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The AMC Javelin was American Motors' only foray into the popular "pony car" market, and the model that almost single-handedly transformed American from a peddler of Scotsman-like economy to a two-time ...
2. Cheap and Cheerful: The European Ford Capri
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The Ford Capri, launched in 1969, was Europe's answer to the Ford Mustang, and one of the first fruits of Ford's newly unified European operations. This week, we look at the birth of "the car you always ...
For most people, the words "Ford Mustang" evoke one of two things: the original 1964-66 icon of sixties Americana, or the boxy Reagan-era "5.0s" so beloved of amateur hot rodders. This week, we consider ...
4. Cat Class, Cat Style: The Mercury Cougar
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Even as the Ford Mustang was making its smashing debut in April 1964, Ford's Lincoln-Mercury division began work on its own "pony car," a stylish coupe that sought to bridge the gap between the Mustang ...
Pity the second-generation Chevrolet Camaro. Born late -- a delivery fraught with complications -- it was nearly snuffed out in adolescence. Although it survived to a ripe old age, it has never inspired ...
Edmunds.com called its engine "the most pathetic lump of iron to ever be allowed near a Firebird." Its muscular styling still conjures up bad memories of gold chains and exposed chest hair, a last gasp ...
... you’re dressed or how clever your moves. Dodge learned that the hard way in the early 1970s when it made its belated entry into the "pony car" market: the formidable but ill-fated Dodge Challenger. ...
... to make something new and different out of it. Such was the case with Pontiac's "pony car," the Pontiac Firebird. Click to read more about the 1967-1969 Pontiac Firebird and Firebird Trans Am  ...
Nobody, least of all Ford, expected General Motors to take the success of the Ford Mustang lying down. Still, it took two and a half years for the General to field its challenger, the Chevrolet Camaro, ...
The average passenger car is, well, average. Burdened by various practical considerations -- government regulations, cost concerns, corporate conservatism, buyer ambivalence -- most cars are doomed to ...
... a rag. At first I thought, "Ah, a Javelin." American Motors Corporation's pony car is a relatively rare bird, compared to the Ford Mustang or even the Plymouth Barracuda. But then I spotted the grille ...