Though the first generation Camaro made a big performance splash with its big-block 396 cubic inch V8, it reached legendary status via Chevrolet’s COPO program which allowed the Camaro to be ordered in the late-1960s with a multitude of Continue reading
Part 1: 1987 Oldsmobile New Car Lot Memories – Rear-Wheel Drive Bliss
Twenty nine years ago, I graduated from high school. While many of my high school classmates went immediately to various mid-Atlantic area beaches to celebrate beach week I started work at Templeton Oldsmobile in Tysons Corner, Virginia. It was Continue reading
Why 1970 Was the Year the Muscle Car Bubble Burst
The original muscle car era was an almost mythical time in automotive history – cheap gasoline, lots of horsepower, and plenty of choices of inexpensive new performance cars. Like all good times such as the Roaring Twenties or the 1990s Continue reading
Motor Trend Car of the Year Retrospect: 2016 Camaro vs. 1982 Camaro Z28
What a big difference 34 years makes. The Los Angeles Lakers were the 1982 NBA champions, and now in early-2016 one of the worst teams in the NBA. In 1982 Donald Trump first made Forbes magazine’s 400 (richest) list, today Continue reading
Rolex GMT II Master (116710BLNR) – a Unique Alpha Male Driver’s Watch
Ever looked through a car magazine and noticed all the wrist watch ads? It’s no coincidence. Most car magazine readers are male who also share a fondness for wrist watches. Cars and watches, they are big boy toys. The Switch Continue reading
What’s the Deal with the 3-speed Manual Transmission?
Anyone new to the the muscle car hobby will quickly stumble across a golden era muscle car with a floor-mounted 3-speed manual transmission. It’s a shock to these newbies who were under the misimpression that all manual transmission equipped classic Continue reading
Time to Make Peace with the V6?
Rewind back to the 1950s and 1960s, the V6 was something of anomaly. There were some offered in new cars at this time but they were few and far between. In fact Buick rolled out an efficient V6 during the Continue reading
1986 Pontiac 2+2 – the Production NASCAR Grand Prix
Many years ago NASCAR racing caused some of the hottest performing V8s to be dropped into muscle cars while also fueling the release of the most aerodynamic automotive shapes of the original muscle car era. The 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona, Continue reading
Dodge Doubles Down with Hellcat Production for 2016
Nothing has taken the automotive world by storm in 2015 more than Dodge’s Hellcat powered Challenger and Charger. For those old enough to remember the original muscle car era, these Hellcats made 2015 seem like it was 1970 all over Continue reading
Has Ford Caught the GM Front-Wheel Drive Virus?
It is official, Ford after tantalizing customers with its 2017 Lincoln Continental concept car has announced this all-new Continental will be produced on an extended front-wheel drive Ford Fusion platform. I had speculated 6 months ago that this was going Continue reading