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TheBayAreaRacing lines up a supercharged LSX Chevelle against a supercharged WS6 Trans Am in Round 1, Race 2 of its shootout, a clean test of two build philosophies. One is a classic body with a thoroughly modern blown heart; the other is purpose-built late-model F-body muscle. Both make big power, but only one gets to the stripe first. Watch to see whether old-school style or modern engineering wins the run.
A tense St. Louis street, a car boxed in by a crowd, and roughly two seconds of footage the internet still cannot stop arguing about. This clip has drawn millions of views and a comment section split right down the middle over one driver’s split-second decision. Is it self-preservation or recklessness? Watch the moment unfold and reach your own verdict.
1320video catches a twin-turbo Chrysler 300C sleeper doing exactly what sleepers do best, humbling far flashier cars on the Texas streets. Hiding under that unassuming four-door body is a 404-cubic-inch Hemi stroker fed by twin 67mm turbochargers, good for genuinely frightening power. No wing, no wrap, just a big sedan that launches hard and upsets the fast crowd. Watch to see the moment those turbos spool and everyone realizes what they are up against.
Ford has spent six decades building genuinely different kinds of muscle cars, from the original 1964 Mustang that sold 400,000 units in its first year to Shelby’s race-bred GT350 and GT500, all the way to the homologation-only Boss 302 and Boss 429. Take the quiz and the real question isn’t which car is fastest – it’s which era of Ford’s muscle car identity actually matches how you’d drive. Here’s the history behind every option on the list.
About 1,500 muscle cars, hot rods, and customs rolled through Galesburg, Illinois for a nostalgic one-night revival of the town’s old cruising strip along historic Route 66. Illinois still hosts a dense calendar of Route 66-adjacent cruise nights up and down the corridor, the same basic formula that built American cruising culture decades ago. No trophies, no judged classes – just a reason to drive somewhere and be seen. Here’s why turnout like this still happens.
Pontiac’s 1956 Star Chief is best known today for its Silver Streak trim and flagship status, but buried mid-year was a rare 285-horsepower dual-four-barrel engine option most buyers never ordered. The standard V8 already delivered 216 to 227 horsepower depending on transmission, good for a 0-to-60 run under 12 seconds. Pontiac still built over 127,000 Star Chiefs that year despite its premium positioning. Here’s the full engine story behind these images.
This short documentary from Gas Gears and Glory traces the entire arc of the American muscle car, from the 1964 Pontiac GTO’s rule-bending V8 swap through the insurance surcharges and emissions rules that nearly killed the genre, all the way to modern Hellcats and Demons that finally caught up to the marketing. It’s a compact history lesson for anyone who’s ever wondered why a 1970 Chevelle still outsells cars that would beat it at every stoplight. Watch to see the full timeline laid out.
Regular Car Reviews drives a genuine survivor, an unrestored, all-original 1966 Plymouth Barracuda that has aged into something reproductions cannot fake. Instead of the loud aggression modern muscle cars chase, this early fastback is smooth, refined, and surprisingly quiet. Built on the humble Valiant platform with its signature wraparound rear glass, it is a first-gen car the collector world quietly came to prize. Watch to see what a real survivor feels like from behind the wheel.
Hagerty’s Barn Find Hunter pulls the tarp off a numbers-matching 1954 Chevrolet Corvette, one of the earliest production Vettes still running its original Blue Flame Six. But the real surprise is what’s parked around it: a 1970 Buick GS Stage 1, a big-block El Camino, a four-speed 1960 Impala, and — almost impossibly — a trio of rare Italian sports cars including an ASA 1000 GT nicknamed the ‘baby Ferrari.’ Watch to see how one collector ended up with all of it under a single roof.
A random parking-lot photo in Colorado caught a Dodge Challenger SRT Demon prototype months before its official reveal – a car that would go on to post the quickest quarter-mile and 0-to-60 time of any production vehicle ever built. Its 840-horsepower HEMI was so potent that NHRA banned it from sanctioned events without extra safety gear. Only 3,000 examples were ever built. Here’s what made this spy shot worth sharing.
Three of the biggest names in the muscle car aftermarket – Hennessey, Shelby, and SpeedFactory Racing – once lined up their most extreme builds for a genuine GM-versus-Ford-versus-Mopar shootout. Each shop took a completely different approach to chasing maximum power, from ported cylinder heads to superchargers to boosted Mopar tuning. The matchup is still argued over in enthusiast forums years later. Here’s how each build got there.
Ford promised a hybrid Mustang for 2020, backed by a $700 million factory investment and a canceled Mexican plant – then the car simply never showed up. The V8-electric hybrid was supposed to match standard V8 power while adding extra low-end torque, built alongside regular Mustangs at Flat Rock Assembly. Years later, Ford’s own CEO has hinted that some form of Mustang electrification is still very much on the table. Here’s what actually happened to one of Ford’s biggest unfulfilled performance promises.
In 1932, Henry Ford unveiled his masterstroke: the Model 18, a budget-friendly V8 marvel powered by the legendary flathead engine. This purring powerhouse not only thrilled hot rod enthusiasts but was also Clyde Barrow’s top pick for a quick getaway. With 21 bolts holding its head high, the flathead became an icon, racing through the streets and into history. Meanwhile, Ford’s knack for timing ensured the company stayed revved up in profits, proving that sometimes, crime and car innovation do pay!
Burnout competitions do not send anyone anywhere — that is the entire appeal. Judged on smoke, tire life, and car control rather than elapsed time, these events grew out of drag-strip culture into their own dedicated motorsport, one where the real punishment falls on rear tires, differentials, and transmissions built to survive minutes of abuse a normal car would only face for seconds.
Lou Costabile visits Schwartz Performance in Woodstock, Illinois, to walk through a custom 1966 Pontiac GTO finished in bold orange, with its real story hidden underneath. Dale Schwartz explains how the shop built a lighter, stiffer custom frame, then added disc brakes and improved steering to make the classic actually stop and handle. It is vintage on top and thoroughly modern beneath. Watch to see how a restomod GTO gets done the right way.