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The Last Time I Worked With My Friend on My Coyote Mustang Before He Left The World

by Kiril

A chance encounter with a brand-new Oxford White 2014 Mustang GT while cruising in a 1987 5.0 turned into an unexpected lesson in just how far Ford’s small-block had evolved. The Fox-body’s 225-horsepower pushrod V8 and the Coyote’s 420-horsepower DOHC screamer share a name and a displacement, but almost nothing else under the surface. What one owner discovered comparing them side by side says a lot about a quarter-century of Mustang engineering, and about the friendships that get built around cars like these.

Silver Dodge Challenger parked by a rural road under a blue sky.

Dodge’s Challenger SRT Hellcat – Not The Demon, But A Ferocious Alternative

by Kiril

The SRT Demon captured headlines with 840 horsepower and a waiting list that filled overnight, but Dodge had quietly been selling something nearly as ferocious for years before the Demon ever existed. The Challenger SRT Hellcat skips the race fuel, the stripped interior, and the six-figure markups while still delivering 707 horsepower you can drive to work. Read on to find out why buyers chasing supercharged Hemi drama might already have the better deal.

Blue sports car with vertical doors open at a car show.

Mal Forys ready to show off his breathtaking customized Challenger at Autorama once again!

by Kiril

Mal Forys built his custom Dodge Challenger alone, in a home garage, without a professional shop’s budget or a sponsor behind him. Getting it accepted onto the floor at Detroit’s Autorama — one of the biggest hot rod shows in the country — for a second time took years of nights and weekends. Read on to find out what a garage-built show car actually takes to compete with the pros.

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A range of ratings for American muscle cars – IIHS News

by Wes

In 2016, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety put three iconic American muscle coupes through its full crash test battery — and none of them earned a Top Safety Pick award. The results reignited a debate that’s still running in the comments years later: is muscle car styling fundamentally at odds with occupant protection, or is the real problem driver behavior and lax licensing standards? Watch to see exactly where each car came up short.

Classic white car showcased at a crowded auction event.

1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Dazzles Even After 40 Years Of Storage

by Kiril

This 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 spent forty years sitting untouched, accumulating dust while the collector market around it exploded. Built from a Trans-Am homologation special that Chevrolet only ever intended for racing, it represents the peak production year of one of the most celebrated small-block muscle cars ever built. Read on to find out what forty years of storage actually does to a car like this.

Black and white photo of a vintage muscle car kicking up dust on a dirt road.

Was the Original ’70s Dodge Challenger a Failure?

by Kiril

The Hemi Challenger convertible now ranks among the most valuable classic Mopars ever sold at auction — a strange fate for a car that, by 1970s sales figures, came remarkably close to being called a commercial failure. Discontinued after just five years on the market, the original Challenger’s brief production run quietly built the foundation for its soaring collector value today. Read on to find out what actually went wrong, and why it stopped mattering.

Classic red and white vintage car parked outdoors.

2017 Kustom Kulture Forever: Old School American Steel in Deutschland

by Kiril

Germany isn’t the first place you’d expect to find a gathering of rat rods, Bel Airs, and Hemi-powered Americana, but every May a decommissioned coal mine in Herten turns into exactly that. Kustom Kulture Forever has grown into one of the biggest custom car and hot rod shows on the entire continent. Here’s what makes this only-in-Europe celebration of American steel worth the trip.

Crowded red carpet event with photographers and luxury cars.

Mecum Auctions: The world’s largest collector-car auction drops by Kissimmee

by Kiril

Mecum’s Kissimmee auction is famous for volume — acres of muscle cars crossing the block over more than a week. But the real draw for serious collectors is the oddball that shouldn’t exist at all, like a factory-built Pontiac Trans Am wagon GM never intended to sell to the public. Here’s the story behind one of the strangest survivors to ever roll across an auction stage.

Rear view of a red Dodge Challenger on a street under clear skies.

2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon To Run On 100+ High-Octane Race Gas & Regular Gas, Too!

by Kiril

The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon shipped with two different keys, each unlocking a genuinely different power output depending on what fuel is in the tank — 808 horsepower on regular pump gas, or the full 840 on 100+ octane race fuel. Making that switch safe required a second engine computer and a built-in failsafe against mixing fuels. Read on to find out how the system actually works.

Classic red Pontiac Firebird driving on a suburban street.

The 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge Is an Attainable Muscle Car Classic

by Kiril

Pontiac built just 3,797 Judges for 1970, wrapped in Hurst shifters, Ram Air 400 power, and a name borrowed straight from Laugh-In. What started as a plan for a budget alternative to the Road Runner ended up as one of the most recognizable muscle car packages Detroit ever built. Read on to find out how a sitcom catchphrase became a six-figure auction star.

Colorful vintage logo design with bold typography and unique shapes.

1969: When Oldsmobile was the Youngmobile

by Kiril

In 1969, Oldsmobile faced a conundrum that would tickle any marketer’s funny bone: how do you convince a youthful crowd to buy a car with “OLD” in its name? As the century rolled onward, General Motors’ upscale buyers were starting to show their age, leaving Oldsmobile’s sales team sweating bullets. But rather than let their brand become a relic, they embraced the irony, trying to flip the script and turn Oldsmobile into the “Youngmobile.” After all, who doesn’t love a good underdog story?

Classic green muscle car parked under a bridge at night.

One of none: Building A One-Off, GTO wagon Two-Door

by Kiril

At first glance, Ed Roethel’s two-door Pontiac wagon looks like a converted Chevelle from the mid-1960s. It isn’t — Pontiac never built a two-door wagon on this platform in any year, which makes this a genuine one-off creation rather than a rare factory survivor. Read on to find out what it took to fabricate a body style that never officially existed.

Classic black Chevrolet Camaro with red interior parked outdoors.

Restored 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS396 Goes Back for a Helping of Day-Two Goodness

by Kiril

Chevrolet built just 4,889 L78-equipped Camaro SS396s for 1969, a 375-horsepower solid-lifter big-block that made up less than 2 percent of that year’s production. Mike Angelo’s restored Tuxedo Black example argues that a proper restoration can hit just as hard as any barn find. Read on to find out what separates a genuine L78 from an ordinary SS396.

Black sports car with gold accents and custom wheels.

Firebird Trans Am doppelganger is a Dodge Demon destroyer

by Kiril

Pontiac hasn’t built a Firebird since 2002, yet a Florida restomod shop is turning out brand-new Trans Ams with carbon fiber bodywork and up to 1,000 horsepower under the hood. For the Firebird’s 50th anniversary, Trans Am Depot limited its special edition to just eight convertibles and eight hardtops. Read on to find out how a dead nameplate keeps finding new life.

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