Car Features

Deep dives into the most iconic classic cars ever built.

1959 Cadillac tail fin and twin bullet taillights — close-up detail
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Cadillac's 1948 Tail Fin and the Fin Arms Race That Followed

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
Studio comparison of a Pontiac 455 V8 block and a Chevrolet 454 big-block V8 side by side
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Pontiac vs Chevy Big-Block

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
1970 Plymouth Road Runner 440 Six Barrel wedge engine bay illustrating the wedge cylinder-head design
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Hemi vs Wedge: The Design Difference

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
Prototype Pontiac Ram Air V 400 tunnel-port V8 engine on a stand in a vintage engineering shop
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Ram Air V: The Engine That Never Shipped

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
1967 Pontiac Firebird coupe in Verdoro Green on a suburban road at golden hour
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First-Generation Firebird 1967-1969: Pontiac's Pony Car

Tom Ramirez · · 8 min
1967 Pontiac Firebird hardtop coupe parked outside a period Pontiac dealership at its debut
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1967 Debut: Pontiac's Answer to the Mustang

Tom Ramirez · · 6 min
Close-up of a gold cast-aluminum snowflake wheel on a black Pontiac Trans Am
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Honeycomb and Snowflake Wheels

Mike Sullivan · · 7 min
A 1970 Plymouth GTX engine bay showing the 440 Six-Barrel with three two-barrel carburetors.
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The 440 Six-Pack Explained

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 engine bay with the Rocket 455 V8
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Muscle Car Engines & the Horsepower Wars

Mike Sullivan · · 8 min
Classic car instrument cluster with modern digital gauges glowing behind vintage-style faces and a hidden dashboard touchscreen at dusk
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Restomod Audio and Digital Gauges

Jim Vasquez · · 7 min
Pontiac 455 forged crankshaft and connecting rods laid out on a workbench for measurement
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The 455 Torque Monster

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
Close-up of a 1977 Pontiac Trans Am Special Edition hood in black with the gold screaming chicken decal on the shaker scoop
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The 1977 Restyle and Quad Headlights

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 LS6 staged at a drag strip starting line
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The Quarter-Mile Arms Race

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
A row of varied rat rods lined up along the aisle at a lively outdoor car show as a crowd walks between them on a sunny day
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Are Rat Rods Still Popular

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
Bare Pontiac 400 V8 block mid-rebuild on an engine stand with heads removed
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Rebuilding a Pontiac 400

Mike Sullivan · · 7 min
1976 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am in dark blue with shaker hood scoop parked in a suburban driveway
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Surviving the Malaise Era

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
Bare Pontiac Ram Air IV round-port cylinder head on a studio background
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Round-Port vs D-Port Heads

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
A black and gold 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am parked beside a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 at a car show
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Firebird vs Camaro: The F-Body Sibling Rivalry

Patrick Walsh · · 9 min