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1969 was considered the peak of the muscle car era just before the oil crisis of the 70s. It was the year most pony cars never had it so good in terms of raw road muscle. One of them was the Ford Mustang Boss 429, acclaimed as the most powerful non-Shelby Mustang that ever came [...]
One of the most confused brand images in American automotive history occurred when Shelby American built a line of Shelby cars improving on the stock Ford Mustang body and marketed it as the Mustang based Shelby Cobra. By 1967, the famous AC Shelby Cobra and its illustrious career were history and the then 3-year old [...]
Judging the 1969 Pontiac GTO Pontiac Division produced the Pontiac GTO in the United States for ten years, from 1964 to 1974. During the time of the GTO’s release, the type of cars that were considered trendy was the muscle cars that combine sleekness, sportiness, and masculinity. The GTO, although competing head to head with [...]
Between 1964 and 1977, General Motors marketed three generations of mid-sized cars it branded the Chevelle. It was one of the company’s most successful car marques that covered just about all the various segments in the intermediate markets. You have family sedans, utilitarian station wagons, sporty coupes and fun convertibles. 1968 ushered the second generation [...]
Born to win in NASCAR, the 1970 Plymouth Superbird cemented its place in automotive racing history by garnering 7 NASCAR wins, several Piston Cups and more than 200 wins in other races. It may not be the muscle car darling of the era, but if race wins were any indication, the Superbird lived up to [...]
Now acclaimed as one of the iconic American muscle cars that flourished during the late 60s and 70s, the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am of 1976 is revered for its elegant sweeping profile while sporting what is considered the most powerful factory stock high performance V8 engine among muscle cars – the optional 455 cu.in Pontiac [...]
With the trend of muscle cars being in full swing in the mid-1960s, all auto makers tried their best to be in the now. Ford started the fashion with its iconic Mustang, Chevrolet responded with its Camaro, and Dodge joined the bandwagon with the Charger. Even GM, which didn’t have factory-sponsored race car models, had [...]
Did the 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Keep Up with the Competition? In response to the Ford Mustang’s market domination from 1964 onwards, other car manufacturers took it upon themselves to come up with models that would compete and possibly outsell the leader at that time. General Motors, for its part, took more than two years to [...]
In the era when muscle cars were in demand and pretty much what every gearhead wanted, Dodge released their own version, the Dodge Charger. Chargers went on to be sold for thirteen years, from 1966 to 1978, and there were a recorded 710,000 Charger units sold. Since 1978, there have been attempts to revive the [...]
The Legendary and Definitely Not Mundane 1964 Ford Mustang The Ford Mustang is a trailblazing vehicle that set a trend of its own. It actually started a new category of cars called the “Pony” cars. When a car is classified as such, it would look like a sports car, but would have a long hood [...]
