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More than 200 classic, sport, and muscle cars filled Saratoga Spa State Park for the Saratoga Automobile Museum’s 15th annual spring show. The museum itself is housed in a repurposed 1930s bottling plant and runs a full calendar of shows, auctions, and exhibitions well beyond this single weekend. Here’s what makes this stop a fixture of the Northeast car show circuit.
In 2017 Ford and Chevrolet built two of the most serious muscle coupes ever sold, and Kelley Blue Book put them head to head. The Mustang Shelby GT350R chases speed with a screaming flat-plane V8, while the Camaro ZL1 answers with 650 supercharged horsepower. Micah Muzio and Zach Vlasuk test both on the street and the track to see which philosophy wins. Watch to see which one they would drive home.
An 11-alarm fire tore through a 530-foot warehouse at Country Classic Cars in Staunton, Illinois, destroying 143 vehicles including one-of-a-kind Hemi Road Runners, Chevelles, and Camaros. Investigators traced the blaze to one of five cars in the building’s center but never confirmed a cause. Here’s what happened, and what was lost, the night one of Route 66’s best-known classic car dealerships caught fire.
The internet insists more horsepower is always the answer, but Mike Musto shows up in a plain Chevy Malibu to argue the opposite. On The Drive’s /BIG MUSCLE, he makes the case that a balanced build beats a big dyno number in every way that matters on a real road. It is a contrarian take from someone who has driven the extremes. Watch to find out why 800 horsepower might be too much.
Why does a Ferrari V8 shriek while a Mustang V8 rumbles? Engineering Explained breaks down the single design choice behind that difference: the shape of the crankshaft. Flat-plane and cross-plane cranks split the V8 world into two camps with opposite strengths — one light and screaming, the other smooth and torquey. Jason Fenske lays out the physics in plain English. Find out which one is actually better, and why the answer depends entirely on what you want.
Lou Costabile finds a 1970 Dodge Charger R/T at a MOPAR swap meet that stops the conversation cold: a 426 Hemi, a Hurst pistol-grip four-speed, the Super Track Pack option, and Burnt Orange paint over just under 29,000 original miles. Owner Al Hickey runs a restoration shop, comes from a Mopar family, and keeps eighteen collector cars — and he calls this one very close to the top of the ladder. Find out what makes this Charger the crown jewel of a serious collection.
This restored 1966 Chevelle SS looks period-correct on the outside, but its 565 cubic inch supercharged V8 making roughly 750 horsepower has nothing to do with the factory 396 options Chevrolet actually offered that year. Even the rarest original engine, the 375-horsepower L78, doesn’t come close. Here’s how this build compares to what left the factory floor.
Ford’s Galaxie strutted its stuff in 1962 and 1963 with style and muscle. The ’62 model, known as “The Lively One,” boasted sporty options like bucket seats and a console, while the ’63 got a facelift, losing its tail fins and gaining a fastback roof for NASCAR flair. Engine swaps were afoot, with the 406 replaced by a ferocious 427 V8, making it a beast on the road. But alas, even with power galore, the Galaxie had a weighty issue—proving you can’t have your cake and eat it too, even if it’s a car!
A year after the 1986 Grand National, Buick quietly built something even more extreme, just 547 of them, each pulled off the line and reworked by an outside performance shop. This piece covers the 1987 GNX’s real story: the upgrades officially listed, the horsepower Buick would not put on paper, and how a turbocharged Buick ended up outrunning cars that cost three times as much.
At Nick’s Garage, the dyno room is where every build finally tells the truth — but this time the dyno itself breaks down, and the whole shop grinds to a halt. Waiting in the wings is a freshly restored 1967 Plymouth GTX packing a 440 big block that needs to be tested and tuned. Can Nick and the crew get the equipment running before the star of the show gets its moment? Find out whether the GTX makes the numbers it was built for.
What began as a simple plan for a weekend cruiser turned into one of the baddest 1967 Chevrolet Chevelles on the street. Filmed at Steve Holcomb’s Pro Auto Custom Interiors, this build hides a 427 LSX making 700 horsepower and 690 lb-ft of torque under a clean first-generation A-body. Owner Billy Bob never set out to build a monster, but that’s exactly what he ended up with. Take a closer look.
Not every car wearing a muscle badge earned it. Car News Central rounds up the worst and slowest so-called muscle cars ever built — the malaise-era disappointments, the badge-engineered impostors, and the once-proud nameplates that limped through the 1970s making embarrassing power. It is a tour through the industry’s most awkward decade, and some of the entries will sting. Find out which legendary names ended up on the wrong list.
The 2017 Cadillac CTS-V arrives at Road America with 640 supercharged horsepower and something to prove. Everyday Reviews takes the third-generation super-sedan onto one of America’s fastest, most demanding road courses to see whether a luxury four-door can really run with dedicated track cars. Spoiler: you don’t need to be a pro to have a riot in this thing. See how a Cadillac behaves when the corners come at triple-digit speed.
Rev up your engines for a ride through the iconic Pontiac GTO era, 1965-1967! This muscle car’s journey starts with a sleek redesign in ’65, adding a functional hood scoop for that extra “vroom” and an optional tachometer for those who like to live on the edge. In ’66, the GTO strutted its stuff as a standalone model, offering pillared and pillarless options, plus a convertible for those who like wind in their hair. By ’67, it boasted a 400 CID engine and new safety features, making it both a beast and a beauty on the road!
A classic Chevrolet Chevelle idles with a sound no small block ever made — a low, diesel clatter where a rumbling V8 should be. Someone dropped a GM Duramax turbodiesel between the fenders of a car built for gasoline and tire smoke, and the result is one of the more unexpected builds in the muscle car world. It shouldn’t work, and yet the torque figures make a compelling argument. Find out why a diesel Chevelle turns so many heads.