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2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 in bright red showcased outdoors.

History/Breakdown: 2012 Ford Mustang BOSS 302

Muscle Car Of The Week usually reaches decades into the past for its features. This week it barely reaches back at all, spotlighting a 2012 Ford Mustang BOSS 302 carrying a designation most viewers have never encountered, Tooling Tryout Number 1, a label reserved for cars used to validate factory production tooling before a model reaches dealers. Built as a direct descendant of the original 1969-1970 BOSS 302, this modern revival turns out to be faster than nearly everything else in the collection. Watch to find out why.

Classic American muscle car driving at sunset near urban buildings.

1969 Mercury Cyclone CJ: An American Pastime

by Wes

Petrolicious follows owner Cy Schmidt on a backroads cruise through Ohio in his 1969 Mercury Cyclone CJ, and the comments keep returning to one line he says about the car: it means a lot of things to different people, but this one means a lot to him. Watch the full episode of Made to Drive.

Two men standing by an orange classic car in a desert at sunset.

In the Muscle Car’s Heyday, Just Like Today, Chrysler Cranked Out Hot Cars That Weren’t for the Inhibited

by Kiril

Mopar loyalty was forged in the muscle car’s heyday, and 1971 gave the faithful a Charger that earned every bit of it. Dodge reinvented the car with a fuselage-style third-generation body, split grille, and hidden headlights, and it was the final year Chrysler offered the 426 Hemi in any car. R/T production totaled just 3,118 units, with only 332 four-speed 440 Magnums. Read on to find out why the 1971 Charger marks the end of one era and the beginning of another.

Classic blue muscle car parked indoors with an open trunk.

1968 Plymouth GTX in B5 Blue Paint

by Kiril

A 1968 Plymouth GTX in B5 Blue with the rare 440+6 Six Pack setup would be notable on its own, but owner Kevin Plummer’s reason for buying it is what turns heads. He spent years chasing down the exact car his father owned when he was a boy, and he’s owned it since 2015. The comment section fills with strangers telling nearly identical stories about their own fathers.

Two classic muscle cars parked side by side on grass.

Does the New Shelby GT350 Live Up to the Name?

by Kiril

Carroll Shelby’s 1965 GT350 was a 306-horsepower race car with a license plate, and it earned three straight SCCA B-Production championships to prove it. Fifty years later Ford revived the name on a Mustang with a high-revving flat-plane V8, a manual transmission, and a suspension tuned for the track. Parked side by side, the two cars look nothing alike, but they share one uncompromising mission. Read on to find out whether the new car truly earns the badge.

A red 1969 AMC Javelin SST muscle car on display.

1970 AMC Javelin SST Mark Donohue in Big Bad Orange & Engine Start

by Wes

Owner Jeffrey Filz grew up two blocks from the Kenosha plant that built this 1970 AMC Javelin SST Mark Donohue Signature Edition, and the comments below Lou Costabile’s video turn up an even wilder story: a commenter’s father, a former Spitfire pilot, briefly owned one himself. Watch the full walkaround and engine start.

Ford Galaxie 1964 to 1968

by Ross Mills

This pale yellow 1964 Ford Galaxie, with its red vinyl bucket seats and chrome-heavy face, looks like exactly the comfortable family hardtop Ford sold it as. But the same model line quietly carried the 427 and, briefly, the 600-plus-horsepower SOHC ‘Cammer’ that Ford never dared sell to the public. Read on for how the Galaxie evolved year by year into the 7 Liter, and why a small number of these ordinary-looking cars may be hiding something extraordinary.

Blue classic muscle car with racing decals parked on a road.

Classic Chevrolet Camaro Race Car For Sale, Still Runs Like a Champ

by Kiril

This race-prepped Camaro isn’t just for sale, it’s a rolling piece of the pony car war Chevrolet started on purpose. When reporters asked what ‘Camaro’ meant, Chevy’s famous answer was ‘a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs,’ and the rivalry that followed pushed both brands into a genuine horsepower arms race. Decades later, this car still runs like it has something to prove.

1966 Ford 7-Litre 427 Convertible in blue.

1966 Ford 7-Litre R-Code 427 Convertible

by Wes

Only two buyers in 1966 ordered a Ford 7-Litre convertible with the dual-carburetor R-Code 427 instead of the standard 428 — and this Brothers Collection car is one of them. Muscle Car Of The Week digs into what actually separates the R-Code’s cross-bolted big block from the ordinary version riding under most 7-Litre badges. Watch to see why this one stopped the crew in their tracks.

A vibrant red 1979 Ford Torino King Cobra classic car.

1970 Ford Torino King Cobra Boss 429 Start Up, Exhaust, and In Depth Review

by Wes

This 1970 Ford Torino King Cobra prototype was built to fight Chrysler’s aerodynamic NASCAR cars, wrapping an extended nose around the race-bred Boss 429 V8 before NASCAR’s rule changes killed the entire program. Only a handful of these prototypes were ever built, making this one of the rarest Fords in existence. Take a detailed look at a car that came remarkably close to reaching Ford showrooms before the aero wars ended.

This Hoss Is The Boss, 1969 stock 500 hp Boss 429 Mustang! Built by Kar Kraft

by Pat C

Ford rated this Mustang’s big block at just 375 horsepower, a figure almost nobody who drove one actually believed. Built to satisfy NASCAR homologation rules and assembled outside the factory by an outside engineering firm, this car packed race-bred internals most buyers never fully understood. Discover why enthusiasts still debate its real output decades later, and how a Hemi-inspired head design ended up under a Ford hood.

2020 Ford Bronco in white with rugged design and modern features.

2020 Ford Bronco officially coming back will be made in Michigan !!

by Wes

At its 2017 Detroit Auto Show press conference, Ford officially confirmed the return of both the Bronco SUV and Ranger pickup, built on a shared body-on-frame platform at its Michigan Assembly Plant. Details were scarce, but the timeline was clear: Ranger for 2019, Bronco for 2020. DPCcars covers the announcement that turned two decades of rumors into an actual product plan.

Close-up of a hand adjusting car stereo controls with Mustang emblem.

Newest Mustangs will come with a ‘Good Neighbor Mode’ after Ford engineer had the cops called on him because of his loud exhaust

by Kiril

When Ford engineer Steve von Foerster had a neighbor call the police over his Shelby GT350’s exhaust note during an early-morning drive, he brought the story back to the office and helped create Good Neighbor Mode for the 2018 Mustang GT. Quiet Start and Quiet Exhaust drop the V8 to roughly 72 decibels, about the level of a dishwasher, and can be scheduled from the steering wheel for the hours when a loud car is least welcome. Read on to find out how a 911 call became a factory feature.

Concept Car in 1956 Became a Popular Muscle Car Name in 1967

by Pat C

GM’s 1956 Firebird II was a titanium-bodied, gas-turbine dream car that never got anywhere near a dealer lot, so how did its name end up on one of the most iconic pony cars Detroit ever built? Pontiac almost called its new 1967 Mustang-fighter something else entirely before reaching back to that jet-age concept. Read on to find out how a Motorama turntable car gave its name to a nameplate that ran for 35 years, and what the first Firebird buyers actually got for their money.

Two modern sports cars, one white and one orange, displayed indoors.

Mustang-Camaro rivalry takes root in China

by Kiril

The decades-old Mustang-versus-Camaro rivalry has found unlikely new life in China, where Ford’s later-arriving pony car has outsold Chevrolet’s by more than 3-to-1 despite a four-year head start for the Camaro. The gap traces back to one detail muscle car fans will recognize instantly: engine choice. Read on to find out why a turbocharged four-cylinder cost Chevrolet the fight.

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