Autos
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7 police cars that continue to turn heads decades later
A 1974 Dodge Monaco police car became one of the most famous movie cars of all time, because the Bluesmobile in The Blues Brothers was…
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6 slant sixes that refuse to wear out no matter how they’re driven
A 1962 Valiant Signet hardtop looks like a dressed-up economy car, but the engine under its hood is the real story. Chrysler’s Slant Six leaned…
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5 factory lightweights that were faster than their reputation suggested
A Plymouth Savoy Max Wedge looked like the plainest full-size sedan on the lot, and that was the whole point. In the early 1960s, Detroit…
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9 forgotten Bel Airs pure driving fans still seek
Chevrolet’s first Bel Air hardtop of 1950 sold 76,662 copies in its debut year, and the name stayed in the lineup until 1981. Most people…
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The Bluesmobile was really 13 different 1974 Dodge Monacos, and Aykroyd picked it for its 440 cop motor
The Bluesmobile in The Blues Brothers was not one car but a fleet of 13 different 1974 Dodge Monacos. Dan Aykroyd, who co-wrote the film…
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10 forgotten sleepers that pure drivers still love
A sleeper is a fast car that looks like it should be hauling groceries. The Shelby GLH-S is the purest example we know. Plain shapes,…
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The Dukes of Hazzard used up an estimated 250 to 350 Dodge Chargers playing the General Lee
The Dukes of Hazzard went through somewhere between 250 and 350 Dodge Chargers to keep the General Lee on screen. That estimate comes from Hagerty,…
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7 Plymouths that aren’t worth restoring
Plymouth’s Volaré shared Motor Trend’s Car of the Year award for 1976, and the Plymouth Reliant shared it again for 1981. In between, the front-drive…
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12 heavy-duty pickups that seem nearly impossible to kill
The 1977 Ford F-250 Ranger on this list comes from the year the F-Series passed Chevrolet to become America’s best-selling truck. Two decades later, Ford…
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10 four-cylinder engines that were built to outlast everything else
The Toyota 20R never made much power, yet it set the pattern for a generation of tough Toyota pickups. An iron block, an aluminum head…
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