Chevy's mid-to-late '60s muscle cars may be the ones we all remember, but the automaker had a rare early-'60s car that ...

The big-block V-8 is so synonymous with classic Chevrolet performance that it seems kind of weird that it wasn't introduced until almost the 1960s. Chevy had the D-Series for a brief period of time in ...

Chevrolet has had many accomplishments over the years, from being the winningest brand in NASCAR Cup Series history to producing the world's first affordable fully automatic transmission. However, one ...

While there is some contention surrounding who produced the first muscle car, we can all agree that Chevrolet was certainly in the mix of it all during America's earliest muscle car days. In an effort ...

This triple-black, big-block, 4-speed Chevy Nova SS comes from a time when having a muscle car “your way” was easy. Keeping in mind the Chevrolet and Mopar performance vehicles have been on hiatus for ...

This 427ci sleeper is a good reason why you don’t judge an engine by the size of its block. The art of deception plays a significant role in the hot rod world. Although most enthusiasts are ...

Allegedly capable of spitting out over 600 naturally aspirated horses, this experimental big-block V8 never got a proper chance to shine but still became an American engineering legend. During the ...

In the '60s, America developed some cool, advanced engines, such as Pontiac's overhead cam inline-6 or the jet-turbine in the Chrysler Turbine Car. Still, when push comes to shove, our first love is a ...

Chevy's Vortec 8100 — AKA the L18, AKA the Vortec 8.1 — was the last of The General's big block V8s, a line of engines that traced its lineage clear back to the fire-breathing muscle cars of the '60s ...

Big block engines might have been a product of the golden age of the muscle car, but these robust designs outlasted their high-performance progenitors by shifting over to the truck world, where their ...

It's been nearly 70 years since the Impala made its debut, and the first-year version is among the most desirable classics of ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...