12+ hour, 56+ min ago   (475+ words) The car is here because it needs a complete restoration, though you don’t need to be a diehard restoration guy to tell that the job isn’t going to be easy. The Capri needs work in every little part, but the…...

18+ hour, 20+ min ago   (633+ words) Backfire News Lot S247 at Mecum’s Nashville 2026 sale doesn’t look like much beyond a boxy red-and-white two-door with a hand-painted number 22 on the doors. But this 1957 Ford Fairlane is one of the more significant pieces of NASCAR hardware to hit the…...

14+ hour, 53+ min ago   (471+ words) Ford Australia has revealed a race-inspired pack for the Mustang Dark Horse co-engineered with Triple Eight Race Engineering and its team principal seven-time Supercars Champion Jamie Whincup. The 2026 Ford Mustang Dark Horse T8 Spec pack is still in the last stages…...

15+ hour, 56+ min ago   (398+ words) First off, if you go “The WHAT?” about the moniker, you’re not the only one. In fact, it’ll be a surprise if you heard of it, and a downright miracle if you ever saw one in person. No one knows…...

18+ hour, 29+ min ago   (634+ words) The fourth-generation Pontiac Firebird Trans Am already had plenty going for it from the factory. By 1999, the LS1 V8 had established the F-body as a serious performer, with the WS6 package adding an even more aggressive appearance to Pontiac's muscle car. More than…...

18+ hour, 30+ min ago   (578+ words) The legendary 454 engine officially debuted in 1970 as the ultimate evolution of the Chevrolet Mark IV big-block architecture. Arriving right at the pinnacle of the muscle car era, this massive 7.4-liter internal combustion containment units immediately claimed the absolute status of…...

19+ hour, 29+ min ago   (538+ words) The 1970s were not particularly kind to American performance cars. Rising insurance costs, tightening emissions regulations and the fuel crisis rapidly changed an industry that had spent the previous decade chasing horsepower. For independent performance shops, the changing landscape presented an…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (661+ words) Every officially licensed Eleanor Mustang built over the last two decades owes its existence to one specific fastback. Custom shop Trick Rides has quietly listed that car, cataloged internally as Serial No. 1, for private sale. It isn't the widest, loudest,…...

1+ day, 11+ min ago   (976+ words) John Lloyd is a staff writer at Backfire News, where he writes about the messier, more entertaining side of the car world—celebrity rides, motorsports drama, and whatever weird automotive thing happened to blow up online that week. He's drawn…...

19+ hour, 40+ min ago   (350+ words) The engine and transmission from an Elan are wrapped in a practical package for 1960s-style sport-wagon excellence. Not this feisty little wagon. Clean as a whistle and tidy in two-tone blue paint, it looks ready to go turn any backroad…...