While compared with the high horsepower cars of the late 1960s or today's modern muscle these muscle offerings from 1985 might seem a little tame, they were the most impressive performers that had rolled out of Detroit in sometime.

At today's "Camaro Homecoming event" in Oshawa, Canada, Al Oppenheiser from the Chevy Camaro team told folks that the Chevy Camaro ZL1 will come with an automatic transmission as an option. No word yet from Chevy's communications team.

The boys over at AutoExpress have divined the tea leaves, and tell us today that they've learned the 2014 Ford Mustang will, for the first time, ditch the decades-old live rear axle in favor of an independent rear suspension.

The V6 pony-car battle rages anew, as the hairdressers square off with their shears. (Kidding!) The V6 Camaro gets another power bump, this time a real one. Seems that SAE technicality wasn't enough to put that Mustang issue to bed.

General Motors will start building the supercharged Chevy Camaro Z28 on Jan. 1, 2012, according to people who heard the plan at a dealer meeting today. Happy next new year. (Thanks Justin) [Camaro5.com]

For the first time since 1985, the Chevy Camaro outsold the Ford Mustang over an entire year, with 81,371 buyers to the Mustang's 73,716. It's a great day not just for muscle cars, but for America. Here's why.

George Pipas, Ford's sales analyst, told a group of reporters this week the automaker isn't concerned that the Chevrolet Camaro will outsell the Mustang this year for the first time since 1985.

Closely chasing Evolution Performance's eight second Mustang is Lingenfelter Performance's LS9-powered 2010 Camaro. Their six-speed Camaro is consistently running low nine-second quarter miles and, judging by this video, they're well on their way to an eight-second run.

The 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392 isn't the random number license output from Arizona's DMV, it's a limited edition 475hp Challenger we told you to expect last month. But where's the three-second 0-to-60 time Dodge's CEO allegedly promised? [Chrysler]

The fans at Camaro5 snagged this first video of the upcoming hot Camaro Z28 taking its laps at the Nürburgring, producing a heart-warming rumble from an LSA V8 expected to gin out at least 550 hp.