifically to hunt down the Dodge Demon. Starting with a track-ready platform meant the brakes and chassis could match the outrageous output. In this drive review, someone who’s sampled plenty of fast cars gets rearranged by four figures of horsepower in a street-legal package. Ride along to see how it feels when the supercharger spools.
A 1964 Ford Falcon took home the Best Ford in a Ford award at the Back to the 50’s 2017 car show, an unusual win for a car built as economical transportation rather than a performance machine. Ford’s optional Sprint package added the Fairlane’s 260-cubic-inch V8 and a stiffer suspension, giving select Falcons real personality behind the wheel. The Falcon’s unibody platform also directly influenced the Mustang launched later that same model year. This deep dive covers why the humble Falcon earned its trophy.
In the world of muscle cars, Andre Gordon’s ’71 Dodge Dart Swinger is revving up excitement with its racing setup. Sporting a 340-cubic-inch V-8 engine and a four-speed manual transmission featuring a Hurst pistol grip shifter, this classic car is ready to leave others eating dust. Meanwhile, Dodge Dart sedans from 2013 and 2014 are trying to stop… quite literally, as 100,000 of them face a recall for potentially faulty brakes. It’s a tale of two Darts: one blazing forward, the other hitting the brakes!
Gunther and Maggie Buerman turned a private collection into New England’s largest auto museum, housed in a 114,000-square-foot former missile plant in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Since opening in June 2017, the Newport Car Museum has grouped more than 75 cars into six themed galleries spanning Corvettes, Shelbys, fin-era cruisers, and American muscle. What started as one couple deciding not to keep their cars locked away became a destination built to feel like an art gallery as much as a garage.
Ford dropped a turbocharged four-cylinder into the Mustang and somehow didn’t ruin the formula. The EcoBoost coupe’s factory numbers already outmuscle the V6 it replaced on paper, and tuners have pushed plenty of them well past that — all while returning fuel economy no V8 owner has ever bragged about. Here’s what’s actually under the hood.