As the 1970s wound down, the golden age of American muscle—dominated by high-displacement, fuel-thirsty V8s—faced an ...

You don’t have to be a big third-generation Firebird fan in order to appreciate the accomplishments of the 20th Anniversary Turbo Trans Am model, unveiled in 1989. For a brief time, this became ...

Pontiac’s first turbocharged muscle car arrived just as the classic V8 era was running out […] ...

The Buick Grand National and the limited-edition GNX were some of the coolest cars of the 1980s, marrying turbocharged V-6 technology with an old-school musclecar feel. But what if you took that burly ...

The Trans Am you've all been waiting for is finally here. Faster than a 350 Formula, more agile than a WS6-equipped GTA, the turbocharged V6 20th Anniversary Trans Am puts Pontiac excitement all ...

The 1980 Pontiac Trans Am Turbo was the answer to the horsepower question after CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards killed the venerable 6.6-liter V8. The 301 cubic-inch V8 used for the ...

The spirit of quarter-mile drag racing lies deeply connected with the values of freedom and innovation. Just look at all the gloriously tuned and modified rides that exist across the nation's ...

Twenty some years after the heyday of the original musclecar era, hot rodders are once again blessed with the broadest selection of high-performance cars in history. After more than a decade of ...

Ford Motor Company introduced the Ford Mustang as a mid-year model in April of 1964. The Mustang was an instant success for which General Motors had no production rival, at least not in the showrooms.

Under pressure from insurance companies and strangled by emissions legislation red tape that strangled its V8s, Detroit had almost entirely abandoned the concept of the muscle car by the late 1970s.

The original 1970 Datsun 240Z proved Japan was capable of building more than economy cars, kicked off a 52-year sports car story that gave us the legendary 1990s Z31 300ZX, and continues this year ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...