The 1966 Chevy II Nova SS arrived in showrooms as a compact coupe with polite proportions and restrained styling, yet it quickly earned a reputation for humiliating larger, more expensive muscle cars.
New York's Vince Pileggi graduated high school in June, 1965. A few months later, he bought a '59 Impala convertible with a 3x2 348 and Powerglide automatic. In no time, he changed it to stick shift ...
Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...
The 632ci, 1,200hp Eagle Racing Engines motor seethes through a Ram clutch, a five-speed Lenco, and a Mark Williams rearend for mid-7-second quarter-mile passes. Eagle built the engine with a Merlin ...
By 1970, Chevrolet’s performance story was getting complicated. The Camaro had become the youthful hero, the Chevelle SS was ...
Across eighteen model years, from 1962 to 1979, Chevrolet built 4,698,781 Novas, a number so massive it cemented the nameplate as one of the most successful compacts in American automotive history.