Drive a new Mustang, Challenger, or Corvette and then slide behind the wheel of a '60s muscle car and it takes about a minute to realize that ride quality, handling, and performance feel have evolved ...

When Chevrolet introduced the new Corvette in 1963 it was hailed as a technological breakthrough, and when 1968 rolled around the C3 was about as close as one could get to a spaceship on wheels.

General Motors built the last of its full-size, body-on-frame, rear-drive passenger cars at its Arlington, Texas, plant in 1996, some 27 years ago, but interest in these long-discontinued vehicles ...