History & Heritage

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

A 1956 Chevrolet Corvette and a 1963 C2 Sting Ray coupe at a GM design facility, representing the evolution Zora Arkus-Duntov drove over his 22 years shaping the car
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
History & Heritage

C1 Corvette History Overview

Wayne Coburn · · 8 min
1969 Chevrolet Chevelle 300 Deluxe SS — sleeper at a stoplight
History & Heritage

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
History & Heritage

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 C3 Mako Shark era design in side profile on an American highway at sunset, showing the low wide body with tunneled rear quarter windows and pronounced fender bulges
History & Heritage

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
History & Heritage

Cadillac vs Lincoln: The Origins of the Rivalry

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
Black 1961 Lincoln Continental four-door convertible presidential parade limousine
History & Heritage

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
History & Heritage

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
History & Heritage

How American Muscle Influenced Global Performance Cars

David Mercer · · 6 min
1971 Chevrolet Chevelle Heavy Chevy — blacked-out hood detail
History & Heritage

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
History & Heritage

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
History & Heritage

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
History & Heritage

Silver Shadow vs Bentley T-Series: The Unibody Era Begins

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min