Punta Gorda City Council and the city’s various committees and boards will no longer use the Military Heritage Museum as a meeting venue, museum Executive Director Isaac James said. “On [Jan. 16], I ...

The arrival of the muscle car came about thanks to a number of cultural phenomena all happening at the same time. Large numbers of young men, having returned from World War II, had newfound ...

They are embedded into polymer chains of a synthetic gel and when fueled, they work like miniature car engines, converting the fuel into waste products, while using the energy to rotate the motor.

Take a relatively lightweight two-door midsize or compact car and stuff a big V8 under the hood — this formula was born in Detroit in the mid-1960s, and it defined the classic muscle car era for ...

It's unclear what mad genius defined the classic muscle car, but it they are generally regarded as American-made, two-door, intermediate cars with powerful V-8 engines. The Pontiac GTO ...

The 1964 Pontiac GTO might not be the first muscle car ever built, but it is often credited with jump-starting the era that followed. In fact, the first true muscle car (defined as a model with a ...

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — The City of Punta Gorda will begin looking for a new city manager, after the former city manager resigned in November. At Thursday’s meeting, city council decided to put ...

Once inside, you’re greeted by a sight that would make any car enthusiast weak in the knees: a dazzling array of vintage automobiles, gleaming under the museum lights like mechanical jewels. From ...

Besides maybe apple pie and baseball, you can't get much more American than the muscle car. There's quite a lot of speculation surrounding what was the first true muscle car. Some argue it was the ...