Car Features

Deep dives into the most iconic classic cars ever built.

Extreme close-up of deep candy-apple red metalflake hot-rod paint showing translucent color depth and sparkling flake under studio light
Car Features

Candy and Metalflake Paint Explained

Hector Morales · · 7 min
Firebird Trans Am body on the assembly line at a GM F-body plant, 1980s factory floor scene
Car Features

Where Firebirds Were Built: The Pontiac Assembly Plants

Wayne Coburn · · 6 min
Rally-prepped early 1980s Porsche 911 racing across a desert dune during the Paris-Dakar rally, spraying sand behind it
Car Features

Paris-Dakar: Porsche's Safari 911s

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
Burgundy 1970 Chevrolet Impala SS on open highway at dusk
Car Features

The 1970 Impala: The End of an Era

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min
White Ford Thunderbird convertible on coastal highway at golden hour
Car Features

How the Thunderbird Became an American Icon

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
1970 Mercury Cyclone launching at the drag strip
Car Features

Bracket Racing and Grassroots Muscle Today

Jim Vasquez · · 6 min
1967 Pontiac Firebird Sprint Turismo racing prototype in the paddock at Lime Rock Park
Car Features

The Rare Pontiac Firebird Sprint and Sprint Turismo Prototype

Tom Ramirez · · 6 min
1977 Pontiac Firebird Formula in Cameo White parked on a suburban road at golden hour
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Formula vs Trans Am: Which to Buy

Mike Sullivan · · 7 min
Cream Cadillac Eldorado with open hood revealing large V8 engine
Car Features

How Emissions Rules Tamed the Mighty 500

Emily Chen · · 6 min
Close up of classic Ford F-100 flathead V8 engine with chrome details
Car Features

The Engines That Made the F-100 a Workhorse Legend

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
Dark green 1969 Chevrolet Impala with 427 badge in suburban driveway
Car Features

The 1969 Impala 427

Emily Chen · · 6 min
1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Shaker hood scoop detail
Car Features

Cold-Air Induction: Cowl, Ram Air, Shaker and Scoops

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am on desert interstate
Car Features

The Cannonball and Outlaw Road Racing Lore

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
Close up of orange Plymouth Barracuda hockey stick side stripe
Car Features

The Hockey-Stick Stripe: The Cuda's Side Signature

Jim Vasquez · · 7 min
Close-up of the Screaming Chicken hood bird decal on a 1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
Car Features

The Firebird Name and the Screaming Chicken Logo Origin

Tom Ramirez · · 6 min
1966 Dodge Charger fastback - rear three-quarter at dusk
Car Features

Why the 1966 Charger Fastback Shocked the Public

Tom Ramirez · · 6 min
Ford F-100 truck on a lift showing transmission tunnel in vintage garage
Car Features

A History of F-100 Transmissions

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min
Turquoise 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air outside a neon lit diner at dusk
Car Features

Why the Bel Air Defines 1950s America

Sarah Whitfield · · 7 min