Muscle Cars
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Every now and again, we hear about a dealer selling showroom-supercharged muscle coupes with a dealer-backed (if not factory-backed) warranty and financing all baked right in. One dealer in Tennessee is upping the ante with a Hellcat-rivaling Roush R2650 TVS setup for just $40,000—including the donor Mustang GT. Since a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat retails for $62,000, a 700-horsepower Mustang for about 65 percent of the price may sound a bit too good to be true, and it may be, depending on how you look at it. On the one hand, you're getting a factory warranty for the bumper-to-bumper...
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First drive review: The 2020 Dodge Charger Hellcat Widebody is thick with excessThe 2020 Dodge Charger Hellcat Widebody handles its power better thanks to more tire, but it still wants to get rowdy.
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Ford reveals 710-horsepower Mustang R-Spec for Aussie marketThe special Mustang has been developed with Ford Performance and Australian tuner Herrod Performance.
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Dodge design boss: Take off the yellow splitter guardsDodge and SRT design boss Mark Trostle says buyers shouldn't leave the yellow splitter guards on the Chargers and Challengers.
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Jay Leno goes for a spin in Hot Rod's testbed CamaroThe Chevrolet Camaro comes and goes, but hot rodding is forever. Edelbrock CEO Don Barry has made a living massaging American pony and muscle cars, and in this installment of "Jay Leno's Garage," he brings a couple of the company's development cars in for a little show and tell. The first is a...
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Man who sold first Mustang to be reunited with car after more than 50 yearsThe first Ford Mustang ever made was sold accidentally. And now the person who sold it is visiting number one in Dearborn.
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Feeling nostalgia for being the high school outsider? Are you a fan of sleeper cars with a generous helping of patina? Feel the need to show the rich kid driving daddy's Viper a thing or two? Well, no matter which box you check above, we've got just the thing for you. The 1971 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS driven by Lucas Black's Sean Boswell in the early scenes of 2006's "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" is up for sale on eBay, and as movie star hero cars go, it's a steal, with an asking price of just $39,998. We say it's a steal, but that's more because of what it represents than what you...
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Chevrolet's eCOPO Camaro failed to find a buyerChevrolet's one-of-a-kind, 9-second electric Camaro drag racer that went up for auction on consignment during Monterey Car Week will not be going to a new home. The eCOPO Camaro did not appear among Russo and Steele's August auction sales results, Muscle Cars & Trucks reported, and the auction...
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"xXx" Pontiac GTO visits Jay Leno's GarageWhen you think of actor Vin Diesel and car movies, the natural intersection of those concepts is the "Fast and Furious" franchise, but there's another action series that weaves the two together: "xXx." Dubbed the Flame Car, the 1967 Pontiac GTO Hardtop that recently visited Jay Leno's Garage has...
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First drive review: 2020 Ford Mustang 2.3 High Performance Package challenges the GTWith a mid 4-second 0-60 mph time and greater agility due to its lighter engine, the 2020 Ford Mustang 2.3 High Performance Package is a viable option to the Mustang GT.
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2020 Dodge Charger Widebody to feature in “Fast & Furious 9”“Fast & Furious 9” hits theaters on May 22, 2020.
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Rent a 750-horsepower Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 from Hertz, because AmericaStarting in October, Hertz will begin renting out Hendrick Motorsports-modified Camaro SS and ZL1 models at locations across the country.
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The painted racing stripes aren't the only expensive option for the 2020 Shelby GT500.
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The last Ram Air Pontiac GTO Judge lives in MinnesotaThe last Pontiac GTO Judge to roll off the line was painted in an unlikely color, a blazing finish for the muscle car.
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Barns full of American muscle headed to auction in IowaNinety American muscle cars stored for years in a series of buildings in Iowa are coming up for auction on Sept. 14.
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1,000 muscle cars headed to the block at Dallas auctionMore than a 1,000 classic muscle cars are headed to Mecum's upcoming annual auction in Dallas, Texas. In other words, if you're a fan of old-school American muscle, the auction will most likely have something for you. More than a dozen private collections will be featured at the event. There's even...
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2020 Dodge Challenger previewAfter the introduction of the wild SRT Demon and SRT Hellcat Redeye in recent years, the Dodge Challenger takes a bit of a breather for 2020.
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Hennessey ready to dial up the Mustang Shelby GT500 to 1,200 horsepowerThe Venom 1200 straps twin-turbos to the Mustang's potent V-8 for a wild ride.
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Just 100 examples of the Mopar '19 Dodge Challenger will be built and order books open in September.
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Why Ford reportedly didn't bring back the Mustang SVO nameplateWhen Ford debuted the 330-horsepower Mustang EcoBoost High Performance Package (HPP) earlier this year, it drew immediate comparisons to the turbocharged Fox-body Mustang SVO of the mid-1980s. Indeed, ahead of its announcement, we were among those who speculated that Ford's development mule signal...
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Ford creates one-off 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500 "Venom" for charityA one-of-a-kind 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 finished in exclusive metallic paint called Venom will be raffled off to support JDRF (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) in its mission to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. The otherwise-factory-spec GT500 is made unique only by its...
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Dodge design chief says next-generation Challenger, Charger to retain retro designsDodge's design chief says the next-generation Charger and Challenger will continue with retro designs while offering something different.
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Original Bullitt Mustang heading to auction, could command millionsThe 1968 Ford Mustang GT from the movie "Bullitt" will cross the auction block early next year, and it could be worth $4 million.
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2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 deep dive: How it delivers its supercar performanceFord's new super Mustang will go from 0-100-0 in just 10.6 seconds and with an available track pack will see 550 pounds of downforce generated at 180 mph.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran