In the 1960s, Detroit’s horsepower race created a new kind of performance car that blended everyday practicality with drag-strip aggression. Those machines still shape how enthusiasts define speed and ...

Stringent emission regulations, high insurance rates, and a fuel crisis ended the golden age of muscle in the first part of the 1970s. Some of the era's biggest names made it into the 1980s, but they ...

Unlike Super Sport versions of Chevrolet's Camaro, Nova, and Chevelle, which all have indisputable muscle car and hot rod cred, Chevy's Impala—although iconic in its own right—is positioned in a weird ...

Conceived as a direct response to GM sibling Pontiac's 1964 GTO and based on the same A-body platform, the Gran Sport was Buick's first foray into the realm of 1960s muscle. Throughout its history, ...

Finding classic cars and restoring them is a mixture of hobby, competition and business for Steve Hawkey of Allen County. Among his favorites are muscle cars from the 1960s. Not a weekend goes by ...

Muscle car discussions often concern vehicles from the 1960s and 1970s, the so-called Golden Age of high-powered, rear-wheel drive cars with a Detroit V8. Names like GTO, Chevelle, and Barracuda are ...

Growing up with a V8 in the driveway shapes you more than you'd think.

The golden era of American muscle cars came during the 1960s and at the very beginning of the 1970s. General Motors arguably created the segment with the 1964 Pontiac GTO, but its other brands, such ...

It was destined that Louie would be passionate about cars before it became a conscious choice. And once it did, there was nothing else on his mind. With a childhood automotive brain like a database, ...

Daud Gonzalez is a lifelong car enthusiast and automotive writer with a specialty in modified and race-ready rides. He spends most of his time modifying his cars and ruining them in the process. He is ...