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Chevrolet wasn’t chasing the GTO with this car, it was aimed at Ford’s Galaxie 7-Litre and Mercury’s S-55, full-size rivals most muscle car fans forget existed. Only 1,778 of these SS 427 Impalas were built in 1968, hiding up to 425 horsepower under a body that could pass for a family sedan. A well-sorted example could reportedly reach 60 mph in about six seconds flat.
Before Mopar’s High-Impact color names became legend, a handful of green paint codes only existed for a single model year, vivid enough to earn nicknames like Sublime and Sassy Grass. This piece traces where those shades came from, why some vanished within twelve months, and how a traffic-light-inspired green ended up on some of the boldest muscle cars of 1969 and 1970.
Pontiac rushed its answer to the Ford Mustang into showrooms in barely six months, borrowing GM’s F-body platform and grafting on a face unlike anything else on the road. Buyers could order this first-generation Firebird with four completely different engines, from a mild six-cylinder to a 325-horsepower V8 borrowed from the GTO. Fewer than three years later, the rarest versions were already becoming collector gold.
A muscle car engine bay does not need a collision to end in flames, just fifty-year-old wiring, a weeping fuel line, and enough heat to bring them together. This piece looks at why classic-car fires happen, from brittle insulation hiding bare copper to fuel lines nobody thought to replace. It is the kind of failure that gives almost no warning, which is exactly why it is worth understanding before it happens to you.
Looking for some classic American muscle to spice up your garage? Meet the 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu—a ride that’s as thrilling as a squirrel on a caffeine kick! With a frame-off restoration and just 15,000 miles on the clock, this LS-powered beauty is a perfect fusion of old-school charm and modern performance. Equipped with a 5.3L LS V8 and a slew of upgrades, it’s more than just eye candy. Ready for a ride that’s cooler than the other side of the pillow? Check out the full scoop!
The W-30 package sounds like a minor footnote, “Outside Air Induction”, but on this 1968 Olds it meant a genuine ram-air system feeding a 360-horsepower 400 V8 capable of low-13-second quarter miles. It also came with a detail only insiders would recognize: bright red-painted inner fenders marking the car as something more than a standard 4-4-2. 1968 was also the year Oldsmobile spun the 4-4-2 into its own standalone model.
1969 was the last year for the original Firebird body, and Pontiac sent it out with its most thorough facelift yet, a new Lexan front bumper-grille and a wider, longer stance. This 400-cubic-inch, 330-horsepower example sat squarely in the middle of a lineup that topped out with a rare 345-horsepower Ram Air IV most buyers never actually ordered. Gateway Classic Cars supplied the images seen here, documenting one of the final examples of Pontiac’s original pony car shape.
Most show cars arrive on a trailer. This second-generation Camaro drove 275 miles under its own power to get there, LS engine and all. Behind the personalization is a platform that only reached full production in 1971 after a labor strike delayed its 1970 debut, making this one a driver’s take on a car built, in Chevrolet’s own numbers, more often as a base coupe than a showpiece.
Seven curious facts about Dodge, and exactly one of them is a deliberate lie planted to test you. From the 1968 Charger’s “Coke bottle” styling to the Viper’s Lamborghini-influenced V10 and the Dodge brothers’ tangled history with Henry Ford, every claim sounds just true enough and just strange enough to fool you. Can you spot the fake before the reveal? Lock in your guess and find out.
The 2013 Dodge Charger Superbee SRT is a blend of retro flair and modern tech, featuring an “aggressive” front grille and a V8 Hemi engine that roars from 0 to 60 in under 5 seconds—no stingers, just speed! While there’s no convertible, there are 65 safety features, including a roll cage for when your driving gets a bit too daring. With fuel efficiency that ranges from “who needs gas stations?” on highways to “let’s not talk about it” in cities, this Charger is all about the buzz without the sting!
This 1967 Chevrolet Camaro carries a detail that shouldn’t exist on paper: a 472-cubic-inch V8, a displacement Chevrolet never offered in any Camaro. The explanation is a later engine swap borrowing from Cadillac’s big-block lineup — a popular resto-mod move for builders chasing torque numbers the factory options sheet never allowed. Here’s how a Cadillac engine ends up under a Camaro’s hood.
A motor oil designed to last a full year or twenty thousand miles sounds like marketing fantasy to anyone raised on the three-thousand-mile oil change. So Jason Fenske of Engineering Explained spent two days inside Mobil 1’s New Jersey testing facility to find out whether that claim can actually be proven. What he documents is less a sales pitch than a rare look at the science behind every bottle you buy. See how the number holds up.
Thousands of miles from Detroit, on a market square in the center of Helsinki, some of the finest surviving American muscle cars gather every month for one of Europe’s great cruising nights. Filmed by Jamboolio, this September meet is a rolling proof that muscle car devotion never stopped at the U.S. border. While storms battered the American coast, these legends idled safely on the Baltic. See how Detroit iron sounds in Finland.
This Tiger Gold 1965 Pontiac GTO is widely credited as the car that launched the muscle car era, yet its story is stranger and richer than the legend suggests. With a 389 V8, a close-ratio four-speed, and a paint color pulled straight from Pontiac’s wildest ad campaign, it is rare without being untouchable. The V8TV crew breaks down exactly why this one deserves a closer look. See what the details reveal.
This review of the 2018 Camaro ZL1 comes from a driver who has owned both a Hellcat and a Camaro SS 1LE, so he knows overwhelming power and sharp handling in his bones. The ZL1 packs a supercharged 650-horsepower LT4 V8, the same basic engine as the Corvette Z06, in a chassis that runs with far pricier machinery. He calls it the almost perfect car, and the whole review lives in that word. Watch to find out what the almost really means.