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This 1966 Dodge Coronet claims to be one of just seventeen 426 Hemi cars ever built — a number worth digging into before you take it at face value. Mopar’s own Hemi Coronet production records are murkier than you’d expect. Here’s what the real numbers say, and why it barely matters once you hear it run.

Every other muscle car nameplate has gone electric, gone away, or gone soft trying to chase sports car rivals twice its price. The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat did none of those things, staying loud, huge, and supercharged right up until production ended for good. Borrowed from UK specialist importer Clive Sutton for this review, it sets out to answer a pointed question: with rivals increasingly drifting toward supercar territory, is this genuinely the last great muscle car? Watch to see the case this drive makes.

Dodge tried going all-electric with the Charger Daytona, and enthusiasts made their disappointment clear. For 2026, the brand is walking part of it back — dropping the Hemi V8 but also the electric-only approach, in favor of a 3.0L twin-turbo inline-six making up to 550 horsepower under a legendary name pulled straight from 1970s Mopar history: SIXPACK. At around $55,000 for the Scat Pack trim, this is Dodge’s answer to enthusiast backlash. Watch to see whether it actually delivers.

This Oldsmobile 442 spent nearly 27 years sitting untouched in a storage unit, covered in mold and grime thick enough to hide what it actually was underneath. The team behind this channel specializes in taking cars nobody thought could be saved and surprising the owner with the finished result once the work is done. Watch the full pressure wash, clay bar, polish, and mold-removal process that brings a genuinely underrated muscle car back to life — and see the owner’s reaction when they finally get it back.

A 1972 Corvette build sheet shows a horsepower number for the LS5 454 that looks like a nosedive next to earlier years, and the reason has more to do with how Detroit measured power than with what the engine actually made. This numbers-matching, Bryar Blue example with a Muncie four-speed and original Rally Wheels sits right at that turning point, and an LS6 cam and intake swap wakes it up further. Read on to find out what really happened to the horsepower wars in 1972.

This hugger-orange 1971 Chevelle SS wears a Baldwin-Motion badge — proof it passed through one of the strangest, most aggressive dealer-tuner partnerships of the muscle car era. Built around a 350 small-block and a Muncie four-speed rather than a big-block, it tells a different story than the factory spec sheet ever could. Read on to find out why that badge matters.

This 1970 Chevelle SS454 isn’t just numbers-matching — it’s optioned with the range-topping 450-horsepower LS6, finished in special-order Hugger Orange, and believed by its owner to be one of the very first LS6 Chevelles built. Commenters are already calling it the greatest American muscle car ever produced. It’s easy to see why: the engine, the color, and the production story all point toward the same rare car. Watch the full walkaround to see the documentation behind the claim.

General Motors spent the 1960s refusing to let its mid-size cars carry engines larger than 400 cubic inches. When that rule finally lifted for 1970, Chevrolet dropped a 454 into the Chevelle within months. By 1972 the numbers on the window sticker had fallen sharply, but not for the reason most people assume. Read on for what a 454-powered 1972 Chevelle SS actually delivered and why it closed out the best-looking generation of the car.

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