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Ford’s own performance chief gave a surprisingly candid answer when asked whether the Ranger Raptor would ever come to America — and it wasn’t a simple yes or no. Jamal Hameedi explained exactly which engines could power a U.S. version, why the diesel it launched with never stood a chance stateside, and why the truck’s suspension impressed him more than its horsepower numbers. Read on to find out what it actually took to bring a Raptor-badged Ranger to American driveways.
This 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS is one of just 2,144 built with the solid-lifter, 375-horsepower L78 396 — a genuine, numbers-matching example with its original buildsheet, protecto-plate, and only 50,000 miles on the clock. Road Test TV puts it through a quarter-mile pass that has viewers debating just how much quicker it could go with a harder launch. Watch the full run to see for yourself.
A 540-inch stroker build in a 1969 Camaro squares off against a 427-powered 1966 Chevelle in a straight-line battle between two very different paths to big-block muscle. One car leans on raw displacement, the other on GM’s factory racing bloodline, and the launch alone has viewers debating suspension setups more than a decade after this race first hit YouTube. Watch to see which classic comes out ahead.
A 1970 Corvette that spent years abandoned and neglected has been torn down to bare fiberglass and rebuilt from the ground up — chrome, engine bay, and all. This was one of the lowest-production years of the entire C3 generation, and it still carries the last full chrome face before federal bumper rules changed the car’s look for good. What started as a write-off ends up looking, and running, like it never sat still at all. Watch to see just how far this transformation goes.
A shell company with a boring name built a handful of Chevy sedans in 1957 that were so fast NASCAR banned the technology under their hoods for more than 50 years. This tribute wears the Black Widow paint scheme and drivetrain spirit of that legendary program, built off-books to beat the competition without General Motors’ name on the invoice. Here’s the story behind the ban.
This Chevy Nova looks like exactly what it is on the outside — a garage-built driver car with old-school flavor and nothing flashy about it. What’s hiding underneath is a supercharged LSA V8 putting down a dyno-verified 557 horsepower to the rear wheels, with an estimated 650 to 700 at the crank. It’s the kind of sleeper that wins by surprise, not spec sheet. Watch to see what happens when the supercharger whine finally gives it away.
This compilation strings together muscle cars left to rot — under caved-in barn roofs, in overgrown fields, forgotten by owners who always meant to restore them someday. One car in the footage, a Dodge Daytona, is reportedly worth a million dollars once restored. Commenters argue over which cars are truly beyond saving and which ones just need an owner willing to finally start. Watch to see just how far gone these cars really are.
Dodge pulled the Hemi out of the Charger. Chevy shelved the Camaro. That leaves the 2026 Ford Mustang GT as the last mainstream American muscle car still offering a naturally aspirated V8 and a genuine 6-speed manual, and this review drives a base-spec example in a stunning Adriatic Blue Metallic that’s already convinced at least one viewer to order the same color. With 480 horsepower and zero turbo lag, it’s a reminder of what the formula used to feel like. Watch to see whether the last one standing still holds up.
The fifteenth NHRA Holley National Hot Rod Reunion brought vintage front-engine dragsters, Funny Cars, and gassers back to Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky, along with a Thursday thunderstorm and a weekend of brutal heat. The covered bleachers filled anyway. What keeps a nostalgia crowd this loyal to a small-town strip, and why does the NHRA Motorsports Museum keep bringing its living-history event back here? Read on to find out.
Don Adams sold a Buick once and spent years regretting it before spotting a 1969 Riviera GS Gran Sport in a magazine ad and, with his wife’s encouragement, finally buying it back in 2002. This all-original Embassy Gold example has never been restored — just preserved. It’s a rare survivor from a personal luxury coupe that traded some of Buick’s usual comfort focus for real performance. Watch to hear the full story behind how this car found its way home twice.
This numbers-matching 1971 Corvette carries a fully rebuilt 350 backed by a Turbo 400 automatic, restored right down to its factory-correct color scheme. 1971 sat right at the edge of the muscle car era’s decline, yet Chevrolet’s small-block lineup that year still packed real teeth for buyers who knew what to check on the order sheet. Here is what made a well-optioned 1971 Corvette a genuine performer even as the rest of Detroit started backing off.
Retired printer Michael Callahan wanted to join Bonneville’s 150mph Club under his own power, and found his answer in a 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II, one of roughly 503 built purely to satisfy NASCAR’s homologation rules. Most muscle car fans have never even heard of the car, despite its 8 Grand National race wins tying the far more famous Plymouth Superbird. Read on to find out how an obscure aero-war special ended up chasing land-speed records decades later.
A trunk hinge that still creaks and a spare tire that’s apparently never touched pavement — small details that tell Mopar collectors everything about how untouched this 1968 Plymouth Road Runner really is. Owner Jeff Fleming has kept the QQ1-blue, 426 Hemi car since 2013, correcting a common mix-up with the following year’s B5 Blue paint code along the way. Commenters call the color-and-engine combination the best Plymouth ever built.
In 2013, Cobras, Daytona Coupes, and Mustangs rolled into the Shelby Convention to celebrate a legacy built on a wild bet: that American muscle could out-race Ferrari at its own game. Only six original Daytona Coupes were ever built, and the story of how they beat Europe’s best still pulls collectors together decades later. Read on to find out what made those six cars unrepeatable.
Craig Jackson has watched more Hemi ‘Cudas cross the auction block than almost anyone alive as Chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson — and out of all of them, this 1970 example is the one he kept for himself, calling it ‘the quintessential muscle car.’ Jay Leno joins him for a drive through the canyons and hears the full story behind how Jackson acquired it. When the industry’s top authority on muscle car values picks a favorite, it’s worth paying attention. Watch to hear why this one made the cut.