pony car Archives - America's Car Blog By John Matras

1961-1970 American Motors USA V-8

1969 AMC Javelin SST 290: American Motors fields pony car-era bruiser-cruiser

History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek October 22, 1990; republished by the author Growing up in the ‘60s, you were a Ford guy, a Chevy…

JmatrasApril 4, 2025

1961-1970 Australia Holden V-8

Holden Monaro GTS: Very American, very GM-like, yet very different as well

History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek October 26, 1987; republished by the author The blokes put Australia in the right place: On the other side…

JmatrasApril 3, 2025

1991-2000 Pontiac USA V-8

1996 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am WS-6: Heavy breathing in the aviary

Cars 1996 Contemporary review originally published in Road & Track Sports & GT 1996 We know, as you do, that the pony car concept is…

JmatrasApril 3, 2025

1961-1970 Ford USA V-8

Tom Yeager’s Trans-Am Mustang had all the right stuff

Originally published in AutoWeek on February 27, 1984. Wayne Conover bought the car for parts. As the proprietor of Conover’s Cobra Ranch, a restoration shop…

JmatrasApril 3, 2025

1961-1970 Ford USA V-8

1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429: Riding the Shotgun

Originally published in AutoWeek 1July 19, 1982 The engine has nicknames. The Blue Racer. The Semi-Hemi. The Blue Crescent. Ford’s Porcupine. But one seem to…

JmatrasApril 3, 2025