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Every Mopar fan argues about it: were the classic Hemis and 440s really faster, or is that just nostalgia talking? At a Mopar event at Raceway Park in New Jersey, the vintage big-blocks line up against modern supercharged Hellcats and let the quarter-mile settle it. Two eras, one strip, and no excuses. Watch to see whether old muscle or new engineering wins the family grudge match.
Ford didn’t build the Boss 429 Mustang to sell to regular buyers, it built it to satisfy NASCAR’s rule that a race engine had to be sold to the public first. The result was a hand-assembled big block Mustang that never actually raced under its own name. Here’s the strange homologation story behind one of the rarest and most expensive Mustangs Ford ever built.
The Dodge Charger from 1968-1970 zoomed into the muscle car scene with a style that could make even a Mustang blush. With engines so powerful they’d make your grandma’s knitting needles vibrate, the Charger R/T came with options like the 426 Hemi that could blast you into the next county. And let’s not forget the General Lee from *The Dukes of Hazzard*, making every jump a leap of faith! Around 89,199 Chargers were built in 1969, each one a piece of automotive charisma.
The 1965 Skylark Gran Sport looked like just another well-dressed Buick, which made it one of the best sleepers of the muscle car era. Underneath the understated styling sat a 401-cubic-inch Nailhead V8 borrowed from Buick’s full-size Wildcat. Here’s how a luxury brand’s answer to the Pontiac GTO ended up hiding serious performance in plain sight.
The Charlie Thomas Collection brought roughly 145 vehicles to Barrett-Jackson’s 2017 Scottsdale auction, selling for a combined $7.1 million as part of a week that ultimately generated $102.5 million and set 40 world records. Here’s a look at what one of the largest single-owner collections in recent Barrett-Jackson history actually sold for, and how it fit into a record-breaking week.
A 1979 Pontiac Trans Am arrived at V8 Speed and Resto with a firewall full of rust and factory flaws, and the team refused to settle for a patch. Instead they fabricate a custom panel from 20-gauge steel using a bead roller and a Pullmax, turning a hidden repair into a genuine showpiece. It is a masterclass in shaping metal the right way. Watch to see raw steel become art under the hood.
This red Trans Am looks like any other mid-’70s Pontiac at first glance, but 1974 was the year Pontiac quietly offered one of its rarest and most serious engines: the hand-built SD-455. Only 943 cars left the factory with it. Here’s what made the Super Duty 455 special, and how to spot the styling details that pin this car to its exact model year.
Genuine 1933 Ford roadsters are scarce today largely because hot rodders spent decades cutting up the originals in pursuit of speed. That scarcity is exactly what fueled an entire replica industry, building accurate reproduction bodies around modern small-block V8 power. Here’s how the hot rod movement nearly wiped out the original 1933 Fords, and how replicas filled the gap.
This clip racked up millions of views by getting an entire car community to laugh at itself. Muscle Vs Tuner strings together every stereotype Mustang owners are teased for, then parks a genuinely serious machine in the middle of the bit: John Fulks’s supercharged 2011 GT, reportedly making 850 horsepower to the wheels. The comedy is the hook, but the hardware is real. Watch to see the joke and the beast behind it.
The 1968 Camaro SS 396 could be ordered with three different versions of its big-block engine, ranging from a mild 325 horsepower to a genuinely quick 375-horsepower L78. Most buyers stuck with the base setup, which is exactly what makes the rarer combinations so collectible today. Here’s a breakdown of the engine options Chevrolet offered and how many of each actually made it out the factory door.
Barrett-Jackson’s first Northeast auction at Mohegan Sun sold out on opening day, so for its second year, the company added an extra day, a new concours event, and a deeper lineup of collector cars. Here’s what the expanded 2017 event actually delivered, from the final sales total to the Ride ‘N Drives that let fans test-drive new muscle cars between bids.
Learning to drive a manual transmission used to be a rite of passage for muscle car fans, usually behind the wheel of a hand-me-down or a patient parent’s classic. As stick shifts have all but disappeared from new car lots, that tradition has gotten rarer by the year. Here’s a look at how manual transmissions went from standard equipment to an enthusiast novelty, and why a small comeback might be underway.
In March 2017, the Ford Mustang topped the Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger in U.S. sales for a fifth straight month, extending a streak that reached 27 of the previous 29 months. But the numbers hid a more interesting shift: Mustang sales were actually sliding fastest of the three, while Camaro and Challenger both posted year-over-year gains. Here’s what the sales charts revealed about the shifting muscle car pecking order.
This LeMans Blue 1969 Camaro SS 396 looks like a gorgeous first-gen at first glance, but three letters change everything: L89. That option added rare aluminum cylinder heads to the 375-horsepower big-block, and very few buyers ever checked the box. Pulled from the renowned Brothers Collection, this four-speed survivor is the kind of car that makes collectors do math in their heads. Watch to see why it earned Muscle Car Of The Week.
The 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS was Chevrolet’s answer to a size gap between the compact Nova and the full-size Impala, and it became the first-year foundation of a nameplate that would define an era. Buyers could option into a 327 cubic-inch V8 rated as high as 300 horsepower, paired with a four-speed Muncie manual and bucket seats. Chevrolet built roughly 330,000 first-year Chevelles, an instant success that set the stage for the SS legend to come.