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A 3,770-pound BMW M2 CS just out-dragged Dodge’s newest six-cylinder Charger Scat Pack and the 670-horsepower Charger Daytona EV in a head-to-head sprint. The margin at the finish line was less than half a car length, and it had almost nothing to do with horsepower. Here’s how Hagerty’s drag race actually played out — and why the lightest car in the lineup came out on top.
A 1972 Chevy Nova that spent four decades sinking into the dirt gets a second chance in Hagerty’s newest budget build. Restoration duo Dustin Hallinan and John Brito set themselves a brutal number: bring it back to life for less than $5,000. What they find underneath says a lot about what’s still possible in today’s classic car market.
Hagerty’s Driveway Finds crew already built an awesome muscle car out of a 1972 Nova found rotting in the dirt — on a $5,000 budget. Then they doubled it, dropped in an LS engine, and drove straight to LS Fest to see how hard a sleeper barn find can really launch. Watch to see whether a second $5,000 budget was enough to hang with cars that cost ten times as much.
Brito and Dustin dig a 1972 Chevy Nova out of 40 years of dirt with no engine and a badly rotted floor, then give themselves a hard $5,000 limit to make it run and drive. Hagerty’s Driveway series skips the million-dollar restoration fantasy for something scrappier and more relatable. Watch to see how far junkyard ingenuity and a tight budget can actually go.