The Chevrolet Bel Air was a long-lasting staple of the Bowtie division of General Motors, lasting for just over three decades. However, the general consensus would regard 1955 as the first year of the ...

1962 witnessed several important engine changes in the Impala lineup, as Chevrolet operated a series of substitutions in an attempt to make the car target a larger audience of buyers in the United ...

While the Beach Boys crooned about a "really fine ... 409," how about a totally refined 409? That's the lyric of this Bel Air bubbletop owned by James and Sandy Eudy. Its fuel-injected mill is ...

Collectors treat the 1965 Impala SS 409 as a turning point, where Chevrolet muscle met changing tastes and regulations.

Engine development has taken thousands of small steps from the 1850s single-cylinder engine used by Carl Benz in the Patent Motorwagen to the 1,600-hp W16 in the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport. V8 engines ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

The Chevy Bel Air debuted for the 1950 model year, taking its name from the Los Angeles suburb. Available for the first three production years only as a two-door Sports Coupe, the Bel Air came ...

Like a lot of other segments in our hobby, the legendary 409 is enjoying a new heyday. The beginning was about 10 to 15 years ago when stroker kits hit the scene, punching displacement up to 482 ci.

Chevrolet has won more stock car races than any other brand in history, and it ran Impalas in NASCAR from 1959 to 1964, then again from 2007 to 2012. So it’s no surprise that the great American racer ...