So close, yet so far. They had the makings of legends, but missteps and missed chances kept these cars from icon status.

Enter the Lincoln LS, a sport luxury sedan in the European tradition that delivered not just handsome styling but also the ...

Big-block engines sit at the heart of some of the most iconic American performance cars and trucks, yet the term is often ...

Deep dive on a rare 1980s turbo V6 car that made more torque than big-blocks, its tech secrets, current values, and other fast V6 rivals.

GM divisions Pontiac and Chevrolet each produced 400 cubic-inch small-block V8s with similar bore-to-stroke ratios. Ford made one as well, but its block was very different from Chevy's in nearly every ...

Some of the differences between the Ford 427 and the Chevy 427 include the fact that the Ford engine wasn't a true big block ...

This fantastic 2020 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Coupe boasts an incredible amount of power to the point where it can school the S550-based Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 and the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat ...

Doc Johnson Restorations makes a compelling case for pushrod power. He shows why Ford Performance’s Boss 351 crate engine is ...

The early 1990s were a great time if you were a muscle truck fan, with the release of the 1990 Chevy 454 SS and the 1991 GMC ...

Before the production run of 201 legendary Yenko Super Cars, there was this Olympic Gold pilot test car—the definitive proof of concept for the 427 COPO Camaro ...

GM is developing an all-new sixth-generation small-block V8 family, with strong indications it will launch in two displacements: 5.7L and 6.6L. The 5.7L version is aimed at volume models like the ...

Vik is the Co-Founder and former Editor at MotorAuthority, a leading U.S. website covering performance and luxury cars. Since 2025, he has contributed to CarBuzz, blending his engineering background ...