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Chevrolet’s V-8 models continued turning up the heat as the ’50s rolled on. In 1957, the big news beneath the hood included a displacement increase as the 265 was bored out to 283 cubic inches. A ...
You can’t just pull a Shelby 427 Cobra out of a barn like you can with most cars of its era. That’s because legitimate 427 Cobras—not the numerous reproductions—are extremely rare, unbelievably ...
After carving 43 miles of smooth asphalt that rises through meadows and dense forest on its way to a mile-high peak, a driver might conclude that the Cherohala Skyway was made purely for the fun of it ...
The XK-6 engine debuted in Jaguar’s XK 120 sports car. Its prominent polished aluminum valve covers distinguished it as a ravishing engine for the masses. This example is equipped with aftermarket ...
Editor’s note: When this was published in last month’s issue of Hagerty Drivers Club magazine, we received quite a few letters from people who felt that we were pushing a particular agenda. As the ...
In the early 1900s, horsepower was almost exclusively for the Gatsbys of the world. Ford’s flathead V-8, introduced in the depths of the depths of the Great Depression, changed all that. But it needed ...
The announcement that John Cena has signed on to be the star of the new Matchbox live-action movie raises a few questions. First—there’s going to be a Matchbox movie? And second—what will it be about, ...
England is an exasperating contradiction when it comes to cars. The largest nation on this soggy, overcrowded archipelago in the North Sea is one of the world’s most hostile environments for an ...
This is a tale of two racetracks, and how they handle—or don’t handle—electric and hybrid vehicles. First, Atlanta Motorsports Park, in Dawsonville, Georgia, which features a Herman Tilke-designed two ...
The first full-throttle acceleration—once the oil is warm in the engine and the gearbox has lost its initial stiffness—that’s when you really feel how light the McLaren F1 is. Up to that point, you ...
We rely heavily on data and logic at Hagerty Insider, but if there’s ever a situation where logic goes out the window, it’s when we see a never-driven, delivery-mile example of a 30- or 40-year-old ...
When Stephen Stills wrote “For What It’s Worth” in 1966, he was referring to a protest gone wrong, but the chorus could easily have been used by Chrysler’s experimental turbine-powered car program ...