The Max Wedge 413/426 engines were a significant part of Dodge’s contribution to the muscle car era, making a mark in the ...

Mention Max Wedge around vintage muscle car or Mopar fans, and they'll mentally launch back to the early '60s. In those days, the name affectionately referred to a three-year-long series of Dodges and ...

First introduced as a sub-series of the Plymouth Belvedere, the Fury is mostly famous for its role in Stephen King's "Christine." But while it's rarely associated with Mopar performance, the Fury did ...

Who invented the muscle car? Before we get on with this never-ending debate, let’s answer the crucial question, ‘What is a muscle car?’ and then we can all agree that the Pontiac GTO was first. Except ...

Did this 1963 Dodge Polara 500 convertible leave the Hamtramck, Michigan, assembly plant with a 426 Max Wedge? Elliott Parker was sure his car was real, so sure that he sold several Mopar muscle cars ...

Chrysler’s 426 Hemi is the corporation’s most famous engine of the classic muscle era, but it’s far from the only one. Before the Hemi became available for street duty in 1966 the top-performing ...

The latest episode of "Jay Leno's Garage" features what could be called a proto-muscle car. It's a 1964 Dodge Polara with a massive V-8 under the hood. The muscle car era is generally considered to ...