19+ hour, 57+ min ago   (634+ words) The fourth-generation Pontiac Firebird Trans Am already had plenty going for it from the factory. By 1999, the LS1 V8 had established the F-body as a serious performer, with the WS6 package adding an even more aggressive appearance to Pontiac's muscle car. More than…...

20+ hour, 57+ min ago   (538+ words) The 1970s were not particularly kind to American performance cars. Rising insurance costs, tightening emissions regulations and the fuel crisis rapidly changed an industry that had spent the previous decade chasing horsepower. For independent performance shops, the changing landscape presented an…...

22+ hour, 27+ min ago   (589+ words) The muscle-car era created its share of rarities, but production numbers alone do not always explain why certain cars become coveted collector pieces. Factory history, specification, and provenance can turn an already scarce model into something virtually impossible to replace....

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (226+ words) autos.yahoo.com The Duramax name is not a new one, having first arrived on the scene back in January 2001. This wasn't a 3.0-liter inline-six; the Duramax was a 6.6-liter V8 diesel turbo engine designed to power GM's most capable trucks....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (603+ words) Three generations of car collecting are about to change hands in a field outside Eaton, Colorado. On September 19, VanDerBrink Auctions will work through close to 300 vehicles pulled from the estate of the late Doug Born, along with the vintage gas…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (377+ words) KALIDA — Steve Rhodes has started over. It has been six months since a wind-whipped fire destroyed the storage building that housed his collection of cars. "An AEP power pole broke off and hit the building, catching it on fire," Rhodes…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (498+ words) GM has produced some great engines in its day, including the famed 350 cubic inch small block V8. Here are some of the worst engines GM ever produced. General Motors has created some all-time classic engines. The small block 350 cubic inch V8 can…...

4+ day, 36+ min ago   (427+ words) Yahoo Autos Most barn-find stories end the moment a car gets dragged out of storage and loaded onto a trailer. This one keeps going. In the latest episode of Barn Find Hunter, host Tom Cotter meets Molly and her husband,…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (715+ words) A black fastback with gold LeMans stripes, a scooped hood, and a Shelby signature on the glove box just came up for sale on Bring a Trailer, bid to $25,000 with several days still on the clock. At a glance, it…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (454+ words) Yahoo Autos Earle's Classic Cars found this 1962 Pontiac Tempest LeMans sitting on the shoulder of a Georgia road, and the tag on the back tells most of the story: it hasn't been registered since 1983. Forty-plus years of sun, rain, and…...