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The stories, timelines, and turning points that shaped American classic cars.

Classic 1950s American enclosed panel delivery truck with solid steel side panels parked at the curb in front of a vintage main-street storefront
History & Heritage

Panel Trucks and Suburbans: The Enclosed Haulers

Robert Halloran · · 9 min
The Chevrolet XP-819 rear-engine Corvette experimental prototype on a GM proving ground test track, the one-off concept that proved rear weight bias was unworkable
History & Heritage

XP-819: Zora Arkus-Duntov's rear-engine Corvette experiment

Tom Ramirez · · 8 min
Bill Mitchell's Mako Shark I XP-755 Corvette concept car at the 1962 auto show displaying its dramatic graduated blue-to-silver paint scheme and aggressive tapered nose
History & Heritage

Bill Mitchell Corvette Mako Shark I: the concept that shaped the C2

Patrick Walsh · · 9 min
1972 AMC Javelin AMX muscle car from the year horsepower ratings collapsed
History & Heritage

Why Horsepower Numbers Collapsed in 1972

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
Classic Chevrolet Corvette lineup from 1953 to 1996 on American open road — chrome era to C4 aerodynamics
History & Heritage

The Classic Chevrolet Corvette: America's Sports Car Story

Tom Ramirez · · 15 min
Two nose-high gasser drag cars staged at the starting line of a 1960s Southern California dragstrip, with a period crowd and old timing tower
History & Heritage

Gasser Drag Racing History

Patrick Walsh · · 10 min
Late 1990s Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph and Bentley Arnage side by side on a concours lawn
History & Heritage

1998: How BMW and Volkswagen Finally Split Rolls-Royce and Bentley for Good

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
Close-up of the 1958 Chevrolet Corvette front end showing quad headlights in chrome bezels with paired dual headlights stacked horizontally and chrome vertical-tooth grille
History & Heritage

1958 Corvette quad headlights: the styling change that defined the C1 face

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min
1956 Chevrolet Corvette race car in action at the Sebring 12 Hours circuit, mid-corner with other vintage race cars visible in the background
History & Heritage

1956 Corvette at Sebring: the race that saved the car

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
1969 AMC Hurst SC/Rambler in red, white and blue, one of the era's forgotten muscle cars
History & Heritage

Forgotten Muscle Cars That Deserve More Recognition

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
Two vintage Willys gassers launching side by side at a 1960s dragstrip, front wheels lifting in dramatic wheelstands amid tire smoke
History & Heritage

The Gasser Wars

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
Side three-quarter view of a streamlined maroon 1937 Lincoln-Zephyr coupe with art-deco teardrop styling
History & Heritage

LaSalle vs Zephyr: Each Marque's Junior Line

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
1991 Chevrolet Corvette C4 convertible with top down in Bright Red, the first factory Corvette convertible since 1975, on an American summer drive
History & Heritage

1992 Corvette Convertible Returns

Wayne Coburn · · 8 min
1962 Chevrolet Corvette C1 in Roman Red showing the clean duck-tail rear end restyle with no chrome cove trim and inboard horizontal taillights
History & Heritage

1962 Corvette duck tail restyle: the last C1 refinement

Tom Ramirez · · 8 min
Dick Guldstrand in period racing attire crouching beside a 1966 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport race car at Sebring, pointing at the wheel well while talking to a mechanic
History & Heritage

Dick Guldstrand: the man they called Mr. Corvette

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
A 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454 LS6 with the hood open showing its big-block V8 engine bay.
History & Heritage

The Rise and Fall of the Big-Block Era

Mike Sullivan · · 5 min
A 1965 altered-wheelbase Mopar-style factory match racer pulling a wheelstand off the line at a vintage drag strip, its axles shifted forward and nose pitched up over the rear slicks.
History & Heritage

Altered-Wheelbase Cars and the Funny Car Link

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Z16 SS396 — proving ground display
History & Heritage

The 1965 Z16 SS396: A Rare One

Dan Reeves · · 6 min