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7 Pontiac Models That Showed The Brand Still Had The Goods In The 2000s
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (658+ words) GM has killed many car brands, but the discontinuation of Pontiac in 2010 was perhaps the most heartbreaking. After all, Pontiac was General Motors' enthusiast brand that gave us so many drool-worthy performance machines over the decades, and crucially, at lower…...
Here's What The R/T Badge On A Dodge Charger Actually Means
2+ mon, 20+ hour ago (692+ words) Jalopnik Here's What The R/T Badge On A Dodge Charger Actually Means High-performance Dodge vehicles have been displaying the R/T badge since the late 1960s, when it debuted on the 1967 Dodge Coronet R/T that muscled up with your…...
How This Rare 1963 Pontiac Drag Racer Earned Its 'Swiss Cheese' Nickname
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (516+ words) Jalopnik How This Rare 1963 Pontiac Drag Racer Earned Its 'Swiss Cheese' Nickname It was Colin Chapman – subject of a fascinating biography — who taught automakers that an ideal formula for going faster was to "simplify, and then add lightness." But it's…...
Chrysler Tried To Memory-Hole These Muscle Cars, But The Rumors Were True
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (571+ words) Jalopnik Chrysler Tried To Memory-Hole These Muscle Cars, But The Rumors Were True The 1970s were depressing years to be a gearhead. The Clean Air Act of 1970 and the unleaded gasoline mandate put a damper on the peak period of high-performance…...
How America Fell In Love With V8 Engines
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (859+ words) Jalopnik How America Fell In Love With V8 Engines Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Springsteen all define American culture. For car enthusiasts, though, it's always been the V8 engine and the muscle car. Yet ironically, the V8 was never originally designed for…...
A New V8 Dodge Charger Hellcat Is Coming Because Nothing That Popular Ever Truly Dies
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (216+ words) After making a big fuss over the supposed end of the V8 muscle car and watching sales of its new electric muscle car absolutely eat horse doodoo, Dodge is apparently bringing back the Hemi-powered Charger Hellcat. At parent company Stellantis' investor…...
How A Pontiac Muscle Car That Didn't Get Made Became Performance Car Of The Year
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (274+ words) How could a car that didn't exist win anything? Well, it's a function of how the old-school magazine industry worked. In the pre-computer days, publishing a single issue of a magazine often required an intensive outlay of time and effort…...
The 2004 Ram Rumble Bee Was The OG Fast, Flashy, Hemi-Powered Mopar Muscle Truck
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (630+ words) Jalopnik The 2004 Ram Rumble Bee Was The OG Fast, Flashy, Hemi-Powered Mopar Muscle Truck There are a few things in this country that Americans can't seem to put out to pasture. No matter how impractical. Besides the oh-so-obvious political points,…...
Only One Ramble Seat AMX Muscle Coupe Prototype Survived, And AMC Sold It For $50
4+ mon, 17+ hour ago (619+ words) Jalopnik Only One Ramble Seat AMX Muscle Coupe Prototype Survived, And AMC Sold It For $50 In the 1960s, AMC needed a big win with American customers who largely favored cars from the Big Three: GM, Chrysler, and Ford. To get the…...
Battle Of The Ignored Engines, The Chrysler 383 Vs The Ford 390 FE
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (813+ words) Paul's love of all things automotive was passed down from his father, who raced motorcycles and cars, worked as a mechanic, built go-karts and minibikes, and always owned an eclectic mix of vehicles, from a column-shifted Saab 96 to an E36 5-speed…...