Today at the SEMA auto show in Las Vegas Chevrolet unveiled its Camaro “Hot Wheels” Edition — the first time any manufacturer has offered a full-size, production Hot Wheels car. Although no performance upgrades were announced, the Chevrolet Camaro “Hot Wheels” Edition will feature an exclusive graphics-accented metallic Kinetic Blue paint scheme and red-lined wheels — […]

To honor the 50th anniversary of the legendary Shelby Mustang, Ford is releasing a new line of Anniversary Edition Shelby GTS, GT350 and Super Snake vehicles. Only 50 white and 50 black of each Shelby model will be produced, each outfitted with triple gold stripes to signify the golden anniversary. The lowest level 2012 Shelby […]

Last year we posted the Hennessey Venom GT when it was first unveiled, hailing it as the Resurrector of the Great American Muscle Car. Its engine based on a Corvette ZR1’s 6.2 liter V8, the LS9 is modified to various degrees (including the addition of twin turbochargers) to produce up to 1,200 horsepower. Bonkers. That’s […]

Last year John Hennessy — Lord Madness of the vehicular world, creator of the Hennessey V700 Cadillac CTS-V and Hennessey Venom GT — dropped a Corvette ZR1’s LS9 engine into a Camaro, and the HPE700 LS9 Camaro was born. This week the Hennessy Performance team decided to go one step further, and chopped the top […]

In 1969 Ford unleashed the Boss 302 Mustang in order to compete in the then-popular Trans-Am racing series (and versus its arch-rival Penske Camaro Z28s), and unknowingly created one of the most coveted editions of the running pony in its illustrious history. The Parnelli Jones-driven Boss won the Trans-Am championship in 1970 (the last year […]

The saddest aspect of GM’s burying the Pontiac badge last year was surely the end of the proud Firebird lineage. After all its predecessor, the GTO, was the first muscle car ever made — the brainchild of Pontiac chief engineer John DeLorean when he had the epiphany of stuffing a Pontiac Bonneville’s V8 engine into […]

It’s a sad day for American muscle lineage, as it was announced this week that Dodge would cease making its iconic Viper. Everyone could see this coming as Chrysler fell into deeper and deeper financial woes, but it’s still hard to say goodbye to such a singular American vehicle. Since the day the Viper first […]

The 2011 version of the Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang is replacing its iron block engine with an all alloy aluminum supercharged 5.4-liter V8 that weighs less, delivers 550 hp (510 lb-ft of torque) and uses a unique spray-coating process that eliminates the need for cast-iron liners in the aluminum cylinder block — altogether shaving 102 […]