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Mercury added features to the Cougar that muscle cars rarely had
Mercury did something audacious when it created the Cougar. Instead of cloning the Ford Mustang, it wrapped pony car performance in features usually reserved for European grand tourers and…
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New regulations quietly changed the power of the 1971 GTO
The 1971 Pontiac GTO arrived just as Washington, fuel chemistry, and corporate strategy collided. On paper, its power slipped, and its reputation dimmed, yet much of that change came…
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Plymouth stripped down the Road Runner to keep it fast and affordable
The Plymouth Road Runner arrived as a blunt instrument in a market drifting toward plush interiors and soaring prices. By stripping the car back to bare essentials and focusing…
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Chevelle SS 396 helped redefine what a mid-size car could do
The Chevelle SS 396 arrived just as American buyers were discovering how wild a mid-size car could be. By dropping big-block power and race-bred hardware into a family-friendly footprint,…
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