Muscle Cars

  • 2019 Ford Mustang GT Convertible California Special

    The 50th anniversary Bullitt Mustang isn't the only special version of Ford's muscle car icon being introduced for 2019. The Blue Oval on Monday announced the return of the Mustang California Special, a special treatment that dates back to the original Mustang. “People have been talking a lot about the 2019 Mustang Bullitt,” Ford spokesperson Jiyan Cadiz said. "This adds just a little more excitement for Mustang fans." The first Cali Special, introduced for 1968 as the Mustang GT/CS, was a dealer special inspired by a 1967 Shelby GT notchback coupe prototype. Among its features...

  • 2018 Dodge Challenger R/T Shaker with Shaker Package
    Dodge Challenger and Charger get fresh heritage-inspired options

    If you're in the market for a new Challenger or Charger, Dodge has a couple of options that might pique your interest. One is a new Shakedown Package that can be ordered on the 2018 Dodge Challenger's R/T Shaker, R/T Plus Shaker and 392 Hemi Scat Pack Shaker models. It retails for $995. First...

  • Lee Iacocca 45th Anniversary Edition Ford Mustang for sale
    Rare Iacocca Ford Mustang heads to Barrett-Jackson auction

    If you're a Ford Mustang fan, you owe a debt of gratitude to Lee Iacocca. He is part of the reason the car came to be, as he helped push it into development and onward to production. The rest is history as the Mustang has been a Ford icon for decades. To honor Iacocca, a 45th anniversary car was...

  • Concept Dodge Challenger Demon sketches
    Demonic drawings: Dodge shows concept sketches for Demon logo

    With the Demon, Dodge turned a muscle car into a halo car. We're sure the project was fun for all involved, from the engineers to the designers to the marketers. The designers not only got to play with the sheet metal, but they also had the chance to dabble in the macabre and design a Demon logo to...

  • 2015 Nissan NP300 Navara
    Nissan mulls Ranger Raptor rival

    Ford has just launched a Ranger Raptor. It's powered by a diesel engine and only offered overseas, though there are strong hints we'll eventually see it here, and with a gasoline engine in tow. The excitement surrounding the vehicle hasn't gone unnoticed at Nissan, which will study the possibility...

  • Hennessey Exorcist Camaro ZL1 hits 217 mph during top speed run
    Hennessey Exorcist Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 tops out at 217 MPH

    Hennessey Performance Engineering revealed the 1,000-horsepower Exorcist Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 last April, and since then the car's become an assailing answer to Dodge's Challenger Demon, even if it's not an OEM package. We know 959 of its 1,000 horsepower actually makes its way to the rear wheels...

  • Hennessey tests Dodge Challenger Demon

    It was only a matter of time before Hennessey Performance Engineering got its hands on a 2018 Dodge Challenger Demon, and as usual, the Texas performance tuner performed baseline tests to see just how fast and quick the muscle car is. HPE performed three tests: a quarter-mile drag pass, a top speed run, and a dyno pull. In the first video, HPE sends the Demon down the quarter-mile to clock a 10.80 elapsed time. HPE disclosed that the Demon was not running on 100-plus-octane gasoline in the videos, instead opting for more common 93-octane fuel. By foregoing the high-octane gasoline and the...

  • 1969 Dodge Charger "Bullitt" replica
    1969 Dodge Charger owned by multiple celebrities is for sale

    It's rare that a celebrity-owned car comes up for auction, but this 1969 Dodge Charger replica has had multiple famous owners in its lifetime. The car is currently owned by Jamiroquai lead singer Jay Kay, an avid car collector and owner of a Kermit the Frog green Ferrari LaFerrari. Before him, the...

  • 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor
    Ford Performance boss hints at gas-powered Ranger Raptor for US

    When Ford on Wednesday took the covers off its new Ranger Raptor, the question on everyone's lips was whether we'll see it in the United States. That's still to be determined but the head engineer at Ford Performance has hinted strongly at the Ranger Raptor making its way to the states, and with a...

  • 2018 Dodge Durango SRT with Mopar accessories
    Turn up the heat on the 2018 Durango with these Mopar upgrades

    Dodge turned up the heat on its Durango with the introduction of an SRT model for 2018. Now, thanks to Mopar, you can spice things even further with a handful of accessories and performance upgrades for the popular 3-row SUV. Unveiled on Wednesday at the 2018 Chicago Auto Show, the items can be...

  • 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor
    2019 Ford Ranger Raptor debuts with 210-horsepower diesel

    Ford's F-150 Raptor now has a little brother in the form of the Ranger Raptor unveiled on Wednesday at a special showing in in Bangkok, Thailand. Why Thailand? Well, the country is one of the major production hubs for the Ranger mid-size pickup truck, and it's where the Ranger Raptor will be built...

  • 1972 AMC Javelin AMX by Ringbrothers visits Jay Leno's Garage
    Ringbrothers' 1972 AMC Javelin AMX visits Jay Leno's Garage

    It was one of the most talked about cars at last year's SEMA show, but not everyone was a fan. We're talking about the 1972 AMC Javelin AMX built by Ringbrothers of Spring Green, Wisconsin, and it recently paid a visit to Jay Leno's Garage. Although there’s no denying the high level of...

