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Red Chevrolet Corvette C8 convertible with top down, parked beside a green field with a German village and church spire in the background

The Corvette’s Mid-Engine Decision Took 50 Years

In 1968, Zora Arkus-Duntov — the Belgian-born engineer who had more or less invented the Corvette's performance identity and who remains, fifty years after his retirement, the car's patron saint — presented General Motors management with a proposal for a…

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A 1964 Ford Mustang hardtop in Wimbledon White at its World's Fair launch, the car Lee Iacocca convinced Henry Ford II to greenlight in a pivotal 1962 product planning meeting

American Muscle Jul 14, 2026

The Meeting That Created the Ford Mustang

Lee Iacocca was thirty-eight years old, running Ford Division, and in possession of a conviction that the company…

A silver eighth-generation Dodge Charger two-door muscle car photographed at sunset on an open road, with dramatic clouds and a desert landscape behind it.

American Muscle Jun 10, 2026

America Is Sending Europe Its Largest, Loudest, Twin-Turbo Muscle Car.

At three o'clock this morning Central European time, while Brussels was asleep and most of the continent was…

The original 1992 Dodge Viper RT/10 roadster, launched without airbags, ABS, or traction control as a deliberate engineering and marketing decision

Dodge May 15, 2026

The Dodge Viper Had No Airbags for a Decade — And That Was the Point

The 1992 Dodge Viper RT/10 was one of the most deliberately dangerous cars ever approved for road use…

An early Shelby Cobra 289 photographed in 1962, built on the British AC Ace chassis with a Ford V8 engine

American Muscle May 8, 2026

The Shelby Cobra Was Three Companies’ Secret — From Each Other

In 1961, Carroll Shelby was a racing driver with a heart condition that had ended his career and…

Ferrari 550 Maranello, representing modern classics that have dramatically appreciated in value.

JDM Apr 23, 2026

The Revenge of the Overlooked: How “Approachable” Modern Classics Quietly Became Unaffordable

There is a particular species of regret that only car enthusiasts understand. It is not the regret of…

A Ford GT40 racing at Le Mans in 1966, the year Ford finished 1st, 2nd, and 3rd to defeat Ferrari

American Muscle Mar 29, 2026

The Ford GT40’s Revenge Arc

Henry Ford II didn't build a Le Mans winner. He built a grudge. In 1963, Henry Ford II…