Before 1981, performance was simple. Auto manufacturers just created bigger engines, more cylinders, and louder exhausts like the Pontiac 7.5L V8 engine, used in models like the GTO, Firebird Trans Am ...

On one of the strangest, coolest days I've ever had on this job, I drove a Porsche 959. The car belonged to the Porsche Museum. Its minders threw me the keys for a quick rip on the roads around Sonoma ...

Daud Gonzalez is a lifelong car enthusiast and automotive writer with a specialty in modified and race-ready rides. He spends most of his time modifying his cars and ruining them in the process. He is ...

For a long time in the automotive world, simply having a turbocharger on a street car was sufficient for bragging rights, as evidenced by the massive “TURBO” badging endemic to early Eighties machines ...

When reading about different engine setups, all of the nomenclature can get confusing, especially when it comes to less conventional engine configurations from cars that are a little more obscure.

Automobiles, as any mechanic will tell you, are complicated beasts. Enthusiasts, of course, will have a solid grasp of the jargon. They'll know at a glance what the unusual shape on that road sign ...

This twin turbo Camaro drive turns a simple pickup run into a wild ride through traffic, showing how a heavily built classic muscle car can feel calm one moment and explosive the next. The car rides ...