AMC offered high-performance cars as early as 1957 (the four-door Rambler Rebel came with nearly 300 horsepower on tap), but the company didn't join the muscle car market until 1968. That's when the ...

Produced from 1968 to 1970, the AMC AMX is one of the most underrated muscle cars of the golden era. Based on the Javelin, which was also new for 1968, the AMX was unique thanks to its shorter ...

Chuck Page and Rick Mullaney met when they both received a free trip to an exotic land courtesy of good ol' Uncle Sam. It was 1968, and the call to arms brought both young men halfway around the world ...

Just as there was once an age of giant reptiles some 100-odd million years ago, there was once an age of American automotive giants. Although they may be dinosaurs today, the “Big Three”—General ...

In the late 1960s, American enthusiasts were living in muscle car heaven. After all, you had a great cast of characters across the performance car spectrum, including Mustang, Camaro, Charger, GTO, ...

The 1960s were a wild time for Detroit. Automakers were locked in a horsepower arms race, throwing ever-bigger V8s into muscle cars and designing showroom specials to attract buyers. But behind it all ...

Miriam-Webster dictionary defines a muscle car as "any of a group of American-made 2-door sports coupes with powerful engines designed for high-performance driving." Of course, sometimes the lines get ...

The 1968-1970 AMC AMX was America’s only two-seat sports car, aside from the Corvette, with a wheelbase one inch shorter than Chevy’s iconic model. AMC’s 390-cubic-inch V8 created 315 horsepower and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are you in the market for an obscure muscle car? How about an entire collection of them? Well, you’re in luck. Auto enthusiast Dan ...

Erik Sherman is an automotive journalist and motorcycle enthusiast. Although he has served and worked all over the world in different capacities, his passions belong to all things automotive. His love ...

The late '60s was an era of not only the muscle car, but also the beginnings of mid-engine exotic sports cars-think Ferrari Dino and Lamborghini Miura. Ford had experimented with the GT-40 and even GM ...