Posts Tagged ‘Horsepower’
Drivers will want to get in gear with the new Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 as it packs a 550 horsepower punch Small SUV Fender Benders Cost Big Bucks
Dodge back to muscle-car prominence
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
This bad boy’s off the chain! When the Dodge Challenger decided to jump into the modern muscle-car segment in 2008, it did so in a no-holds-barred way, with the SRT8 version complete with a great, thumping 6.1-litre V8 pumping out 425 horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque.
American Muscle Car: Ford Power
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
American Muscle Car: In 1957 when Ford complied with the AMA ban on racing, the other manufacturers keep in the hunt by providing parts for law enforcement to boats. But in 1960, Ford was back with the Galaxie with heavy horsepower.
Pontiac enters oblivion today, long after era of muscle cars
Sunday, October 31st, 2010
DETROIT — Pontiac, the brand that invented the muscle car under its flamboyant engineer John Z. DeLorean, helped Burt Reynolds elude Sheriff Justice in Smokey and the Bandit and taught baby boomers to salivate over horsepower, but produced mostly forgettable cars for their children, will endure a lonely death today after a career totaling about 40 million in sales.
An Artist of His Trade: A Maine Lobsterman Uses Muscle Over Mechanics
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
It's muscle power -- not a diesel engine's horsepower -- that propels Nat Hussey's lobster boat as he tends to his lobster traps.