Muscle Cars

  • 2016 Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang

    We've already driven the Ford Shelby Mustang GT350, and spent most of our time in its natural habitat: the road course at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (to be fair, any track will do). But this past week I've had the opportunity to drive the GT350 at home in Chicago, like I would any other commuter car. My test car is chassis number G0017, so I assume it is the 17th car built. Painted Deep Impact Blue with black rims, it looks sinister but doesn't have any obvious GT350 graphics to let the uninitiated know just how serious this car really is. The car has only two options, a $475 "Over-The-Top"...

  • Ole Yeller 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350
    Shelby GT350 named Ole Yeller inspired by iconic P-51D Mustang aircraft, legendary pilot

    With its striking yellow paint scheme and neon green accents, this Ford Shelby GT350 isn't your average pony car. That's because it was inspired by one of the best-known fighter aircraft ever to take to the skies. Nicknamed Ole Yeller, the special Shelby GT350 is sort of a road-going version of an...

  • 2016 Chevrolet SS
    2017 Chevrolet SS to get supercharged V-8?

    Australia’s Holden Commodore is slated to cease production next year which means our Chevrolet SS, essentially a rebadged version of the sporty Commodore SS V, is soon to be phased out. The 2017 model year is expected to be the last for the SS and we’re hearing Chevy might send the car...

  • 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk spy shots

    Update: The pictured vehicle isn’t the Hellcat-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee but rather an updated version of the regular Grand Cherokee SRT. However, much of the new design will be shared with the Hellcat-powered model due in late 2017. Our spy photographers have spotted what’s believed...

  • The physics of launching a rear-wheel-drive car
    The physics of launching a rear-wheel-drive car

    Don't be frightened by all of the calculations on our friend Jason Fenske's famous white board: Launching a rear-wheel drive car properly is an exact science that is actually easily repeatable once you get the basics down. Jason, the brains behind popular YouTube series Engineering Explained, takes...

  • Chevrolet Camaro celebrates its 50th birthday
    Chevy celebrates Camaro's 50th anniversary with rare video footage

    Chevrolet has released a pair of new videos celebrating 50 years of Camaros with rare footage of all six generations of the pony car in action. The video above features complete commercials and promotional videos, while the shorter video below is a compilation with snippets from ads throughout the...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Camaro 50th Anniversary Edition

    Chevrolet has a full weekend of summer of activities planned to help celebrate the Camaro's 50th birthday: Tours of the assembly plant where Camaros are assembled, a car show for enthusiasts, and a display at the annual Woodward Dream Cruise. If you're in Michigan—or plan to make a trip to the mitten state—you'll have plenty of chances to interact with the Camaro crew for the celebrations. CHECK OUT: 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 preview The festivities kick off August 18 with an open house at the automaker's Lansing, Michigan, assembly plant where Camaros are built today. Chief...

  • 2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350
    Leaked order guide shows Ford Mustang will get 10-speed auto

    Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] will continue its tit-for-tat game with Chevrolet when it installs a 10-speed automatic gearbox in the 2018 Mustang, according to information accidentally leaked to the Blue Oval's dealerships. Ford and General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] have made unlikely partners working...

  • Jay Leno checks out a 1969 Boss 429
    Jay Leno welcomes the Boss 429 Mustang to his garage

    It's hard to believe that this is the first time Jay Leno has welcomed one of the most iconic muscle cars of the 1960s to his Burbank, California, garage, but the time has come to fawn over Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] Mustang Boss 429. This week's visitor is a freshly-restored 1969 Boss 429...

  • British police test the 2016 Ford Mustang GT
    British police suit up with Ford Mustang GTs

    It might be as American as apple pie, but the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang looks surprisingly correct swathed in the distinctive neon Battenburg paint scheme of the British police. Ford's pony car is being "assessed" by police forces in the United Kingdom as a potential patrol car. British...

  • Barricade Ford Mustang police car from 'Transformers: The Last Knight'
    Transformers 5's Barricade revealed as Ford Mustang cop car

    Director Michael Bay has revealed a new vehicle mode for one of the giant robots in the fifth Transformers movie currently under filming, Transformers: The Last Knight. The vehicle mode is for the Decepticon Barricade who in previous movies was represented by a fifth-generation Ford Motor Company...

