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This orange muscle car parked on a quiet street hides a surprisingly deep performance pedigree behind an unassuming name. It started life as a trim upgrade before evolving into a genuine big-block muscle car, eventually stepping up to 427 and 428 Cobra Jet power that put it in the same conversation as its more famous rivals. Most fans can spot a Mustang or Camaro instantly, but this Mercury often gets overlooked. Guess the year, make, and model before scrolling down for the answer.
Power steering, power brakes, a Corvette-inspired fiberglass bed — this pickup had features nobody expected on a work truck in the 1950s. Chevrolet’s luxury-truck experiment sold well at first, then faded fast as competitors caught up. Can you guess which model and year this pristine example represents?
This mystery muscle car keeps its year, make, and model hidden behind blacked-out bodywork, can you guess it before the reveal? The answer is a 1969 Dodge Coronet R/T, a B-body Mopar that came standard with a 375-horsepower 440 Magnum and, in just 107 rare cases, the legendary 426 Hemi. See the full breakdown of what made this one of Dodge’s most serious mid-size muscle cars.
Twelve of the world’s best driver’s cars line up on an airstrip for MotorTrend’s sixth drag race showdown – and then an uninvited Dodge Charger Hellcat, parked nearby for entirely unrelated reasons, ends up joining the field anyway. The results surprise viewers more than the official lineup does. Watch to see which cars actually back up their reputations.
This green wagon is hiding its year, make, and model behind some deliberately similar styling cues from Plymouth’s B-body lineup, the same family that spawned the Belvedere, Satellite, and GTX. Get the grille shape and taillight details right and the guess gets a lot easier. Take your best shot at the year, make, and model before checking the comments for the answer.
Dodge never intended the compact Dart to carry a 440-cubic-inch big block, but a small number of 1968 GTS buyers ordered exactly that combination anyway. Paired with a four-speed manual, it’s one of the rarest engine-transmission combos Mopar ever built into an A-body. Here’s what makes this particular Dart worth a closer look.
The Dodge Demon grabbed the headlines at the 2017 New York Auto Show, but it wasn’t competing in a vacuum. Lincoln stripped 200 pounds from a full-size SUV, Honda became the first automaker to offer electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen versions of the same car, and Land Rover introduced an entirely new model tier.
Long before CGI animations and slow-motion breakdown videos existed, engineers explained the differential using nothing but physical models, a chalkboard, and patience. ConceptVBS resurfaces a 1930s instructional film that still explains the axle assembly your muscle car depends on better than most modern content manages, and the reason why is almost as interesting as the mechanism itself.
When Fiat Chrysler quietly renewed its trademark on the ‘Cuda name, it reignited a rumor that had simmered for nearly a decade: a modern successor to one of Mopar’s most legendary nameplates. The Cuda and Barracuda trademarks have a messier history than most fans realize, and the renewals have kept coming for years without a production car to show for it. Here’s the real story behind the paperwork.
A deep-sea fishing trip and a concept car with no top somehow combined to produce one of the most recognizable silhouettes in American automotive history. King Rose Archives traces the origin of the second-generation Corvette Sting Ray, and the design fight between two GM legends that decided whether you could actually see out the back window.
Only two of these were ever built, and this 1957 Ford Ranchero hides one of the most unlikely muscle car secrets of the entire decade under its work-truck sheet metal. V8TV’s Muscle Car of the Week goes looking for the story behind a supercharged engine nobody expected to find in a Ranchero, and the NASCAR connection that explains how it got there.