The 1964 Pontiac GTO might not be the first muscle car ever built, but it is often credited with jump-starting the era that followed. In fact, the first true muscle car (defined as a model with a ...

These classic models built a reputation for straight-line speed during the Golden Age of American muscle cars.

Muscle cars from the golden age of the 60s and 70s also used to be the golden standard of straight-line performance, but everything changes, and as time passes, the big-block icons of the past don ...

so-called "gentleman muscle cars," like the following five. A few months after Pontiac introduced the GTO package for its Tempest/LeMans intermediate line, other famous Detroit brands followed.

You may not think of the Buick GS Stage 1 455 when you think of '70s muscle cars, but it remained one of the most powerful in its category well into the '70s – despite the lowered compression ...

In the following years, intermediates, pony cars, and even compacts received potent V8 engines that made them fearsome straight-line performers. Though the golden age of muscle cars didn't last as ...

The market for muscle and pony cars faded rapidly in the early ’70s, and the original Challenger was gone after 1974. The Challenger name reappeared from 1978-83 on a forgettable rebranded ...