  • Bumblebee Chevrolet Camaro from 'Transformers: The Last Knight'
    'Transformers: The Last Knight' Bumblebee Camaro revealed

    There’s a new Transformers movie in the works, and that means a whole host of new cars and trucks set to play the alternate modes for all the giant fighting robots. The new movie, which is titled Transformers: The Last Knight and due for release June 23, 2017, is once again being directed by...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor

    The most off road-oriented half-ton pickup coming onto the market later this year, the 2017 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor, will ride on a set of BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 tires that aren't exactly identical to the ones you can purchase at your local tire shop. Instead, the bespoke version of the world's most famous all-terrain tire was developed alongside the latest version of the Raptor. Ford says it teamed its engineers up with those from BFGoodrich to make sure that "the tires matched the extreme performance expected from Raptor." ALSO SEE: 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD...

  • Classic Camaro catches fire during test drive
    Classic Camaro cruise gets crazy crispy quickly

    A father and son were out cruising in a classic Chevrolet Camaro—which is the type of sentence you read and expect good things to follow. That's not what happened here, as the old pony car quickly caught on fire and the fast-moving flames were captured on video. I'm going to tell you now...

  • 2015 Dodge Charger R/T  -  Quick Drive, December 2014
    Report: Charger likely to undergo another update before arrival of all-new model

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] in its five-year strategy announcement made in May 2014 stated that a new Dodge Charger would be launched in 2018. Reports last year claimed the new Charger’s launch had been pushed back to 2019 or perhaps even later. Now we’re hearing that a new...

  • 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT-H
    Ford Shelby GT-H ready to rent Memorial Day weekend

    The most storied rental car program in history is back this summer for its 50th anniversary: Hertz's "Rent-a-Racer" Shelby GT-H. Landing at select Hertz airport locations in 17 cities in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and...

  • 2016 HSV ClubSport R8 Track Edition
    HSV special edition models celebrate end of naturally-aspirated V-8s

    As Holden’s semi-official tuner HSV gears up for the arrival in 2018 of a front-wheel-drive Commodore powered exclusively by 4- and 6-cylinder engines, the company has started a campaign to celebrate the end of the V-8 era. HSV currently has two V-8 options for its hot Commodores: a...

  • 1964 Shelby Cobra 289
    2 Shelby Cobras fetch 7 figures each at Mecum auction

    Classic Shelby muscle was the theme at a large Mecum auction in Indianapolis last weekend, where a pair of Cobras each reached seven figures during bidding. Highlighting the sale was a 1967 Cobra 427, a recently-restored example that shows just a hair over 20,000 original miles. That Cobra sold for...

  • IIHS crash tests 2016 Dodge Challenger

    Muscle cars have long been enthusiast favorites, but the results of a new series of crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reveal that they may not be the safest cars on the road. The IIHS, which is funded by the insurance industry, took 2016 examples of the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang, Dodge Challenger and Chevrolet Camaro and measured their crash-worthiness in a number of tests. None of the three American muscle cars were able to muster a strong enough result to qualify for the agency's Top Safety Pick award. CHECK OUT: New Chevrolet Camaro Z/28...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 prototype at the Nürburgring
    New Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 prototype returns to the ‘Ring

    A prototype for what’s believed to be a new Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is back testing hard at the Nürburgring. It’s the first time the prototype has been spotted at the German racetrack since the May 12 crash where it ran off the track and smacked a barrier, likely due to a mechanical...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at the Nürburgring
    2017 Chevy Camaro ZL1 put through its paces at the 'Ring

    The sixth generation Chevrolet Camaro is a great leap forward for this sporty muscle car. It's now on the Alpha platform, it's dropped weight, and it's packing a Corvette heart under its hood. The standard Camaro SS is pretty hot, but the upcoming 2017 ZL1 is equipped with something a bit more...

  • 1967 Chevrolet Camaro chassis number 100001 - The first Camaro ever built
    7 things you probably didn't know about the 1st Camaro

    The first Chevrolet Camaro ever built will be put on display on the sidelines of the 2016 Woodward Dream Cruise taking place late this summer in Detroit. Serial number 100001 will be displayed in a glass cube in Detroit as part of a program by the Historical Vehicle Association. CHECK OUT: GM...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car
    Here’s the first NHRA Funny Car based on the 6th-gen Camaro

    Chevrolet has unveiled its NHRA Funny Car based on the sixth-generation Camaro. The bright blue example was unveiled by 16-time NHRA champion John Force and daughters Brittany and Courtney. Both daughters are drag racers themselves, and some readers will recall Courtney helped introduce the 2016...

  • 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 barn find
    Is this 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 a modern barn find?

    When we think about automotive barn finds, we normally envision a dusty car tucked away in storage after something went wrong on it many years ago. Usually, someone had intentions of fixing it up—or at least saving it until the market supported restoration of it. This 2010 Ford Motor Company...

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