GM’s mid-size A-body platform was extremely successful in the 1960s and early-1970s. Ford and Chrysler with their mid-size offerings just couldn’t seem to match the sales of GM’s extremely popular A-bodies. During this era the A-body platform seemed to be Continue reading
We all know the sad story of how most of the muscle cars from the golden era sometime in the 1970s or certainly by the 1980s either were long gone or faced the humiliation of crappy or lukewarm performance. The Continue reading
If you were to ask most people what comes to mind when they think of SUV platform production longevity, most people will always mention the XJ 1984-2001 Jeep Cherokee. The XJ Cherokee which remained almost unchanged except for some interior Continue reading
Editor’s Note: the following Pete Dunton article was originally published on September 14, 2013 on Mustang Pasture.
What if you had a time machine and managed to go back in time just a little before 1964 and prevented the Continue reading
Editor’s Note: the following Pete Dunton article was originally published on December 8, 2013 on Mustang Pasture.
This past week Ford has just unveiled its all-new 2015 Mustang. There has never been more speculation and more Internet chatter about Continue reading
How far the Wrangler has come, yet how close to its roots it still remains. Need a translation? Kelly Blue Book has awarded the 2014 Wrangler the U.S. vehicle with the highest resale value. It is number 3 in Continue reading
When Pontiac started the muscle car segment with the 1964 GTO which was a mid-sized car with a large displacement high performance V8, most of the other American automakers were caught off-guard including Dodge. In fact Dodge and Plymouth were Continue reading
There is no denying that Jeep hit a performance home run with the release of the 2006 Grand Cherokee SRT8. No holds barred, it was one of the fastest SUVs on the planet when it was first released. It was Continue reading
John DeLorean was nothing short of an automobile maverick. He was the father of the GTO, Firebird, and just about every performance Pontiac out of the muscle car golden era. Unfortunately his heavy drive had him clashing with GM upper Continue reading
By 1979, the traditional muscle car was all but gone. The W72 400 CID V8 equipped 1979 Pontiac Trans Am was as good as it got, though rated by Pontiac at 220 SAE net horsepower (320 lb-ft of torque), NHRA Continue reading
