Today, if you ask younger enthusiasts about the origins of the muscle car, most will point to the 1964 Pontiac GTO. However, two years before that, Dodges and Plymouths equipped with the Max Wedge V8 ...

Chrysler built the first muscle car, period. Before the GTO optional package was offered on the 1964 Pontiac LeMans as a performance add-on on a mid-sized automobile, Mother Mopar put out its ravenous ...

This 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury Convertible has been documented as just of one 35 to come from the factory with the dual-quad, ...

Chryslerhas been making big-block engines for production cars since the 1950s. These huge mills with stellar horsepower helped make the 1960s the golden era for muscle cars, providing effortless grunt ...

Mopar — a portmanteau of MOtor and PARts — had humble beginnings as a brand introduced by Chrysler Corporation in 1937 to sell antifreeze. However, today it's best associated with decades of providing ...

The Mopar name — a portmanteau of "motor" and "parts" — was coined by Chrysler in the late 1930s to brand its new antifreeze along with other parts and accessories and has since become an umbrella ...

When it comes to bang for the buck, it's hard to beat a big-block Mopar. The wedge engine (named for its wedge-shaped combustion chamber) is a great combination of torque and horsepower and responds ...

The case of the 1966 Dodge Coronet 426 Street Wedge is one of those one-in-a-million automotive mysteries that has even the world’s top Mopar experts stumped. As the years click off, valuable bits of ...