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Nissan GT-R 2014 is a supercar

Nissan split its 2014 GT-R into three distinct machines built on one platform: a genuinely comfortable Premium trim, a styling-focused Black Edition, and a 150-unit Track Edition with the back seats deleted entirely. All three shared a hand-built 3.8-liter twin-turbo V6 officially rated at 545 horsepower — though real-world estimates run considerably higher. With a base price near $100,000 and a claimed 2.7-second 0-62 time, the GT-R undercut plenty of pricier rivals. Read on for how the numbers broke down trim by trim.

Man standing beside a classic white convertible car at an indoor car show.

1970 Oldsmobile Olds 442 Convertible # 1 Official Pace Car

by Kiril

Jeff Stolowski bought this 1970 Oldsmobile 442 convertible sight unseen, based on nothing more than a friend’s description of an estate sale find. Only after it arrived did he start noticing options that did not belong on an ordinary 442 — clues that led him to discover he had actually purchased Official Pace Car Number 1. He brought the car to the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in Rosemont, Illinois, to share its story with the community that appreciates it most. Watch to find out what tipped him off.

A vintage Mercedes car with a YouTube play button overlay and text about sleeper cars.

Sleepers! Muscle Cars That Are Faster Than They Look! Muscle Car of the Week Video Episode 215 V8TV

by Wes

V8TV pulled six cars from The Brothers Collection for this Muscle Car of the Week episode, each one chosen specifically because it does not look like what it actually is — including a supercharged Studebaker Avanti and a four-door, four-speed 1965 Galaxie R-Code 427. Viewers responded by sharing their own sleeper stories, from a grandfather’s 421 Super Duty Catalina to a Corvair packing a 327 small block in the back seat. Watch to see all six.

Classics of Cuba- a treasure trove of Yank Tanks in motion

by Ross Mills

Roughly 60,000 American cars are still working the streets of Havana, kept alive for over six decades without a single factory replacement part reaching the island. Cuba’s 1959 revolution triggered a US embargo that never lifted, freezing the classic car market in place and forcing owners to fabricate parts, source Soviet substitutes, and even swap in diesel engines just to keep their “Yank Tanks” running. Read on for how economics, not nostalgia, built one of the world’s most unusual classic car fleets.

A bright orange 1970 Dodge Challenger on display outdoors at sunset.

Highest Horsepower Of The 8 Classic Muscle Cars

by Wes

Car News TV counts down the eight highest-horsepower classic muscle cars, and viewers spent the comment section correcting nearly every figure on the list. Between disputed top speeds, mismatched engine badges, and overlooked contenders like the AMX, the pushback ends up telling a more accurate and more interesting story than the countdown itself.

A drag racing car lifting its front wheels during a launch.

Ford Mustang Fox body Police RACE CAR!

by Kiril

Ford built roughly 15,000 Fox body Mustangs specifically for police work, and almost nobody outside law enforcement knew they existed. Plain notchback bodies, upgraded cooling, reinforced floors and a certified speedometer made them ideal for chasing down interstate traffic. Decades later, drag racers figured out the same recipe works just as well at the strip, and one of them now runs nine-second passes with a naturally aspirated small block.

Classic red Pontiac Firebird muscle car from the 1970s.

Pontiac Trans Am 1973 SD-455

by Kiril

Pontiac rated the 1973 Super Duty 455 at 290 net horsepower, a figure most experts believe was deliberately conservative by around 85 horsepower. The engine used a reinforced block, four-bolt mains, forged rods and pistons, and a nitrided crankshaft. Only 252 SD-455 Trans Ams were built that year out of 4,802 total, split 72 manual and 180 automatic. Read on to find out how one engineering team built a genuine muscle car in the year everyone else quit.

Purple muscle car performing a burnout with smoke on a race track.

426 Hemi GTX vs 440 / 6 Pack Challenger – 1/4 Mile Drag Race & Burn Out Video – Road Test TV

by Wes

A 1967 Plymouth GTX running the legendary 426 Hemi lines up against a 1970 Dodge Challenger 440 Six Pack in this quarter mile drag race from Road Test TV — two of the rarest muscle cars Mopar ever built, going head to head. The Six Pack jumps out front early, but the Hemi has a plan for the second half of the run. One viewer’s story about his own father predicted exactly how it would end. Watch to see who takes it.

Four sports cars racing on a foggy urban road at sunset.

6 Muscle Cars That Everyone Wants No Matter the Cost

by Kiril

Every car on this list has one thing in common: buyers keep paying a premium regardless of what else is happening in the market. Rarity, documented history, and a wave of nostalgia driven demand, especially from younger collectors introduced to these cars through film and pop culture, keep pushing prices for even once affordable muscle cars steadily upward. It is a reminder that horsepower alone was never the whole story.

A vintage light green pickup truck with headlights on in a white studio.

Chevrolet Cameo 1957 Resto-Mod Truck

by Kiril

Fourteen years before muscle cars ruled American roads, Chevrolet was already borrowing parts suppliers from the Corvette line to build a pickup that looked like nothing else on a job site. The Cameo Carrier used fiberglass to hide a stepside bed and invented an entire category in the process. This resto-modded 1957 example carries a modern driveline underneath, and the truck’s real history is more surprising than the smooth flanks suggest.

A yellow sports car parked on a gravel surface.

WHAT MAKES A MUSCLE CAR

by Wes

Nik Miles set out to answer a simple question — what actually makes a muscle car — and instead sparked one of the most contentious debates in the channel’s comment section. Viewers argued over V8 requirements, two-door bodies, missing sway bars, and whether the category has even existed for the past two decades. No two definitions fully agree. Watch the video, then see which side of the argument you land on.

Classic red drag racing car on the track at sunset.

Super Stock Racer Bucky Hess and his Kandy Kuda

by Kiril

The 1968 Hemi Barracuda did not just compete in Super Stock drag racing, the NHRA credits it with reshaping the class entirely. Bucky Hess keeps that legacy alive behind the wheel of his hand painted Kandy Kuda, one of the last SS/AH racers still willing to foot-brake a Hemi car deep into the eight second zone. It is old school drag racing discipline in a sport that has moved almost entirely to electronics. Read on to find out why he does it the hard way.

Two Ford Mustang sports cars racing on an open road at sunset.

2017 Shelby Super Snake 50th Anniversary Edition

by Kiril

The most expensive Mustang ever sold was never meant to be sold at all. Shelby American built it to destroy experimental Goodyear tires at sustained triple-digit speeds, and when a dealer tried to turn it into a fifty-car production run, exactly one buyer showed up. Five decades later Shelby built a 50th Anniversary Super Snake to mark the occasion. The gap between the two cars says everything about how legends get made.

Classic 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1 parked outdoors with a sleek silver and black design.

1969 Ford Mustang Fastback Raybestos Restomod & Engine Start

by Wes

Raybestos Brakes and Schwartz Performance built this 1969 Mustang Fastback as a SEMA Show giveaway car, spending fourteen hundred hours making it look completely stock while quietly replacing almost everything underneath. From the curb it reads as an unmodified Fastback. Underneath, it drives nothing like the car it appears to be, and that gap is entirely the point.

Vintage open-wheel race car with red wheels and a white body marked with number 4.

Ford Model T Speedster 1917 images

by Ross Mills

Ford’s Model T didn’t just put America on wheels, it accidentally created the first speed parts industry, as owners raced to make the affordable, mass produced car go faster than the factory ever intended. This 1917 style Speedster replica carries that tradition forward, pairing a vintage body with a Ford flathead V8 and 3-speed manual gearbox. It offers a glimpse at how the earliest hot-rodding instincts still shape builds a century later.

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