General Motors once treated every division as its own little kingdom, each with a distinct V8 that gave Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac loyalists something to argue about in the ...

Throughout American automotive history, especially when it comes to V8 engines, it can be argued that the country has been responsible for producing some of the most famous motors in the world. Not to ...

For many gearheads, the year 1970 represents the peak of the muscle car era — or at least the peak of the first muscle car era. A big part of what conspired to make 1970 special is that to remain ...

From intern to editor, Damian Adams' story reads like a well-written novel where he steadily worked to become the youngest-ever editor of South Africa's leading motoring publication, CAR Magazine. He ...

Introduced in 1962, the Oldsmobile Jetfire was one of America's first turbocharged production cars. The forced induction V8 didn't catch on, and the Jetfire was discontinued after only two years.

In 1978, General Motors revealed its 'revolutionary' 350 V8 diesel engine... which turned out to be one of the most terrible engines ever made. 1978. General Motors believes it has found the golden ...

A 1963 model year Oldsmobile Jetfire sitting in beautiful a champagne-like color inside of a museum. - GM We bet you didn't know that the first turbocharged engine in a production car didn't feature ...

Shelby made its name transforming ordinary Ford Mustangs into something far more exciting, but in the late 1990s it went off script and built a convertible sports car from the ground up, known as the ...

There was a car created by Carroll Shelby that didn't have a Ford engine under its hood. In fact, it wasn't even based on a Ford. We are talking about the Shelby Series 1 Roadster, the only car ever ...

PC Classic Cars, a Sherman, Texas-based old-school dealership, has an interesting proposal for GM fans in general and ...

You probably suspect the disappearance of division-exclusive V8s has something to do with General Motor's diminishing market share over the decades, and yes, that is a factor. In 1963, GM had over 50% ...