In the '80s, American muscle cars were struggling. What started out in the '60s as a Golden Era for V8-powered homegrown machines had turned into a distant memory, with tumbleweed blowing across the ...

Last year we titled our annual newmodel Pontiac Firebird Trans Am road test "The Last American Musclecar" (Feb. '79 HOT ROD), but ever since we've been hoping that Pontiac would somehow prove us wrong ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...