Chevrolet Impala SS
The Chevrolet Impala SS is a legacy of GM’s performance full-sized vehicles. SS stands for “Super Sport”, it was manufactured in 1961-1969 period [1st generation]. SS had a few high performance engines: 348 cubic V8 [5.7 liter, 305/340/350 HP available] … Continued
Chevrolet Corvette Z03 Concept
This concept Chevrolet Corvette Z03 is desiged by Ugur Sahin and based on much cheaper Chevrolet Corvette Z06. It is easy to find some design elements from both past and present. Expected powerplant: V8 with 500HP or 750 HP option. … Continued
Hudson Hornet: 1951-1957
The Hudson Hornet was produced by Hudson Motor Company between 1951 and 1954. The Hornet was also built by AMC [American Motor Corporation] between 1955-1957. The first Hornets were famous for their lowered gravity center and quite a good handling … Continued
Oldsmobile rocket 88
Muscle car Grandaddy Oldsmobile Rocket production took 1949-1990 period and has faced a lot of replacements among themselves. The first 1949 Rocket named “88” had Over-Head-Valve V8 [OHV]. This classic car is defined as the grandfather of all muscle cars. … Continued
Rafael Reston’s 2008 Plymouth Cuda concept
This Cuda is inspired by original 1971 Plymouth Barracuda design with quite a lot of familiar features to recent desing and concepts of Camaro, Mustang, Road Runner. Theoretically, this Cuda could be planted on Chrysler 300 C platform with 5.4 … Continued
Dodge Charger History: 1964-2009
Real classics. Started in 1964 as concept car now Charger counts 6th generation. First one ranges from 1966 to 1967, when Dodge was desperate to present a car that could compete with Barracuda and Mustang. Almost 100% Coronet-based Charger was … Continued
Plymouth Barracuda: 1964-1974
Barracuda was manufactured by Plymouth [Chrysler’s division] 1964-1974 period. The first Barracuda generation [1964-1966] was based on Plymouth Valiant and had a fastback body [A-platform] with a distinctive feature – wraparound back glass. Plymouth actually was the first to join … Continued
Leonhard’s Plymouth Road Runner concept
Inspired by 1970’s famous Plytmouth Road Runner austrian designer Micheal Leonhard gave the word nice futuristic interpretation of the new Runner that could theoretically be equipped with 5.7 liter engine together with 6-speed manual or automatic gearbox. There are two … Continued
Short muscle car history
When a muscle was born.. Muscle car is usually defined as a high performance American 2-door vehicle that has rear wheel drive and is middle sized. Originally these classics are from 1960-1970 period and are equipped with powerful V8’s, had … Continued
Corvette Stingray concept
During Chicago Auto show [2009] General Motors has introduced their latest concept muscle car – the Corvette Stingray. This car is only to perform in Transformers movie as a Sideswipe character, but sadly not in production. Tom Peters was a … Continued