The 1969 Road Runner A12 arrived as a blunt instrument at a moment when muscle cars were drifting upmarket, and it forced Plymouth to double down on raw performance instead of luxury. By stripping out ...

in the muscle car's glorious days of the mid- and late-sixties (and crack of seventies), Detroit made a great deal (and put a great deal of effort) out of its high-strung, gas-guzzling intermediates.

The 1970 Plymouth Road Runner arrived at the height of the muscle car wars and refused to get sophisticated. While rivals piled on luxury trim and complex options, this B-body bruiser stayed loud, ...

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 ...