When it broke cover in 1964, the pony car was met with sublime indifference – for about two weeks. Then the Mustang stole the show, absolutely nullifying the Barracuda at the latter’s own game. Ford ...

The Trans Am embarked on a crazy rollercoaster ride in the early '80s from a production perspective, and after nosediving in 1983, the Firebird series managed to recover a year later. However, the ...

The Trans Am variants of the iconic Pontiac Firebird went from a factory-available performance package into one of the most popular poster boys of the muscle car era. The first and second-generation ...

Quiz time. Which manufacturer won the first ever SCCA Trans-Am race? Javelin? Mustang? Camaro? ’Cuda? Shocker, it wasn’t any of those. Rather, it was an Alfa Romeo from the Under 2.0-Liter class that ...

If you have any doubts that the mood of America has turned on to automotive performance once again, listen to this: The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. annually compiles attendance figures from a broad ...

After a two-year hiatus, the SCCA Trans-Am Series will return in 2009, with a planned eight-race schedule for the series which held its first race in 1966. Five of eight races were announced Dec. 11 ...

The whole idea of alternate timelines is fascinating, even within the scope of the automotive universe. What would it look like if the Miata were front-wheel-drive? What if the big three American ...