The return of the Chrysler Hemi V8, 14 years ago, was a glorious event. The Hemi name is a legend. This all-new third generation Hemi debuted as a 2003 Dodge Ram pickup truck option. It had 5.7 liters of displacement.

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

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

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

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

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

If you are like many four-on-the-floor muscle car owners you will tend to overlook replacing the gear oil in your Muncie (M20, M21, or M22), Borg-Warner Super T-10, or Super T-10 4-speed transmission. It is easy to overlook this type

Ford has done a wonderful job of releasing some fantastic products in recent years. The 2015 Mustang and 2015 F150 truck are great examples of recent new product releases that are not only sales successes but truly market innovators. Unfortunately

Last month I wrote about the 5 most significant cars of the 1970s decade. One of the reasons for the success of 3 of the cars on the list was their small size. Gasoline prices had really taken a massive

For many, the 1970s decade is one that they don’t remember or may not want to remember. It was a decade of high inflation, skyrocketing gasoline prices, and the near death of the performance car. This was the decade that