Despite its 370-horsepower rating from the factory, this old-school muscle car engine was capable of much more than that.

Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...

In fact, it disappeared forever without much of a whimper.

Introduced for the 1964 model year, the Pontiac GTO is widely regarded as America's first muscle car. However, other GM divisions also had high-performance intermediates in showrooms that year. Buick ...

The Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 was introduced in April of 1964 in response to Pontiac’s wildly successful GTO. The Oldsmobile 4-4-2 name stood for four-barrel carburetor, four-speed manual gearbox, and ...

In April of 1964, the Oldsmobile 442 option package was introduced for the Cutlass. The 4-4-2 moniker was derived from the option’s four-barrel carb, four-speed manual transmission, and dual exhaust.

The Oldsmobile 442 has long stood as proof that brute force can be sharpened by engineering restraint. Rather than chasing the wildest quarter-mile numbers at any cost, Oldsmobile treated its ...

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 ...

Oldsmobile dropped the 442 for the model year 1981, and everybody believed the iconic model was gone forever. The carmaker still wanted to revive the nameplate but couldn't, especially as the 442 no ...

“The W-30 version of the car has always been kind of the pinnacle of the Oldsmobile muscle car,” says Mancini. “I’ve always been a fan of not just Chrysler but GM muscle cars from that era and the 442 ...