Due to stricter government regulations, the era of unrestrained factory-built performance was coming to an end in 1971. However, GM's excitement division answered with the largest displacement engine ...

The 1971 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am arrived at a moment when muscle cars were supposed to be backing down, yet it quietly turned into one of the most serious performance machines of its era.

Introduced for the 1969 model year as a performance version of the Firebird, the Pontiac Trans Am took its time to build momentum and really get under the public’s skin. In the first five years of ...

Sometimes automotive scribes have to beat themselves over the head to comprise a strong lead for a feature article. Other times one just comes to them as naturally as waking up in the morning. Then ...

Jody Only is an author and photographer. Within the last five years in the auto industry, she has had bylines with TopSpeed, HotCars, LSXmag, Engine Labs, Chevy HardCore, and Street Muscle. She is a ...

The muscle-car era was a wild time for Detroit car makers. There was a lot of variation in performance levels, as not all muscle cars were created equal. Some were very well thought out, and others ...