If you were physically present in the early 1970s, you'd know Oldsmobile had already proven itself by building a legit street fighter. The 442 carried serious credibility, the 455 engine had brute ...

Everyone knows (or should know) how General Motors shot themselves in the foot twice (one round in each foot) when the corporation existed the motorsport venture and also banned its intermediates from ...

Fast wagons seem like a relatively new concept. Volvo sold cars on safety, not mind-bending speed up until the '80s. Then, during the rave decade that was the '90s, the company had a sort of ...

Over the decades, Detroit was the source of some very controversial decisions – from GM’s retiring from competitive racing in early 1963 to the more recent cancelation of the HEMI and Challenger Mopar ...

Q.I've got a '54 Olds with a 455 Olds out of a '69 Toronado. The engine is bone stock yet it has surprising power but as great as it runs there's something weird going on. For some time I've been ...

Meet California natives Roxy Starr and Ilona, her mother. Roxy has always wanted to be like her mom. Ilona is a longtime muscle car enthusiast. Over the years her cars worth mentioning include a 1969 ...

The 1970s were a particularly upsetting time for American car enthusiasts. Not only were insurance costs climbing and new emissions regulations strangling big-capacity V8 engines, but the '73 oil ...

George Hurst is the father of the Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds, but well before George started working with Oldsmobile, he was supplying Hurst shifters to Pontiac for the GTO. Hurst first produced shifters ...