Ford’s Boss 302 V8 arrived as a purpose-built weapon for road racing, yet it ended up redefining what a small-block could be on both track and street. By blending high-rpm cylinder heads with a ...

Few automobile engines gain first-name status with the general public. You could make a case for the venerable Small Block Chevy and the overly generic Big Block from Ford, Chevy, and Chrysler. The ...

To counter the Chevy onslaught, the decision was made to produce a special version of the Ford Mustang aimed almost exclusively at Trans-Am, whose rules required that ...

Editor's Note: As the anticipation builds for the first drive of the2011 Ford MustangGT on March 29, we've decided to go into the archives this week to highlight the history of the Mustang 5.0 from ...

The year was 1969, and the muscle car era delivered some of the best factory stock performance ever. A rivalry that began just a few years prior with the launch of the 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Sport ...

The Ford Mustang is arguably one of the most iconic American nameplates of all time. And needless to say, the first-generation version is among the most desirable classic muscle cars. But which one ...

The early 1970s may have ended the golden muscle car era, but Detroit automakers were still battling for horsepower glory on showroom floors and race tracks in 1969. Ford, for instance, introduced ...