Both pretty badass, and both really fun I have to admit, when I was offered a range of Ford Mustangs to drive up the Pacific Coast Highway to Malibu, my heart leapt for the 5.0 460-horsepower 6 speed stick shift. In this sexy 2 door fastback, 460 horsepower is way more than enough to…
The 2020 Dodge Charger Widebody: Family Sedan Meets Muscle Car
The 2020 Dodge Charger Hellcat is the most powerful and fastest mass-produced sedan in the world. The Dodge lineup of muscle cars has been evolving since the 1960s and the Charger has seen several iterations over the years and transformed into the family muscle car sedan in several body styles since 2006. This bad boy…
2019 Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye: The Demon’s Little Cousin
If “Speed Demon” is your middle name, keep reading. No, we didn’t just swear. The car’s name really is Challenger Hellcat. And boy does it live up to its name. You might remember Hellcat as the female Marvel superhero, an evil, devilish creature in Dungeons and Dragons or a World War II fighter plane. Lately,…
Women Like Muscle: Ford Mustang Is Best-Selling Sports Car With Women
Sports cars are not just for the guys. There’s this perception that women don’t like cars the way guys like cars. Women drive things like minivans and nice, tame crossovers. Women do not drive sports cars and they most certainly do not drive muscle cars. Well, the Ford Mustang is the best-selling sports car among…
Taking a ride in the 2015 Ford Mustang GT 5.0
What’s it like to be behind the wheel of one of the most iconic cars on the road today? And also, drive a car with 435 horsepower?!? It’s a head-turner, that’s for sure. And an adrenaline pumper. And a lot of fun. This actually happened this week when I was getting gas. Drove the 2016…
Mid-Life Wish List: 50 Things to See at 50, in the 2015 Ford Mustang
If you could go anywhere and do anything, in a Mustang, what would your itinerary look like? That was the question Ford had when the car maker sat down to plan the campaign to launch the 50th anniversary Mustang. “We could focus on the powertrain and the technology” in the Mustang, said Jim Farley, Ford’s…
2014 Chevrolet Impala: Not Your Dad’s Impala Anymore
From powerless to powerful, introducing the 2014 Chevrolet Impala As my brother likes to say, the 1967 Chevrolet Impala on which we learned to drive was “four wheels and one steering wheel. And that was it.” In other words, the car my dad had bought for $2,000 cash years earlier was as stripped down as…
Corvettes Removed From Sinkhole at National Corvette Museum
When the Unimaginable Happened at the National Corvette Museum, Experts Came to the Rescue It’s one of those You-Can’t-Make-This-Up stories: On February 12, 2014 eight prized Corvettes were swallowed by a sinkhole that formed under the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. While drivers in much of the country fretted over potholes swallowing their…
Middle Aged Makeover: Iconic Mustang Hits 50
Don’t expect sagging muscles when Ford Mustang’s 2015 hits the road. The middle aged muscle car is sporting a new look for 2015, with more luxurious leather and aluminum inside, new colors and a slightly trimmed shape outside. Under the hood is where the car is completely new. The ‘Stang has an independent rear suspension and 3…
Muscle Car: the 2014 Ford Mustang
A muscle car usually refers to a high performance two door car with a V-8 engine, not the bulging biceps of young teen drivers who like to rev those loud motors and drive fast. But on the new Ford Mustang, you might develop strong arm muscles parking the car. The tight gear shift on the manual…