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If you like the Mustang Boss 302

Ford’s Boss is about to open its golden parachute into retirement. Are there viable alternatives?

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Hammond's icons: the Mustang

Ford came up with the perfect formula when they created the most successful car launch ever starting in 1964.

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Hammond’s icons: the Shelby Cobra

There were fewer than 1,000 Cobras ever built, but it is among the most recognisable automobiles in the world.

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Chevy via Australia

Based on the Australia-market Holden Commodore, the new SS muscle sedan is an exercise in cultural relativism.

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Corvette drops top

Chevrolet picks a global stage – Geneva’s 83rd Salon International de l'Auto – to unveil the droptop version of its world-class sports car.

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Chevy Camaro Z28

A lightweight, 500-horsepower track monster ushers in a facelift for America’s archetypal muscle car.

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Ford Mustang, matinee idol

The seminal pony car lands the leand in DreamWorks Need for Speed, a film based on the long-running video-game series.

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Sport utility turns speed racer

With the 470-horsepower 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT, contributor Brett Berk schools a newbie in ways of speed.

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Bumblebee, transformed

A dramatically revised Chevrolet Camaro lands a starring role in Michael Bay’s forthcoming cinematic noise-maker.

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If you like the Camaro Z28

A fire-belching brick of Americana, the Chevrolet Camaro Z28 traces its roots to the 60s – where a custom Camaro builder gets his source material.

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American Graffiti, revisited

A Canadian man built exacting replicas of the 1973 film’s famous hot rods. On the occasion of the movie’s 40th anniversary, a look at his glinting visions.

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Too-wild Mustang concepts

The original “pony car” has spawned some remarkable concepts over its half-century run, many of which never left the corral.

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Hammond on the Corvette

Top Gear’s resident daredevil slows down – just a touch – to appreciate an American motoring icon, the 1958 Corvette.

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Camaro storms the Nurburgring

With 505 horsepower and a six-speed manual gearbox, the track-focused Z/28 proves its mettle in Germany.

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A Mustang with wanderlust

The pony car has turned 50, but as this lovingly shot video from Norway demonstrates, even an old mule can kick.

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Did Chevy build a Porsche-beater?

With a sub-7:40 lap time around Germany’s Nuerburgring, the track-focused Z/28 is a $75,000 sledgehammer that also makes a good scalpel.

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Hot rods get sticky

With help from an eminent car aficionado, the postal service chooses classic “Deuce” coupes for a line of commemorative stamps.

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Porsche tastes, Pinto budget?

It generates 707 horsepower, tops out at 199mph and on price, undercuts some frightfully powerful competition.

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Hellcat heritage

Dodge’s 707-horsepower monster may be special, but if not for some unhinged uncles, it would not exist.

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A half-price Hellcat?

With a little luck and a lot of patience, a machine that may be the mighty Dodge’s spirit animal can be had at a deep discount.

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