History & Heritage

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

1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray coupe — front 3/4 by a lake at sunset
History & Heritage

Zora Arkus-Duntov biography: the engineer who made the Corvette matter

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min
1964 Pontiac GTO
History & Heritage

The 1964 Pontiac GTO: How a Tempest LeMans Started the American Muscle Car Era

Mike Sullivan · · 5 min
A stripped-down prewar Ford roadster hot rod sitting low and nose-down on a cracked dry lakebed with desert hills behind, sepia archival tone
History & Heritage

The Dry Lakes: Where Hot Rodding Was Born

Gary Nowak · · 8 min
1957 Chevrolet Corvette C1 roadster in Venetian Red parked at a 1950s diner, top down, chrome period details
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C1 Corvette History Overview

Wayne Coburn · · 8 min
1969 Chevrolet Chevelle 300 Deluxe SS 396 — parked by a lake
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The 1969 300 Deluxe SS: Chevelle's Sleeper Muscle Car

Mike Sullivan · · 8 min
1969 Lincoln Continental Mark III, green personal luxury coupe, formal grille
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Continental Mark III and IV vs Eldorado: Round Two

Sarah Whitfield · · 5 min
1953 Cadillac Eldorado convertible in two-tone paint outside a mid-century home, embodying the longer-lower-wider postwar luxury boom
History & Heritage

The Postwar Luxury Boom and the “Longer, Lower, Wider” Era

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
1968 Chevrolet Corvette convertible, golden light in a parking garage
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The C3 Corvette: Mako Shark Era (1968-1982)

Tom Ramirez · · 12 min
1908 Cadillac reassembled from scrambled parts at Brooklands: Standard of the World test
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Cadillac vs Lincoln: The Origins of the Rivalry

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
Black 1961 Lincoln Continental four-door convertible presidential parade limousine
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Presidential Cars: Cadillac vs Lincoln as America's State Car

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
1951-era GM styling studio with early Corvette concept sketches and clay model: Harley Earl era design atmosphere
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Harley Earl, Project Opel, and the European roots of the Corvette

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min
Orange 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302 fastback in a bright outdoor setting
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How American Muscle Influenced Global Performance Cars

David Mercer · · 6 min
1971 Chevrolet Chevelle Heavy Chevy, blacked-out hood detail
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Heavy Chevy 1971-72: Budget Muscle

Mike Sullivan · · 7 min
1985 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series, burgundy formal sedan on estate driveway
History & Heritage

Cadillac's 1980s Badge-Engineering Decline vs Lincoln Town Car

David Mercer · · 6 min
1970 Ford Torino GT mid-size muscle car at a classic car show
History & Heritage

What Counts as a 'True' Muscle Car?

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
1965 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray coupe and convertible pair in matching Rally Red parked together
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C2 Corvette Coupe Vs Convertible

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Harley Earl and Zora Arkus-Duntov standing together beside the 1953 Chevrolet Corvette Motorama show car at the GM Technical Center studio
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Father of the Corvette: myth vs. reality

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
1968 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow parked outside a Georgian townhouse, three-quarter front view
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Silver Shadow vs Bentley T-Series: The Unibody Era Begins

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min