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The Mustang Absolutely Destroyed The Camaro In Sales Last Month

by Kiril

Chevrolet’s Camaro beat the Ford Mustang for America’s top-selling muscle car crown in September and October — then lost it right back in November, proof that this decades-old sales rivalry can flip in a single month. The same stretch also saw a lifelong Chevelle SS hunt finally pay off, a new Motor Trend show built entirely around muscle car culture, and a 560-horsepower pro-touring Camaro built by Detroit Speed. Read on for what the whole picture says about the state of muscle cars in the mid-2010s.

A classic black muscle car parked on a country road.

HEMIs Together, Stay Together

by Wes

Mike Musto gets behind the wheel of a genuinely rare 1969 Plymouth GTX for BIG MUSCLE, a car that wears its chips and scratches instead of hiding them under fresh paint. It is the kind of survivor that pulls personal stories out of the comment section, including one from a viewer whose brother came home from Vietnam to a car just like it. The GTX was Plymouth’s upscale answer to the muscle car boom, and this one still carries every mile of its history. Watch to see what Musto finds under the hood.

Classic black car with distinctive grille and multiple headlights showcased outdoors.

Shape Shifting Caddy

by Wes

Willy’s Cadillac has been rebuilt so many times that even Big Muscle host Mike Musto isn’t sure whether it started life as a 1953 or a 1955 — and Willy seems just fine with the confusion. What’s left is a car with an evil-sounding idle, a ZZ Top keychain, and a look one fan calls purely ‘in your face.’ Watch to see how many identities one Cadillac can wear.

A classic black car driving on a winding road during daytime.

Why 800HP is Too Much…

by Wes

Mike Musto argues the internet has horsepower backwards, using a balanced Chevrolet Malibu SS built around an LS1 and a Viper-sourced Tremec T56 transmission to make his case for drivability over raw numbers. One commenter dismissed the build as merely ‘medium’ next to a 707-horsepower factory Hellcat — and the response it triggered turned into a real debate about what horsepower numbers actually mean without context. See why balance might matter more than bragging rights.

Classic black Pontiac Trans Am parked outdoors with a Turbo V8 engine badge.

Turbo V8 Chicken: Pontiac Trans Am

by Wes

In 1981, Pontiac answered a shrinking performance budget with a genuinely strange idea: the first mass-production turbocharged V8 in an American car, wrapped in the loudest graphics package the Trans Am ever wore. The 210-horsepower engine was groundbreaking and unreliable in roughly equal measure, and reviewers are still divided on whether the gamble paid off. Read on to find out why collectors now pay a premium for the rare survivors that got it right.

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