Camaro, Challenger and Mustang: Great Cars – But Not Muscle Cars…
The Dodge Challenger, Chevy Camaro and Ford Mustang are great performance cars, but they aren't muscle cars. That species is extinct - and there's no bringing them back.
Muscle cars were born...
The Powerful Pleasure: 1979-2002 Celica Supra
Nissan's Z-car may have been the first Japanese sports car to make a real splash in the United States back in 1969 - but crosstown rival Toyota wasn't going to sit...
Track Testing The 2000 Cobra R
(I did this write-up 10 years ago... feels like yesterday!)
The last time I got my hands on one of Ford Motor Co.'s competition-only Mustang Cobra R models was back in 1995....
Good Luck Finding Performance Tires for Your Classic Muscle Car
If you own a '60s or '70s-era muscle car, you've probably become aware of an ironic problem: It is virtually impossible to find high-performance tires for these high-performance beasts.
The BF Goodrich...
Cadillac Eldorado, 1953–1985
A good name is a good beginning—and when Cadillac decided to christen its ultra- convertible after the mythical "gilded one" of Aztec/Mayan legend, it could not have chosen a more fitting...
Memorable muscle car engines
Classic-era muscle cars were known as much for their engines as their names. A big part of the attraction was popping the hood to reveal the rock star powerplant beneath -...
The Backseat Driver’s Companion….
People who like to drive rarely enjoy being driven - and are often tempted to second-guess the driving of others when not behind the wheel themselves.
Usually, it's not a good idea.
Here's...
In the rearview mirror: 1980-’81 Turbo Trans Am
Let's dial back the clock a quarter century and return to the wee hours of the Reagan Era, when Pontiac made a desperate, last-ditch effort to keep the Trans-Am from becoming...
Slow drivers… is it getting worse?
At least back in '66, the bluehair (or whomever) up ahead would have pulled off onto the shoulder to let you by.
Muscle Cars: The Just For Men Hobby?
Perhaps you've noticed.
In the pages of muscle car enthusiast magazines and at car shows where muscle cars are the main attraction, the over-40 crowd is the largest demographic.
Twenty years ago, if...