Using today’s whizbang technology, Road & Track has unearthed some of the earliest mentions in the American press of some of the biggest names in motoring history. These articles reveal the origin of ...

Compared to others., American cars tend to have bigger engines. Is this a simple case of bigger equals better, or is there a practical explanation?

General Motors and Chrysler used fuel injection on high-performance cars by the mid-to-late 1950s as well. In the early 1980s, Ford introduced fuel injection on Escorts, Mustangs, and Thunderbirds.

This engine in a smaller AMG model could make for a special performance car. More exciting is the possibility of a new flat-plane crank V8, not dissimilar from the one in the GT Black Series.

The giant car carrier Morning Midas that sank after catching fire early this month contained thousands of vehicles, some of which were produced by General Motors.