In the 1970s, Americans still looked to long-hood coupes and low sports cars when they talked about speed. Names like Corvette , Trans Am, and Camaro carried the glory from the muscle era into a ...

When the Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck (LRE) hit the market in spring 1978, it was not just another trim package; it was a bold, chrome-laden protest against the performance-breaking environmental ...

The 1978 Dodge Lil’ Red Express arrived at a moment when performance was supposed to be dead, yet it managed to outrun contemporary muscle cars while still wearing a factory window sticker. By ...

There is ongoing debate about when the muscle car era ended, but we know for a fact that it was already over by the time Dodge introduced the Li'l Red Express pickup truck in 1978. It was a sad year ...

Only malaise-era kids will remember the Dodge Li'l Red Express pickup truck was the quickest performance car that America could muster in the post-oil-crisis economy. Just listen to these blistering ...

Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...

It looks we'll soon be seeing a modern interpretation of the 1978-1979 Dodge Lil' Red Express truck. The original truck was part of Dodge Trucks's "adult toy" promotion that included a few other ...

The high-performance truck is back — but it isn't new. One of the first of the breed dates back to the height of the Disco era, 1978, when high-performance cars had all but ceased to exist because of ...

Less than ten years after the climax of the glorious muscle car era, an evil troika of higher fuel prices, additional safety mandates, and skyrocketing insurance rates had effectively laid waste to ...

Jim Fannin Sr. has always considered the Li'l Red Express Truck -- a sporty pickup with chrome exhaust pipes rising behind the cab and oak paneling along the bed -- to be the ultimate ride. Fannin ...