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  • Later this year, GM Korea will import Camaro and Corvette models to South Korea for the first time, including one in muscle-car yellow.

    Bright Colors Struggle to Bloom in South Korea's Silver-Car Nation Evan Ramstad 2011

  • But in a sign of how the auto market has changed since the muscle-car era of the 1960s, the new list of the most ticketed "spirited vehicles" includes just two Detroit names, both now defunct: the Hummer line of big, bold SUVs and the Pontiac Grand Prix sedan, a car that sought to recapture some of that brand's hot-rod legacy.

    Is Your Car Getting You More Traffic Tickets? Joseph B. White 2010

  • The Detroit muscle-car is back: for the first time since the Carter administration, three big Detroit brands, Ford, Chevrolet and Dodge, are offering rear-wheel-drive coupes with bold styling and heavy horsepower.

    Muscle Cars, Then and Now 2011

  • Amid gyrating gas prices, the Obama administration is pushing a proposal that could boost fuel-economy standards to 56 or 60 mpg by 2025, leaving muscle-car makers with some tough choices down the road.

    Muscle Cars, No Midlife Crisis Required Joseph B. White 2011

  • But Mr. Schuster says muscle-car style could survive in more affordable cars that simply used smaller engines under the hood.

    Muscle Cars, No Midlife Crisis Required Joseph B. White 2011

  • Dan Neil reviews the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS, a convertible version of the legendary Detroit muscle-car.

    A Genuine Ragtop Road Monster, Leaks and All Dan Neil 2011

  • Next came a joint master plan, and late last year, Village President Bob Blackmore, a retired auto executive, and Township Supervisor David Meister, a farmer and muscle-car enthusiast, began discussing an outright merger.

    Threats to Town Halls Stir Voter Backlash Kate Linebaugh 2011

  • Next came a joint master plan, and late last year, Village President Bob Blackmore, a retired auto executive, and Township Supervisor David Meister, a farmer and muscle-car enthusiast, began discussing an outright merger.

    Threats to Town Halls Stir Voter Backlash Kate Linebaugh 2011

  • Since the 1970s, Mr. Prince has become known as one of the U.S.'s great appropriations artists, tapping into the national cultural zeitgeist with rephotographed Marlboro cowboy ads, erotic dime-novel nurses, muscle-car displays and joke paintings.

    An Artist Amasses a Rare Collection Robert P. Walzer 2011

  • /Wieck The 2011 Ford Mustang But similar to the mid-1970s, when fuel prices soared and new regulations forced auto makers to shift strategies, a cloud is gathering over the muscle-car party just as it is revs up.

    Muscle Cars, No Midlife Crisis Required Joseph B. White 2011

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