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Nobody needs a mustang, but the United States of America owns thousands of them. Some roam the dun-colored hills outside the indistinct suburbia that shrouds Reno, Nevada, out past the legion Banks of America and Starbucks and Home Depots, past the dreary model homes at Shadow Ridge. Misty gray sky smudges it all together before the houses thin, then turn to trailers, then disappear as they give way to mountains that frame the Palomino Valley. That poetic name fits poetic land. A dozen miles away from gaudy neon life, this part of Nevada speaks for a vast silent geographic majority, thinly...
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History of the Ford Mustang GT
With its 460-horsepower 5.0-liter V-8, the 2018 Ford Mustang GT offers ready-made power for the masses. It’s not the top performer in the lineup, but it is Ford’s symbol for obtainable Mustang performance and it’s better than ever. The GT badge has held various meanings throughout...
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What does the Ford Mustang mean to America?
A pencil-straight imaginary line connects Portland, Oregon, to Terlingua, Texas, about 1,800 miles, unbending and uninteresting between two disparate towns at near-opposite poles of the U.S. We found their connection in a 2018 Ford Mustang GT, and in the story of how the Ford Mustang became...
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Wild horses, part one: The misfits
Mrs. Velma Johnston typed letters, filed carbon copies, and answered the phone at the insurance office where she worked as a secretary. She dressed conservatively, smiled often, and spoke kindly. She sat with good posture, as good as she was able, as long as she could. Her husband Charlie drove her...
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Wild horses, part three: The land of second chances
Cinders from a campfire pop and explode like fireworks somewhere in the desert outside Yuma. They trace arcs toward an infinite number of stars in the ink-black sky above, each its own possible world, an infinite number of futures spinning out of reach in dizzy orbit. The sparks turn to ash, then...
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1992 Acura Legend: 100 Cars That Matter
Honda blazed a trail in 1986 with its Acura luxury brand that Nissan and Toyota soon followed with Infiniti and Lexus, respectively. Although the Legend and Integra went on sale in the mid-1980s with the brand’s genesis (no pun intended), it wasn’t until the 1990s that both took off and...
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Bentley head of color and trim Maria Mulder walks us through a tasteful ultra-luxury selection.
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Storming the world's oldest hill climb in the 2019 Subaru WRX STI
We drove the 2019 Subaru WRX STI on the oldest continually used racing circuit in the world.
Kirk Bell -
Designing a race car livery is like walking on a tightrope
Michael Santoro walks us through the process of turning a high-performance car into high-performance art.
Joel Feder -
The street-legal COPO Chevrolet Camaro that never was: Only two 2017 Track Day Performance Camaros were built
COPO built two street-legal track-day specials off the Camaros with VINs and then killed the program.
Joel Feder -
How the Jeep Wrangler's first Easter egg was hatched
We went on an Easter egg hunt for the guy who invented Jeep Easter eggs.
Joel Feder -
Here's how Acura hand-builds its exclusive luxury and super cars
We get a behind-the-scenes look at Acura's luxury and super car nebula in Ohio.
Aaron Cole -
They called it “King of the Hill”—and when it emerged in 1990, the Chevy Corvette ZR-1 would forever reformat what drivers thought about GM’s ever-evolving sports car. In the 1950s, the Chevy Corvette staked out a new performance frontier for General Motors. In the 1960s, the Corvette hit its thrilling peak of style and substance with the Sting Ray. But by the 1970s, emission regulations and gas crises neutered the potent ‘Vette. Through most of the 1980s, it licked its wounds while engineers gradually brought it back up to speed. That’s despite the...
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All in the family: How Petter and Oliver Solberg are creating a rally dynasty
Rally world champion Petter Solberg and his son are aiming for more as one career ends and another begins.
Aaron Cole -
1988 Honda CRX Si: 100 Cars That Matter
The second-generation Honda CRX Si dialed things up and paved the automaker's future.
Sean Szymkowski -
1960 Chevrolet Corvair: 100 Cars That Matter
The 1960 Chevrolet Corvair was developed for consumers who wanted affordable, fun cars. While it was killed by Ralph Nader's activism, that lead to much-needed safety regulations.
Sean Szymkowski -
1967 Chevrolet Camaro: 100 Cars That Matter
It took a couple of years for Chevrolet to respond to the success of the Ford Mustang, but when it did with the 1967 Camaro, it kicked off a great automotive rivalry.
Sean Szymkowski -
1987 Buick Grand National: 100 Cars That Matter
Inspired by its NASCAR racer, Buick turned the pedestrian Regal into a modern muscle car for the 1980s complete with a turbocharged 3.8-liter V-6.
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The Elwood Engel-designed 1961 Lincoln Continental set the pace for luxury in the 1960s and to this day is the Lincoln that resonates most with classic car enthusiasts.
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1989 Ford Taurus SHO: 100 Cars That Matter
A 220-horsepower Yamaha-tuned V-6 and sporty suspension tuning made the 1989 Ford Taurus a real American sport sedan.
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A life during wartime: Jamie Farr, the most famous Jeep driver in history
The Jeep was always a part of Jamie Farr’s life during wartime in Toledo. Then it followed him to Hollywood.
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What's the future for the next Jeep Wrangler?
From today's Wrangler and tomorrow's plug-in hybrid, we take a look what's next for the iconic off-road SUV.
Joel Feder -
What Jeep means: How an icon changed the world
Motor Authority looks at what makes Jeep's iconic sport utility vehicle a lasting hero across the world
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The red line that never existed: We cross the Rubicon in a Rubicon, we think
We take the long way through history in a Jeep Wrangler to find out where the Rubicon really is.
Aaron Cole