For many gearheads, the year 1970 represents the peak of the muscle car era — or at least the peak of the first muscle car era. A big part of what conspired to make 1970 special is that to remain ...

The king always has rioting subjects. A captain will always have a mutiny. It's the result of that perpetual band of "little guys" who think they can do it better. In the domain of General Motors, the ...

What’s the one thing that connects 1963 and 1968, apart from the arithmetical 5? A General Motors ban on racing and all-out performance and Oldsmobile’s superb workaround rebellion against that very ...

Want your ride featured on HOT ROD?Click hereto find out how! Start typing in "1969 Oldsmobile" into Google, and the autofill search likely won't suggest "1969 Oldsmobile 88." The Olds 442 might be ...

A teen’s 1980 purchase of a 1969 Hurst-Olds 455 survivor turned into a decades-long journey, culminating in its revival today. In the golden age of muscle cars, few vehicles stood as tall as the 1969 ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...