Muscle Cars

Made famous by its role in the most recent incarnation of the classic film Gone in 60 Seconds, the 1967 Ford Mustang known as Eleanor is a fearsomely attractive vehicle, projecting an aggressive, dominant stance—the perfect vehicle for showing off some unique custom wheels. And that's the...

UPDATE: The special one-off Mustang AV8R has sold for $500,000 at the Gathering of Eagles charity auction, with the funds going to support the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh youth education and inspirational experience program. Ford will donate a special one-of-a-kind...

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, HSV, Holden’s in-house tuning arm, rolled out a concept version of its latest E-series model powered by the Corvette ZO6’s LS7 V8 powerplant at the Melbourne Motor Show in February. Dubbed the ‘HSV W427,’ the four-door muscle sedan is now...

The first 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 delivered in the world to customer, a black 6.1L Limited Edition model, was presented to none other than Jay Leno at Big Valley Chrysler Jeep Dodge of Van Nuys yesterday. The first batch of SRT8s only went into production last month and getting your hands on one...

With the reveal last week of the LS3-powered Pontiac G8 GXP performance sedan at the New York Auto Show, it was only a matter of time until Holden announced plans for its own version of the car for sale in Australia. Today, Holden’s official in-house tuner HSV revealed changes to its 2008...

The first two Ford Mustang GT500KR KITT cars from the new Knight Rider series are about to go under the hammer at next month’s Barrett-Jackson auction in Palm Beach. There are in fact three different modified Mustangs that star in the new series, of which we bet there are a number of doubles...

Although the days of Toby Halicki's 40-minute chase scenes seem to be long and lamentably gone, his production company has licensed the latest incarnation of Eleanor for reproduction. That means that Joe Public can get his very own Eleanor for the meager sum of $139,900. And this isn't...

Not many cars can claim to have given birth to two American small- and big-screen legends, but the Trans Am can. Notorious for its use by The Bandit in the Smokey & The Bandit series of movies, the Trans Am was also the original basis for Knight Rider's KITT. Plans to revive the legendary...

With fuel prices continuing to rise ever steeper, even enthusiasts have to start considering downsizing to a smaller more fuel efficient model. Thankfully, tuners like Steeda are there to ensure that increased fuel economy doesn’t have to come at the cost of performance. With the addition of...

For the remake of the Knight Rider series, an updated sequel that will air as a two-hour movie on NBC, a Ford Mustang will star as the famous car KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand). In fact, there will be three different versions of KITT, all based around the Shelby GT500KR muscle car. The...

Not wanting to wait for Chrysler to build an official Barracuda, HXC Performance has penned up their own version of a new-generation Cuda and are already taking orders for the car, which is expected to be on sale by mid next year. The HXC Cuda will be built in a limited run of just 1,500 examples...

Back in April reports emerged claiming officials at Chrysler were considering creating a new Barracuda based on its Dodge Challenger, with none other than hot-rod legend Chip Foose dropping the suggestion at the New York Auto Show. These latest images are proof that Chrysler has created a new...

Despite the rising cost of fuel, genuine muscle cars are as popular as ever it seems with new versions of the Ford Mustang, Chrysler 300C SRT-8, Pontiac GTO and Chevy Camaro all scheduled to hit showrooms in the not too distant future. Now, The Detroit News is reporting that Chrysler could be...

There's been recent speculation that the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] was planning to debut a new specialty Mustang at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which it was co-developing with Italian designer Fabrizio Giugiaro from ItalDesign. This image that turned up on Mustang Forums reveals a suspicious...

GeigerCars.de, one of Europe’s finest tuner of American autos, has waved its wand over a current Ford Mustang and has created a 520hp (383kW) monster capable of reaching a top speed of 287km/h. To achieve this massive output, the Mustang’s GT V8 was bored out to 5.2-litres and had a...

General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] head-honcho Rick Wagoner will officially announce production plans for the new Camaro in a speech on Thursday taking place in Traverse City, Michigan. With the amount of public support as well as a new Challenger from Dodge and the current star-seller, Ford’s...

Chrysler has confirmed that the Dodge Challenger that hits the roads in 2008 will be almost exactly like the concept car unveiled at the 2006 Detroit Auto Show in January this year. According to Tom Tremont, Chrysler's vice president and top designer, "You're not going to be able to tell the...

It seems these days that a car doesn't become official unless auto aficionado Jay Leno has a test drive. That’s exactly what General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] has done with the Chevrolet Camaro concept car. Leno took it for drive through Burbank, California and finished the night down at...

Many of our readers may have never heard of HSV or Holden for that matter, but what you see hear is General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] premium rear-drive platform, commonly referred to as Zeta, undergoing real world testing down in Australia. Holden is GM's local division in Australia and...