There's still an ongoing debate about whether the 1964 Pontiac GTO was the first muscle car or not, but everyone seems to agree that the golden muscle car era lasted from the mid-1960s to the early ...

Straight off the bat, it's the engine sizes. The Mopar 383 V8 displaces 383 cubic inches (6.3 liters), sitting between the 340 (5.6 liters) and 440 (7.2 liters). The 340, 383, and 440 all are part of ...

Chrysler's Dodge and Plymouth often led the charge during the original muscle car era thanks to not just the timeless design of their models but the terrific high-performance engines hidden under ...