Last week, we started counting down (or up?) the decades from 1950 through today, making a case why each subsequent 10-year span could be considered the Best Decade in Automotive History. And we wanted your thoughts. Did you see style as the most important factor? Did going fast mean more to you than a comfortable
We fancy ourselves the grease-on-the-hands, budget-minded, weekend warrior types around here. That’s the type of gearhead we typically write for as well. But every once in a while it’s nice to pretend we’re hanging with the high-rollers. That’s probably why we spent so much time watching this year’s Barrett-Jackson Westworld of Scottsdale auction on TV.
What a time to be a gearhead! We have 250+ horsepower 4-cylinders and 300+ horsepower sixes. It’s not uncommon for V8 performance motors to tickle 500 horsepower and the top-tier engines in the Camaro, Mustang, and Challenger easily surpass the 500-pony mark. Oh, and it’s worth noting that all of that power comes with unprecedented
The 2018 season of NHRA’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will mark quite a milestone for Greg Anderson, the four-time Pro Stock champion and driver of the red Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro. Anderson, who has so far amassed 90 victories in 149 final rounds with KB Racing, will be competing in his 20th anniversary season
Similar to old-school turbochargers, the 2000s took a little while to get going as the world faced new threats, battles and challenges beyond the streets, and racetracks—but get going the Aughts did. While major advancements in safety, fuel economy, and in-vehicle electronics were in the works that would bring about major gains in life-saving traction
The 1990s had several significant milestones that could easily cement it as the best decade in automotive history. For starters, Ford launched its new Explorer, which kicked the SUV market into high gear. (If your commute didn’t already tell you, SUVs are pretty dang popular.) Chrysler was on-point too—with a dramatically restyled Ram truck, throwback
The 1980s were a decade of continued automotive innovation, as features like fuel injection, turbocharging, and airbags became commonplace. The use of digital dashboards increased as well, predicting the modern adaptive gauge clusters we have today. And it’s often said that the 1980s were the golden age of car tech, where aftermarket car audio systems exploded
The decade of the 1970s has adopted the ominous nickname “malaise era” among gearheads. At first glance, it’s easy to see why folks aren’t too fond of the seventies—performance was down, styling was subjective, and the rise of the import market forced cars to downsize (both externally and under the hood). But to disparage the
The decade of the 1960s gave us some of the most significant moments in American history. It would be an understatement to say the same of the vehicles produced during the decade. The cars were unquestionably significant. The 1960s gave us what are likely the best bang-for-your-buck performance vehicles in history. In 1960, the average
Though Chevrolet teased its new Silverado at an earlier promotional event, the 2019 Chevy Silverado was officially revealed at this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit, MI. The biggest news about the new Chevy Silverado is an available Duramax 3.0L inline-six diesel engine. The new engine marks the first time in more than a
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