Repeat something enough times, with enough confidence, and before long it’s bound to be taken as fact. Take, for example, the widely held notion that the Pontiac GTO was the original muscle car. There ...

In the '60s, the muscle car era was in full swing, bringing huge power to everyday models, meaning you didn't need a second specially-prepared race car for a trip to the drag strip on the weekend.

During the 1960s, drag racing competitions sanctioned by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) reached unprecedented levels of popularity, so American manufacturers introduced a series of ...