  • Page taken from a brochure for the 2018 Ford Mustang

    There's a new Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 coming next year, and according to Ford it will pack over 700 horsepower. We've heard that the final figure might be closer to 800 horses and now a clue may have come our way in the form of potential Easter egg tucked away in an online brochure for the 2018 Mustang. Thanks to an eagle-eyed Reddit user, we've learned that page eight of the 24-page brochure shows the 2018 Mustang's digital gauge cluster, which just so happens to show a car in 7th gear and traveling at 72 mph. Put 7 and 72 together and you're looking at 772. Yes, we could be looking at a...

  • Ford Ranger Raptor prototype
    2019 Ford Ranger Raptor teased in new video

    Ford has a new Ranger on its hands, and in some markets the mid-size pickup truck will have a high-performance variant bearing the Raptor name. The Ranger Raptor is coming soon. The vehicle is expected to debut on February 7 in Bangkok, Thailand, and Ford's Thai division has just released a new...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE
    Camaro chief says he'd like to see a sub-7:00 'Ring time

    Last June, a 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE managed to lap Germany's Nürburgring Nordschleife in a time of only 7:16.04. It's a time only a handful of rear-wheel-drive cars have beaten, and coming as no surprise they're all a lot more expensive than the Chevy. But the 640-horsepower ZL1 1LE...

  • 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air “Sanity”
    Jay Leno brings a 1962 Bel Air bubble-top beauty into the garage

    Ralph Holguin is the owner of RMD Garage, which is a Long Beach-based custom car shop. It's a shop that is the focus of a show on Velocity, but today we're focusing on one of the vehicles from the shop. The car is nicknamed Sanity, and it's a beautifully restored and modified 1962 Chevrolet Bel...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE
    Will the 2019 Chevy Camaro get the Corvette's 7-speed manual transmission?

    The California Air Resources Board may have spoiled one of the 2019 Chevrolet Camaro's surprises. According to a recently filed CARB document, the refreshed 2019 Camaro will add the Chevrolet Corvette's 7-speed manual transmission. AutoGuide first discovered the document last Thursday, and it lists...

  • 2017 Ford GT at Barrett-Jackson auction
    2017 Ford GT and first retail 2019 Mustang Bullitt bring big bucks at auction

    It wasn't just Chevrolet raising big bucks for charity during the past weekend's Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. In fact, it was a Ford that raised the most funds, in this case a 2017 GT that sold on Saturday—with Ford's full blessing—for $2.55 million. The car was...

  • 2019 Ram 1500

    Ram on Monday unveiled a new generation of its 1500 pickup truck, and tucked away in the plethora of materials handed out to the media was possibly a clue about a Hellcat-powered model. The clue came in the form of a “7:07” reading on the digital clock shown in one of the photos of the 1500 Rebel model. You'll only notice it if you zoom in close on the infotainment screen, which thankfully the folks at Allpar did. Otherwise it would probably would have gone unnoticed. The significance of course is that the 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 known as the Hellcat has produced 707 horsepower...

  • 1989 Dodge Shelby Dakota
    Dodge Shelby Dakota driven by Carroll Shelby heads to auction

    Carroll Shelby helped engineer and bring some of the worlds most iconic cars to life, but this one is a little lesser known. It's not a Ford product, but a 1989 Dodge Dakota. Not just any Dakota, but the very first Dodge Shelby Dakota ever built. The pickup wears VIN 0001, and during its heyday it...

  • 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt, 2018 Detroit auto show
    50th Anniversary 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt cranks out 475 horsepower

    Fifty years after Steve McQueen chased a 1968 Dodge Charger in a Dark Highland Green '68 Mustang to the delight of gearhead movie fans, Ford is releasing its third special edition model to commemorate that iconic movie car. That movie was "Bullitt" and the 50th anniversary Bullitt Mustang is the...

  • 1968 Ford Mustang from the Steve McQueen movie "Bullitt"
    Long-lost 1968 Mustang from “Bullitt” likely worth millions

    Ford on Monday unveiled the new 2019 Mustang Bullitt at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, but the special car, launched to mark this year's 50th anniversary of the “Bullitt” movie, was joined by another special car: the actual 1968 Ford Mustang driven by Steve...

  • Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 teaser
    Next Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 teased in Detroit, coming in 2019 with 700+ HP

    Ford made Mustang news here in Detroit with a third go at the Bullitt Mustang (a fourth if you count the original movie car as the first), but the Blue Oval teased an even meaner pony car on Monday evening of the 2018 Detroit auto show's press days. Ford didn't trot out a car, or show a teaser shot...

  • Ford Mustang Bullitt logo
    Ford likely to show Bullitt Mustang in Detroit, sell first build slot at Barrett-Jackson auction

    We know a new Ford Mustang Bullitt is coming. Now we have a good idea as to when it will arrive. Automotive News (subscription required) has learned from its sources the car will debut on January 15 at the opening of the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It was previously...

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