How do you know when an auto marque is on its way to extinction? When that auto marque no longer offers a good modern flagship car. That's what happened to Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Mercury, and Plymouth before the plug was pulled. We'll if anyone had any doubts about the future of Chrysler which after a great successful comeback in the 1980s and 1990s was absorbed by Daimler who later threw it under the bus, is now a big part of Fiat's future - you need not worry, One look at Chrysler and its curr
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There are those who believe that Trans Am production ceased when the 2002 model year came to a close. Technically they would be correct, but from a purist point of view they would be wrong. The last Trans Am truly in tune with the original Trans Am spirit ceased production in 1981. The Trans Ams that came after 1981 were worthy performance cars and many of them are downright fun to drive, however a Pontiac V8 was no longer part of the equation from 1982 until 2002. Pontiac at the end of the 19
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For 1970, Chevrolet jumped into the growing personal luxury 2-door car market with the release of the Monte Carlo. This was at the pinnacle of the muscle car era, so it's no surprise that Chevrolet offered a performance oriented version of this new car called the Monte Carlo SS. The 1970-1971 Monte Carlo SS soon became a niche performance car - produced in much smaller numbers than other "SS" badged Chevrolet cars of this period. For 1972 the SS performance option on the Monte Carlo lineup was
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When Chevrolet released the 305 CID V8 for the 1976 model year, no one including Chevrolet would have imagined it would become one of the hottest performance V8s of the 1980s. The 305 V8 which was a member of Chevrolet's small-block V8 family had only three main purposes back in 1976 - to provide smooth acceleration, good reliability, and good fuel efficiency. On these three accounts it was a success. It was rated 140 or 145 horsepower depending on which 1976 car model it was ordered with and
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