There are some that consider the Pontiac GTO, or Goat, to be the first real muscle car while others claim that honor goes to the Oldsmobile Cutlass 442. Let’s take a look at both: When driving the Cutlass 442 you were in no way expected to sacrifice any comfort in order to have a snarling V8 under your hood. Beginning with the introduction in 1964 as an option package on the F-85, those three little numbers pretty … [Read more...]
Top 5 Classic American Sports Cars
Sports cars owe their origin to an early 20th century practice where cars were stripped down in order to create better racing machines. Even though the term is used loosely to describe pretty much any quick car with a low profile and two doors, there is more to it than that. To be a true sports car it needs to be low slung, lightweight, have little to no cargo space, with only two seats and the emphasis must be placed on … [Read more...]
Take Care of Your Car and It Will Take Care of You
Everyone knows the saying that you have to spend money to make money, well, in a way, the same philosophy can be applied to your car. Those years of running and looking good do not just happen, you have to give a little something (ok, sometimes a lot of something) to get good results in return. You may not realize this but a tank of 90 octane may just turn that Kia you are driving into a Koenigsegg; seriously the extra … [Read more...]
