AMC tended to keep things simple with its range of V8 muscle car engines, only offering differing sizes built on the same block throughout its relatively short history. It preferred to develop ...

Pontiac's 455 ci V8 engine was its largest ever, ideal for muscle cars in the 1970s for torque and lower emissions. The 421 ...

During the era when there was no replacement for displacement, these 5 ponies packed some ridiculously large big-block V8s ...

The Road Runner — named for the famous bird from "Looney Tunes" — was a hit for Plymouth in the late 60s and early 70s. However, as the muscle car era wound down, so too did the Road Runner. Its final ...

Chevy's Vortec 8100 — AKA the L18, AKA the Vortec 8.1 — was the last of The General's big block V8s, a line of engines that traced its lineage clear back to the fire-breathing muscle cars of ...

The 1970s were a big decade for muscle cars, which dominated the quarter mile with their aerodynamic designs and large, powerful engines. Muscle cars proved their worth by speeding down the track ...

Triumph is popular for the classic-vibing Bonnevilles, the go-anywhere Tiger family, and the hooliganistic Speed and Street Triple roadsters. Three-cylinder engines are the brand's forte and this ...

The Pontiac car company draws its name from the town of Pontiac, Michigan, where Edward M. Murphy first established the Pontiac Buggy Company in 1893, which specialized in making horse-drawn ...

A big horsepower number is a great selling point for a performance vehicle, because it wows buyers, but when it comes to quick acceleration, the torque rating is more important. Cars that can ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- It's a muscle car with a twist: the new Dodge Charger Daytona is fully electric. And it has the primary muscle car ingredient - power. "We didn't set out to design an EV first.